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Did you know...

• The reservoir holds 15 billion gallons, or 33 times the volume of Raymond James Stadium.

• When full, the reservoir can provide 25 percent of the region’s needs for more than six months.

• The reservoir is two miles long, one mile wide and the circumference at the top of the berm is five miles.

• As part of the mitigation efforts for this project, over 1.5 million plants and trees were planted on the site.

• 8 miles 7-foot diameter pipeline connect the reservoir to the water supply network.

• The reservoir's banks are coated with 16 inches of soil cement to prevent erosion from waves.

• It took 183 days to initially fill the reservoir.

• During construction, more than 150 pieces of heavy equipment were used and more than 150 people employed.

• 13 million cubic yards of earth were moved in total for this project.  That is equivalent to one dump truck every minute for two years straight.

• Drilling teams spent 10 months on the site to study the geology and sub-surface conditions and 12,000 man hours were spent collecting data on the site.

• If all the soil borings taken at the site were placed end-to-end, the line would stretch 3½ miles.