The Nesbitt Reservoir is located on

Pennsylvania Route 502 Pennsylvania Route 502 (PA 502) is a state highway located in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 11 (US 11) in Moosic. The eastern terminus is at PA 435 in Covington Township. The route i ...

Spring Brook Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Spring Brook Township is a township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,753 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.7 square miles (8 ...

History and notable features

This

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

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 Lackawanna River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It flows through a region of th ...

. Spring Brook begins near Yostville, Pennsylvania and flows to its confluence with the

Moosic, Pennsylvania Moosic ( ) is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, south of downtown Scranton and northeast of downtown Wilkes-Barre, on the Lackawanna River. Moosic is in a former coal-mining region. A few older industries existed at one time, includ ...

. 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. Whitewater rafting was previously done from the reservoir to

Moosic Moosic ( ) is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, south of downtown Scranton and northeast of downtown Wilkes-Barre, on the Lackawanna River. Moosic is in a former coal-mining region. A few older industries existed at one time, includ ...

. It was a medium difficult level for paddling for those not ready for the roaring rapids but not quite a beginner. It is no longer accessible to the public since the reservoir was purchased from PAWC. Before that time, there was a nature trail that included sights of creeks, the stream, falls, deer and other small animals of nature.

References

External links

*http://www.lrca.org/pages/northpocono/pages/springbrookfactsheet.htm * {{authority control Reservoirs in Pennsylvania Protected areas of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Bodies of water of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania