| Frankley Reservoir | |
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)  Frankley Reservoir | |
| Location | Birmingham |
| Coordinates | 52°25′14″N 1°59′55″W / 52.42069°N 1.99849°W |
| Type | drinking water reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Elan aqueduct |
| Primary outflows | Frankley Water Treatment Works |
Frankley Reservoir is a semi-circular reservoir for drinking water in Birmingham, England, operated by Severn Trent Water.[1] Its construction was authorised by the Birmingham Corporation Water Act of 1892. It was built by Birmingham Corporation Water Department to designs by Abram Kellett of Ealing in 1904.[2]
It contains 900,000 cubic metres (200,000,000 imp gal) of water received from the Elan Valley Reservoirs,[3] 117 km (73 mi) away, in Wales, which arrives via the Elan aqueduct, by the power of gravity alone, dropping 52 metres (171 ft) - an average gradient of 1 in 2,300.
Before 1987 it was leaking 540 litres (120 imp gal) per second. In that year Ground-penetrating radar was used successfully to isolate the leaks.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Environment Agency public register of Large Raised Reservoirs, as at 2 November 2020, via Boswarva, Owen. "Large Raised Reservoirs". Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Penguin Dictionary of Civil Engineering p347 (Radar)
- ^ Penguin Dictionary of Civil Engineering p347 (Radar)
- ^ Penguin Dictionary of Civil Engineering p347 (Radar)
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