Prado Dam is an existing facility constructed by the Corps of Engineers in 1941. The plan of improvement for the Prado Dam and reservoir, which has an estimated cost of $880 million includes:
- Raising the existing embankment 28.4 feet to an elevation of 594.4 feet - Completed.
- Raising the spillway crest from elevation of 543 ft. to 563 ft – Planned for 2021
- Constructing new outlet works increasing the maximum discharge capacity from 9,000 CFS to 30,000 CFS - Completed.
- Constructing new levees and dikes- Underway
- Acquiring over 1,700 acres of property rights for reservoir expansion -Underway
- Relocating and protecting 30 various utility lines- Underway
- Increasing reservoir area from 6,695 acres to 10,256 acres.
- Increasing-impoundment from 217,000 acre-feet to 362,000 acre-feet.
Prado Dam Project Features
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Construction of the new intake
structure
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Raising of the existing
embankment
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