Bacciana Reservoir
Bacciana Reservoir is a reservoir in the Haute-Corse department of France, on the island of Corsica. It supplies water for drinking and irrigation.
Dam
The Bacciana Reservoir is in the commune of Aléria in the eastern coastal plain of Corsica.It is north of the Teppe Rosse Reservoir and northeast of the Tagnone river.
The dam is semi-circular, extending round the east of the reservoir.
The earthfill dam came into service in 2002.
It is high and long, with a crest elevation of.
It retains of water.
The reservoir covers.
Its watershed covers.
Operations
The dam is managed by the Office d’Équipement Hydraulique de Corse.A dam on the Fium'Orbu just downstream from the Sampolo hydroelectric complex creates the Trévadine Reservoir and allows filling the reservoirs in the plain, the Bacciana, the Teppe Rosse Reservoir and the Alzitone Reservoir.
The reservoirs in turn deliver water using gravity.
In winter an outlet in the Trévadine Reservoir supplies an above-ground steel pipe that runs for a distance of to the reservoirs of Alzitone, Teppe Rosse and Bacciana.
It is able to carry about per second.
Downstream a network of distribution pipes carries water to users in the municipalities of Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo, Serra-di-Fiumorbo, Ventiseri and Solaro.
About of water is taken from the Fium'Orbu in winter with occasional peaks of as much as.
In summer the Fium'Orbu continue to supply to the reservoirs, but delivery of water to users requires operation of pumping stations.
Ecology
The reservoir has low biological significance.Flora include sedges, yellow fleabane, water knotweed, common reed, black poplar, roses, lakeshore bulrush, rough bindweed and broadleaf cattail.
Birds include red kite, European bee-eater, Eurasian coot, carrion crow, grey heron and great crested grebe.
Amphibians include the pool frog.
Fishing is allowed in the western half of the reservoir.
It is limited to angling or casting from the shore, fishing from a flat-bottomed boat, and float tube fishing under some conditions.