Water Levels at Rutland Water Reservoir Cause Concern

By nora_hs | Sunday, February 19, 2012, 16:49

According to a BBC report, Anglian Water has said that Rutland Water Reservoir, which supplies homes in Leicestershire and Rutland, is worrying low at under 70% of capacity and the situation is likely to get worse as summer approaches.

Water Levels at Rutland Water Reservoir Cause Concern

Two dry winters and a lack of rain in summer and spring has contributed to the problem.

In December, The Environment Agency granted Anglian Water a drought permit to take extra supplies out of the River Nene, but it is feared that this might not be enough. The Agency has also said that there is likely to be national water restrictions unless there is prolonged rainfall before April.

Anglian Water is appealing for users around the Reservoir to conserve water where they can. I wonder if there are many people who use more than they need given the hike in water prices.

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Probably won't take so long to get round on the Rutland Belle now,
http://tinyurl.com/6t8bw5y

By GrumpyJag at 19:39 on 20/02/12
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Mmmm
Thinking back to when I used to walk to Ketton - would get wet on that route now....no still can't remember what was originally said when it was first mooted ...but .... not Oakham supply anyway and yes, appreciate the links

By Waltersphoto at 18:35 on 20/02/12
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The UK's largest recent water project aims to efficiently deliver secure water supplies to the growing towns of the UK's South Midlands region. Milton Keynes, Bedford, Northampton, Corby, Wellingborough and Kettering were earmarked by the government for intensive development in 2001, but Anglian Water was already anticipating increasing demand for water in the 1990s. In 1999 the company submitted a planning application to increase water treatment at its Wing Water Treatment Works in Rutland by a third, from 270Ml/day to 360Ml/day, also increasing abstraction from the UK's largest manmade reservoir, Rutland Water.

source: http://tinyurl.com/8a9dngd

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http://tinyurl.com/87xhw5n

Lord Henley was speaking during a visit to Rutland Water reservoir where he saw work done by Anglian Water to improve the resilience of their water supply. The East of England is the driest region of the UK, which last month saw just 5mm of rainfall – 11 per cent of the monthly average.

Anglian Water has invested £116 million at Rutland for the construction of new pumping stations, a new water treatment works and 41km of pipes. It allows up to 25 per cent more water to be taken from the reservoir for people in Peterborough, Milton Keynes and Corby. The reservoir's bird life is internationally protected so to prevent them being affected by any drop in water level the project also included a huge, 85 hectare network of new lagoons and wetlands to provide safe, top quality habitats for them and other wildlife.

By buduncle at 15:12 on 20/02/12
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That's what I thought, but it isn't what the report says - see the link in the article.

By nora_hs at 14:44 on 20/02/12
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At the back of my mind I had it down as Birmingham but funnily enough it is a bit tricky to track down exactly on't net

By Waltersphoto at 13:33 on 20/02/12
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