Water Storage

LakeCuyamaca150x200Lake Cuyamaca
8,195 acre feet of water storage capacity
Earthen dam first built in 1887

Lake Cuyamaca captures watershed runoff. Helix owns and operates the dam and reservoir.

LakeJennings150x200Lake Jennings
9,790 acre feet of water storage capacity
Earthen dam built in 1965

Lake Jennings primarily stores imported water from the Colorado River and Northern California. Helix owns and operates the dam and reservoir and provides camping, fishing, boating and other recreation.
el-capitan-reservoir (1)El Capitan Reservoir
10,000 acre feet of water storage rights

The city of San Diego owns and operates El Capitan Reservoir. Helix traded ownership of Lake Murray for water storage rights in El Capitan because it is at a higher elevation, which allows delivery of the water by gravity to the R.M. Levy Water Treatment Plant.