Banbury Reservoir

Banbury Reservoir

Infobox lake
lake_name = Banbury Reservoir
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location = London Borough of Waltham Forest
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type = reservoir
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basin_countries = United Kingdom
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area = 46 ha
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max-depth = 8.5 m
volume = 2950 ML
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Banbury Reservoir is located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest at Walthamstow. It is one of the storage reservoirs [PDF| [http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~mjneves/publicacoes_files/data/es/ponencias/por_autor/pdf/10109.pdf Page 3 Lee Valley Reservoir information] |183 KiB Retrieved November 12,2007 ] in the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain. The reservoir is owned by Thames Water.

History

The reservoir was completed in 1903 and then owned by the East London Waterworks Company who were then taken over by the newly formed Metropolitan Water Board in 1904. [ [http://www.enfield.gov.uk/448/water%20supply%20in%20enfield%20a%20history.htm East London Waterworks-Water supply] Retrieved November 12,2007.]

ee also

*London water supply infrastructure

References


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