Sunset Reservoir


Sunset Reservoir is one of three terminal reservoirs in the Regional Water System in San Francisco, California. The reservoir, the city's largest, is located in the Sunset District at 24th Avenue and Ortega Street, and is owned and maintained by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Completed in 1960, the subterranean reservoir was constructed as an,, concrete basin, now containing 720 floor-to-ceiling columns. With its maximum depth of, the reservoir's capacity is with average daily flows of through inlet/outlet pipes.

Seismic upgrades

The Sunset Reservoir Solar Project has installed 25,000 solar panels on the roof of the reservoir. The 5-megawatt plant more than tripled the city's 2-megawatt solar generation capacity. It opened in December 2010 in a ceremony introduced by Mayor Gavin Newsom.