C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir | |
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Location | Hillsborough County, Florida |
Coordinates | 27°48′10″N 82°10′40″W / 27.80278°N 82.17778°W |
Type | Reservoir |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 1,100 acres (4.5 km2) |
Water volume | 15.5 billion US gallons (59,000,000 m3) |
The C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir is a 15.5 billion US gallons (59,000,000 m3)[1] reservoir which collects water from the Alafia and Hillsborough Rivers in central Florida. It is named for C.W. Bill Young, the U.S. Congressman from Florida's 10th congressional district.[2] Tampa Bay Water, the regional water authority for Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties,[3] worked for nearly a decade in constructing the reservoir, which was completed in June 2005,[2] and officially opened on 15 October 2005.[4]