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Rank Name Country County Grid Ref. Location Maximum volume m 3 [1] Planning date Completion date 26 Abberton: England: Essex: TL9810018300 39,000,000: 1935 [i]: 1939 175
Taff Fechan reservoirs - a chain of four reservoirs also supplying the Taff valley and Cardiff with water Upper Neuadd Reservoir; Lower Neuadd Reservoir; Doly y gaer Reservoir [9] Pontsticill Reservoir; Elan Valley Reservoirs - a group of reservoirs supplying Birmingham and parts of the West Midlands conurbation with drinking water Claerwen ...
The amount of water held in England’s reservoirs stood at just 65% of total capacity at the end of last month – the lowest level for that point in the calendar year since 1995.
The second tank can be seen today, a very long, low building with a pitched roof at the foot of the dam. Worthington Reservoir when full is about 9 metres deep and has a capacity of 546 million litres. If required the water treatment works today could filter and chlorinate up to 8 million litres of water a day.
This is a list of reservoirs in the Peak District of England, [1] [2] most of which lie within the Peak District National Park, but others lie outside its borders (marked with * in the table below). [3] [4] Reservoirs of the Peak District Ladybower Reservoir Derwent Reservoir Winscar Reservoir Howden Reservoir Torside Reservoir
In winter, when the flow in the River Medway exceeds 275 million litres per day, river water is pumped to the reservoir for storage. There is an outlined plan to raise the water level by a further three metres with intentions of increasing the yield by up to 30% to help with the growing water demand in Southeast England.
Kielder Water is owned by Northumbrian Water, and holds 200 billion litres (44 billion gallons, or 0.2 cubic km), making it the largest artificial reservoir in the UK by capacity (Rutland Water is the largest by surface area).
Hanningfield is the 11th largest reservoir in England with an area of 3.52 km 2 (870 acres). [1] The reservoir has a limited natural water catchment area and is principally supplied with water abstracted from the River Chelmer and River Blackwater at Langford about 14 km (8.7 mi) north east of Hanningfield. Water is pumped from Langford at up ...