Wraysbury Reservoir

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lake_name = Wraysbury Reservoir
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location = Surrey
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type = reservoir
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volume = 34,000 million litres
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cities = The Wraysbury Reservoir is a water supply reservoir for London lying just west of the M25 near the village of Wraysbury and Heathrow airport. The reservoir was begun in 1967 and completed in 1970 with a capacity of 34,000 million litres. [ [http://www.spelthorne.gov.uk/lei_three_rivers_ramble.htm Spelthorne Borough Council - Three Rivers Ramble] ]

The reservoir is owned and operated by Thames Water and 400 million litres of water are pumped daily from an inlet at Datchet on the River Thames. A neighbouring reservoir is the King George VI Reservoir, opened in 1947, which is supplied from Hythe End. Wraysbury Reservoir is within a Site of Special Scientific Interest which also includes gravel pits at Wraysbury. [ [http://www.wraysbury.net/conserv.htm Wraysbury Village Community Website] ]

ee also

*London water supply infrastructure

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