This reservoir is managed and protected by the Pennsylvania American Water Company (PAWC).

It provides a fresh water supply to approximately 75,000 area residents and is situated on Spring Brook, the second-largest tributary to the Lackawanna River.

The Spring Brook watershed has nine named tributaries of its own, including subtributaries.

In 2012, Pennsylvania American Water completed improvements costing $27.4 million to the dam, which contains the 1.3 billion-gallon reservoir.

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