Waskerley Reservoir is the largest of a group of three reservoirs located on
Muggleswick Common,
County Durham, the others being
Smiddy Shaw and
Hisehope Reservoir
Hisehope Reservoir is the smallest of a group of three reservoirs located on Muggleswick Common, County Durham, the others being Waskerley and Smiddy Shaw Reservoirs.
The reservoir was completed 1906, and is owned and operated by Northumbria ...
s.
The
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 ...
, which was constructed in 1877, is owned and operated by
Northumbrian Water
Northumbrian Water Limited is a water company in the United Kingdom, providing mains water and sewerage services in the English counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and parts of North Yorkshire, and also supplying water as Essex and ...
.
[Waskerley, Smiddyshaw, Hisehope (pdf downloadable at )] It and Smiddy Shaw—which in turn is fed by Hisehope—feed water under gravity to a water treatment works at Honey Hill.
[)] Because the three reservoirs cannot meet the full demand of Honey Hill, Waskerley can be replenished by a gravity feed from
Burnhope Reservoir
Burnhope Reservoir ( ) is a reservoir above the village of Wearhead, County Durham, England.
The reservoir was created by the construction of an earth embankment dam across the valley of Burnhope Burn, a tributary of the River Wear, above W ...
or, if necessary, by pumping water from the
Tyne-Tees Tunnel via an
airshaft
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Airshafts—also called Air Expanding shafts—are used in the manufacturing processes ...
.
Waskerley and its two neighbouring reservoirs are located within the
Site of Special Scientific Interest, which itself forms part of the
North Pennines
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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
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.
See also
*
List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom
This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the United Kingdom.
England Buckinghamshire
* Foxcote Reservoir, north of Buckingham
*Weston Turville Reservoir, between Weston Turville and Wendover
Cambridgeshire
* Grafham Water
Cheshire
* Bollinh ...
References
Drinking water reservoirs in England
Reservoirs in County Durham
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