Alzitone Reservoir
The Alzitone Reservoir () is a reservoir in the Haute-Corse department of France. It dams the Pedocchino stream, but most of the water is supplied from the Réservoir de Trévadine on the Fiumorbo river. It supplies water for drinking and for irrigation, which during the summer low water is delivered using a pumping station. Location. The reservoir is in the eastern coastal plain of Corsica. It is in the south of the commune of Aghione to the north of the T10 Route de Bastia. The Étang d'Urbino is on the opposite side of the highway. The reservoir is  surrounded by a communal forest with very accessible paths. From the crest of the dam, there is an excellent view of the coast and the Tyrrhenian Sea. Dam. The Alzitone Dam () is owned and operated by the "Office d’Equipement Hydraulique de Corse". It came into service in 1965, and supplies drinking and irrigation water. It is an earth dam high and long. The crest altitude is . The dam impounds the Pedocchino stream to form a reservoir holding of water. Excluding the feed from the Fium'Orbu, the drainage basin covert just . Ecology. The Alzitone Reservoir has low biological importance. Flora include  silver wattle ("Acacia dealbata"), southern blue gum ("Eucalyptus globulus") and common reed ("Phragmites australis"). Birds include the black-headed gull ("Chroicocephalus ridibundus"). Reservoir operations. The Alzitone Reservoir is the largest reservoir of raw water in the south of the eastern plain. 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 and the Alzitone. The reservoirs in turn deliver water using gravity. 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.