The Paunküla Reservoir () is a lake in Estonia. It is located in the village of Kiruvere in Kose Parish, Harju County, near Ardu.
The reservoir is part of the Tallinn water supply system and is connected to the upstream Jägala River via the Sae–Paunküla Canal. The Pirita River runs isolated along the southern shore of the reservoir in a ditch and is only connected to the reservoir at its northeastern end.
Physical description The lake has an area of , and it has 21 islands with a combined area of . The lake has an average depth of and a maximum depth of . It is long, and its shoreline measures . It has a volume of .
History The reservoir was first flooded in 1960. The reservoir reached its current size in 1979.
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See also Soodla Reservoir Raudoja Reservoir Aavoja Reservoir Kaunissaare Reservoir Vaskjala Reservoir Lake Ülemiste List of lakes of Estonia
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