Dalecarlia Reservoir

Dalecarlia Reservoir
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Dalecarlia Reservoir
Location	Bethesda, Maryland / Washington, D.C., U.S.
Coordinates	38°56′33.0216″N 77°6′36.1548″W / 38.942506000°N 77.110043000°W / 38.942506000; -77.110043000
Type	Reservoir
Primary inflows	Washington Aqueduct
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	50 acres (20 ha)
Surface elevation	148 ft (45 m)[1]

Dalecarlia Reservoir is the primary storage basin for drinking water in Washington, D.C., and Arlington County, Virginia. The reservoir is fed by an underground aqueduct in turn fed by low dams which divert portions of the Potomac River near Great Falls and Little Falls.^[2] The reservoir is located between Spring Valley and the Palisades, two neighborhoods in Northwest Washington, D.C., and Brookmont, a neighborhood in Montgomery County, Maryland.