Stanovice Reservoir, reservoir in Stanovice, Czech Republic

Stanovice Reservoir is a large water storage facility formed by a dam in the Lomnicky stream valley. The water body covers around 140 hectares and is held back by a nearly 260-meter-long stone-filled dam with asphalt sealing, with walking paths and a road crossing the dam allowing visitors to move through the area.

Stanovice Reservoir was constructed between 1972 and 1978 to supply drinking water to nearby towns and villages. The engineering project was designed to provide the region with lasting flood protection and a dependable water source for decades to come.

The reservoir lies in the first zone of the drinking-water protection area and is not open to the public, so fishing and recreation happen elsewhere. Its name comes from the village of Stanovice, just over a kilometre south of the dam; the road over the dam crown links Stanovice with Háje. The hamlet Stanovický Mlýn (Donawitzer Mühle) was flooded when the valley was dammed.

The reservoir lies in the first zone of the drinking-water protection area and is not open to the public; only the road over the dam crest between Stanovice and Háje crosses it. The dam is 258 m long and 8.25 m wide, with a 57.5 m high embankment sealed with asphalt on the water side.

At the foot of the concrete outlet tower, 150 m before the dam crest, a small hydroelectric plant with two turbines of 37 and 46 kW still operates. Water from the Teplá is also pumped in at the Teplička weir, lifting it 139 m.