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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
The Pennines group of reservoirs are at 49% capacity, as is the Wimbleball reservoir in Somerset. Only four reservoir or reservoir groups are currently recording water levels that are classed as ...
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 ...
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.
Arlington Reservoir is a 100.4-hectare (248-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Hailsham in East Sussex, England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is also a Local Nature Reserve and it is owned and managed by South East Water .
Public water supply and sanitation in the United Kingdom are characterized by universal access and generally good service quality. Unlike many other developed countries, the United Kingdom features diverse institutional arrangements across its constituent parts: ( England and Wales ; Scotland ; and Northern Ireland ).
Kielder Water is a large man-made reservoir in Northumberland in North East England. It is the largest artificial lake in the United Kingdom by capacity of water and it is surrounded by Kielder Forest, one of the biggest man-made woodlands in Europe. The scheme was planned in the late 1960s to satisfy an expected rise in demand for water to ...