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.
See also
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Soodla Reservoir
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Raudoja Reservoir
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Aavoja Reservoir
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Kaunissaare Reservoir
Kaunissaare Reservoir is located on Jägala (river), Jägala river in Kaunissaare, Kaunissaare Village, Anija Parish, Harju County, Estonia, near Kehra.
The reservoir is part of the Tallinn water supply system and is connected to Pirita River, ...
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Paunküla Reservoir
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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 ...
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List of lakes of Estonia
''This is a list of lakes (including reservoirs) in Estonia.''
Largest lakes
All lakes
''List is incomplete''
See also
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External links
{{Europe topic, List of lakes of
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Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a ...
References
Rae Parish
Reservoirs in Estonia
Lakes of Harju County
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