Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, is a reservoir that stores water for water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley

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Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA

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