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Caban-coch dam, summer 2009. In the early 1970s, it was proposed that the Craig-goch reservoir should be substantially increased in size with a new and higher downstream dam together with another dam to the north-west, impounding water that would otherwise have flowed down the Ystwyth valley. This scheme would have created a huge reservoir ...
Caban Coch Dam. The Elan Valley (Welsh: Cwm Elan) is a river valley situated to the west of Rhayader, in Powys, Wales, sometimes known as the "Welsh Lake District".It covers 70 square miles (180 km 2) of lake and countryside.
It was, in part, the failure of the Llyn Eigiau dam, and consequent collapse of the dam of a second reservoir (Coedty) downstream, in the then Caernarvonshire (modern Gwynedd) in 1925 with the loss of 16 lives in the village of Dolgarrog which led to the enactment of the Reservoirs (Safety Provisions) Act in 1930. Under this legislation, all ...
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A major incident was declared in the Rhondda Cynon Taf region on Sunday, with up to 300 properties in the area affected by flooding from the storm.
Footbridge over the Afon Elan below Caban Coch dam. Afon Elan (Welsh for 'River Elan') is a tributary of the River Wye which runs through the wide expanse of upland moors, traditionally known as Elenydd, in central Wales.
The Craig Goch reservoir had been identified in the 1970s and in the 1990s as a potential source of water for the south-east of England. [5] The latest project envisaged raising the existing dam, adding a secondary dam at the head of the River Ystwyth valley and piping water from the high head generated into the River Severn and subsequently transferring it by pipeline aqueduct to the head ...
Borrans Reservoir, north of Windermere (town); Castle Carrock Reservoir; Chapelhouse Reservoir, south-east of Uldale; Cow Green Reservoir east of Dufton Fell; Dubbs Reservoir, north of Windermere (town)