Sulejowski Reservoir

Sulejowski Reservoir
Sulejowski Reservoir is located in Poland
Sulejowski Reservoir
Sulejowski Reservoir
A fragment of the eastern embankment of the Sulejów Reservoir in the village of Smardzewice. After reconstruction in 2023
LocationTomaszów Mazowiecki / Opoczno / Piotrków counties in Łódź Voivodeship
Coordinates51°26′0″N 19°56′0″E / 51.43333°N 19.93333°E / 51.43333; 19.93333
TypeReservoir
Primary inflowsPilica, Luciąża
Primary outflowsPilica
Basin countriesPoland
Managing agencyRegionalny Zarząd Gospodarki Wodnej w Warszawie
Built1969–1974
Max. length17.1 kilometres (10.6 mi)
Max. width2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi)
Surface area27 square kilometres (6,700 acres)
Average depth3.3 metres (11 ft)
Max. depth11 metres (36 ft)
Water volumeFull: 75,000,000 m3 (61,000 acre⋅ft)
Used: 61,000,000 m3 (49,000 acre⋅ft)
Shore length158 kilometres (36 mi)
SettlementsTomaszów Mazowiecki, Smardzewice, Sulejów
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The Sulejowski Reservoir (Polish: Zalew Sulejowski, pronounced [zalɛv sulɛjovski]) is an artificial lake, a reservoir created by a dam, built in the years 1969-1974 in the Łódź Voivodeship of Poland. The second largest water reservoir in the voivodeship.[1] The aim of this reservoir was to supply fresh drinking water to the city of Łódź and Tomaszów Mazowiecki. At full capacity the reservoir contains up to 95,000,000 cubic metres (77,000 acre⋅ft) of water and has an average depth of 3.3 metres (11 ft).[2][3]

  1. ^ "Jeziora – Portal Turystyczny Województwa Łódzkiego" (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  2. ^ Kambit.pl. "Wolbórz - Oficjalny portal miasta i gminy | Zalew Sulejowski". www.wolborz.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  3. ^ Admin, Przez (2009-04-28). "Topografia". Zalew Sulejowski - kursy motorowodne czartery atrakcje pogoda, jezioro sulejowskie (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-09-26.