Lac de Padula
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| Lac de Padula | |
|---|---|
 Lake Padula and the village of Oletta | |
  Lac de Padula  Lac de Padula | |
| Location | Haute-Corse, Corsica, France |
| Coordinates | 42°37′41″N 9°19′22″E / 42.62806°N 9.32278°E |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Basin countries | France |
Lac de Padula is a reservoir in the Haute-Corse department of France, on the island of Corsica. It was built to supply water for irrigation and firefighting, but now also provides drinking water during the summer tourist peak.
Lac de Padula is in the commune of Oletta apart from two small parts of its southern shore, which are in the commune of Olmeta-di-Tuda. The D262 road from the village of Oletta to the east crosses the eastern arm of the lake and then runs along its south shore. The lake is formed by a dam across the Ruisseau de Furmicaiola, a tributary of the Ruisseau Salinelle, which in turn is a tributary of the Aliso River.[1] Other inflows are the Vitte and Vomera streams (ruisseaux).[2]
Dam
After a fire in the Nebbio in 1989, the water tables in the Saint-Florent plain were empty.[3] The reservoir was created to provide water for irrigation and firefighting. The dam was commissioned in 1991 and began to supply an irrigation network in the Oletta plain.[2]
Requirements for drinking water in the nearby tourist center of Saint-Florent began to rise.[2] An order of 9 November 2005 authorized use of water from the Aliso river and the Padula reservoir for human consumption.[4] The Office d'Equipement Hydraulique de Corse (OEHC) was authorised to withdraw and treat up to 2,000,000 cubic metres (71,000,000 cu ft) of water during the peak summer tourist period in the Nebbio region.[5] The land around the reservoir was protected.[6]
