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Perry Barr Reservoir is a covered 
There are two old, matching signs at the entrance. One reads:
the other:
In August 2013, Severn Trent launched a £2 million project to build a pipeline linking the reservoir to
drinking water
Drinking water is water that is used in drink or food preparation; potable water is water that is safe to be used as drinking water. The amount of drinking water required to maintain good health varies, and depends on physical activity level, a ...
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
, in north Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
, England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
, operated by Severn Trent Water
Severn Trent plc is a water company based in Coventry, England. It supplies 4.6 million households and business across the Midlands and Wales.
It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Severn Trent, the ...
. Built for the then Birmingham Corporation Water Department
The Birmingham Corporation Water Department was responsible for the supply of water to Birmingham, England, from 1876 to 1974. It was also known as Birmingham Corporation Waterworks Department.
Early History 1808 - 1876
The earliest formal supp ...
, on the site of the former Perry Barr Farm, it is not, despite its name, in the modern Perry Barr
Perry Barr is a suburban area in north Birmingham, England. It is also the name of a council constituency, managed by its own district committee. Birmingham Perry Barr is also a parliamentary constituency; its Member of Parliament is Khalid Ma ...
area, but nearby Kingstanding
Kingstanding is an area in north Birmingham, England. It gives its name to a ward in the Erdington council constituency. Kingstanding ward includes the areas; Perry Common, Witton Lakes and Wyrley Birch. The other part of Kingstanding falls ...
, at .
The reservoir is supplied by gravity
In physics, gravity () is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things with mass or energy. Gravity is, by far, the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, approximately 1038 times weaker than the stro ...
from The Elan Valley, via Frankley Water Treatment Works
Frankley Water Treatment Works is a drinking water plant at Frankley, Birmingham, England. Owned by Severn Trent Water, it supplies drinking water to Birmingham and the surrounding area. The plant treats water from the Elan Valley in Wales, which ...
and the trunk mains system.
The reservoir, completed in 1942, has a concrete dam and holds 84 million litres of water.Environment Agency public register of Large Raised Reservoirs, as at 2 November 2020, via It supplies areas such as Kingstanding, Perry Barr, Great Barr
Great Barr is now a large and loosely defined area to the north-west of Birmingham, England. The area was historically in Staffordshire, and the parts now in Birmingham were once known as Perry Barr, which is still the name of an adjacent Birmi ...
and Witton.
There are two old, matching signs at the entrance. One reads:
the other:
In August 2013, Severn Trent launched a £2 million project to build a pipeline linking the reservoir to South Staffordshire Water
South Staffordshire Water plc known as South Staffs Water is a UK water supply company owned by a privately owned utilities company serving parts of Staffordshire the West Midlands as well as small areas of surrounding counties in England. South ...
's Barr Beacon Reservoir
Barr Beacon Reservoir is a covered, hill-top drinking water reservoir at Barr Beacon, Walsall, England, opened in 1899. It is operated by South Staffs Water.
One of the uses of the reservoir is to transfer water from the company's works at Hamp ...
, to allow for the exchange of water in emergencies such as severe droughts.
References
Drinking water reservoirs in England Reservoirs in Birmingham, West Midlands {{WestMidlands-geo-stub