SAWPIT SPREADING GROUNDS
BASIN TYPE:
Shallow
No. OF BASINS:
4
SEASON FIRST USED:
1946-47
AREA
GROSS:
12 ACRES
WETTED:
4.0 ACRES
CAPACITIES
CHANNEL**:
5,000 cfs CFS
INTAKES:
30 cfs
STORAGE:
13 AF
PERCOLATION*:
12 CFS
LOCATION:
Westerly side of Sawpit Wash below mouth of canyon near Norumbega Drive, Monrovia.
SOURCE OF WATER:
Controlled flows from Sawpit Reservoir and Sawpit Debris Basin.
REMARKS:
* The capacity listed is estimates of infiltration rates.
** Design capacity of main channel.