Spreading Facility Information
HANSEN SPREADING GROUNDS
BASIN TYPE:
Shallow
No. OF BASINS:
6
SEASON FIRST USED:
1944-45
AREA
 
GROSS:
156 ACRES
WETTED:
101.1 ACRES
CAPACITIES
 
CHANNEL**:
22,000 cfs CFS
INTAKES:
600 cfs
STORAGE:
1276 AF
PERCOLATION*:
150 CFS
LOCATION:
Northwesterly side of Tujunga Wash from above Glenoaks Blvd. Southwesterly to San Fernando Rd.
SOURCE OF WATER:
Controlled flows from Hansen Dam and Big Tujunga Dam.
REMARKS:
* The capacity listed is estimates of infiltration rates.
** Design capacity of main channel.

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