Žlutice Reservoir, reservoir in Žlutice, Czech Republic

Žlutice Reservoir is a drinking-water reservoir on the Střela river, built between 1965 and 1968. Its straight, 233 m long and 27 m high rockfill dam has a core of mica schist gneiss, sealed with loess clay on the upstream side and a grassed downstream face. The concrete intake tower normally stands hidden below the water surface.

The reservoir was constructed between 1965 and 1968 to store water, control flooding, and later generate electricity through a power plant installed in the late 1990s. The project flooded two small settlements, Mlyňany and Dolánky, along with historic roads and mills that once served the community.

The reservoir is a drinking-water source for northwest Bohemia, supplying the Podbořany, Toužim and Žatec regions, and is not open for recreation. Its banks, surrounded by forest, are closed to entry, so the water is seen from the dam or surrounding paths rather than used for swimming or fishing.

The reservoir is a drinking-water source for northwest Bohemia and is not open for recreation; entering the wooded banks is prohibited. The dam lies about 3 km west of Žlutice, and the reservoir stretches 4.6 km west to the hills Čerťák and Čertův vrch. The dam crest is 3.1 m wide.

A small power plant with two turbines generates roughly 900 megawatt-hours of electricity annually, demonstrating how the water serves local energy needs. Water flow can increase dramatically during heavy storms, and the dam's wide spillway is designed to handle over 200 cubic meters per second without risk of overflow.