Sunset Reservoir

San Francisco, CA

Opened: 1960

37.750139, -122.483592

The subterranean Sunset Reservoir in San Francisco's Sunset District is one of three terminal reservoirs in the city's regional water system. It covers 11 acres, can hold 270 acre-feet of water and has an average daily flow of 46 acre-feet.

In 2010, Recurrent Energy installed 24,000 solar panels on the roof of the reservoir to build a urban solar plant rated at 5MW.

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Sunset Reservoir
37.750710, -122.483446
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Sunset Reservoir
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Sunset Reservoir + Golden Gate Bridge
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Betsey Lauppe Rhodes, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission