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Foss Reservoir, also known as Foss Lake, lies in Custer County, Oklahoma on the Washita River, about west of Clinton, Oklahoma. The reservoir was constructed during 1958–1961 by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation. The project was known originally as the Washita Basin Project. The lake and dam were named for the community of Foss, Oklahoma, about south of the site. The primary purposes are to regulate flow of the river and to provide water for the cities of Bessie, Clinton, Cordell and Hobart.〔( U. S. Department of the Interior. "Washita Basin Project." Updated April 5, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013. )〕 It is western Oklahoma's largest lake〔("Foss Lake, Oklahoma." Retrieved July 2, 2013. )〕 and lies entirely within Foss State Park. The reservoir has a surface area of and a shoreline of .〔("Leisure and Sports Review (LASR):Foss Lake, OK." Retrieved July 2, 2013. )〕 The capacity of the reservoir is 436,812 acre-feet.〔(ScoopWeb. "Foss Dam News." Retrieved July 2, 2013 )〕 Dam construction began in October, 1958. The dam is high, wide (at the crest) and long.〔 The water quality in Lake Foss is extremely hard. The Bureau of Reclamation built one of the first electrodialysis plants in the United States to process the water before it is delivered to users. The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality constructed a new, updated plant to replace the original in 2002.〔(Wayne Boothe, "Foss." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.'' Retrieved July 2, 2013. )〕 Water is transported from the dam to consumers via three pumping stations and of aqueducts.〔(Bureau of Reclamation. "Washita Basin Project." Retrieved July 3, 2013. )〕 ==Cold cases== In September 2013, two cars believed to have been submerged since the 1960s, and possibly as late as 1970, were found at the bottom of Foss Reservoir by Oklahoma Highway Patrol officers testing new sonar equipment. The cars, a 1952 Chevrolet and a blue 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, each contained three sets of skeletal human remains. They were suspected to be linked to two separate, long-open cold cases from the late 1960s, in the case of the older car, and 1970, in the case of the Camaro.〔(Cold, wet cases: Oklahoma troopers stumble on six bodies in two cars at bottom of lake - Retrieved September 18, 2013 )〕 The cases were solved in October of 2014 when it was announced that both cases were solved, with the 1969 case involving three adults and the 1970 case involving three teenagers. Both cases were ruled accidental. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Foss Reservoir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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