Vaskjala Reservoir is located on

Pirita river The Pirita () is a long river in northern Estonia that drains into Tallinn Bay (part of the Gulf of Finland) in Pirita, Tallinn. The basin area of the Pirita is 799 km2. For the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, the estuary to the Gulf ...

in Vaskjala Village, Rae Parish, Harju County, Estonia near

Jüri Jüri () is a small borough () in Harju County, northern Estonia. It is located southeast of the capital Tallinn, by the Tallinn–Tartu road (E263), directly after the intersection with Tallinn Ring Road (nr. 11). Jüri is the administrative ...

. The reservoir is part of the

Tallinn water supply system Tallinn water supply system is a water supply system that provides potable water to Estonia's capital city Tallinn. 90% of Tallinn's potable water is produced from the surface water. The heart of the system Ülemiste Water Treatment Plant is loca ...

and is connected to

Lake Ülemiste Lake Ülemiste () is the largest of the lakes surrounding Tallinn, Estonia. Ülemiste is the main part of the Tallinn water supply system, which supplies the city with most of its drinking water. The lake is fed mostly by Kurna stream and the P ...

via Vaskjala-Ülemiste canal. The area of the reservoir is , average depth is and maximum depth is .

History

The construction of the reservoir took place in 1969 and 1970. Vaskjala beach was built on the shores of the reservoir in 1999.

References

Rae Parish Reservoirs in Estonia Lakes of Harju County {{Harju-geo-stub

History

See also

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