Frankley Reservoir

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Frankley Reservoir
A large reservoir with a low wall running around the edge
Frankley Reservoir is located in West Midlands county
Frankley Reservoir
Frankley Reservoir
LocationBirmingham
Coordinates52°25′14″N 1°59′55″W / 52.42069°N 1.99849°W / 52.42069; -1.99849Coordinates: 52°25′14″N 1°59′55″W / 52.42069°N 1.99849°W / 52.42069; -1.99849
Typedrinking water reservoir
Primary inflowsElan aqueduct
Primary outflowsFrankley 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.[2] It was built by Birmingham Corporation Water Department to designs by Abram Kellett of Ealing in 1904.[3]

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.[3]

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  1. ^ Environment Agency public register of Large Raised Reservoirs, as at 2 November 2020, via Boswarva, Owen. "Large Raised Reservoirs". Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ 55 & 56 Vict. c. clxxiii
  3. ^ a b c "Radar". Penguin Dictionary of Civil Engineering. Penguin Books. p. 347.

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