Lake Waco

Lake Waco
Aerial view of Lake Waco and dam (circa 1960s).
Lake Waco Show map of Texas Lake Waco Show map of the United States
Location	Waco, Texas, United States
Coordinates	31°35′01″N 97°12′02″W / 31.58361°N 97.20056°W / 31.58361; -97.20056
Type	Reservoir
Primary inflows	Bosque River
Primary outflows	Bosque River
Basin countries	United States

Lake Waco is a man-made reservoir located on the west side of Waco, in McLennan County, Texas. It provides water to several cities in the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area, including Waco (pop. 135,858), Bellmead (pop. 9,901), Hewitt (pop. 13,368), Robinson (pop. 10,509), Woodway (pop. 8,452) and others in the Cross Timbers and Prairies ecoregion of Texas. Lake Waco was formed by a dam built on the Bosque River basin. The lake has 79,000 acre-feet (97,000,000 m³) of water and is managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.