Lockwood Reservoir

Lockwood Reservoir

Infobox lake
lake_name=Lockwood Reservoir
location = London Borough of Waltham Forest
coords= coord|51.5950|N|0.0479|W|type:waterbody_region:GB|display=inline,title
type = reservoir
basin_countries= United Kingdom
area= 26.6 ha
max-depth = 10.4 m
volume= 2500 Ml

Lockwood Reservoir is located in Walthamstow which is part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The storage reservoir [ [http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~mjneves/publicacoes_files/data/es/ponencias/por_autor/pdf/10109.pdf Reservoir information page 3] retrieved November 16 ,2007 ] is one the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain which supply drinking water to London and are owned by Thames Water

Ecology

The reservoir is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) [ [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004304.pdf English Nature] Retrieved December 07 2007]

History

The reservoir was completed in 1903 and constructed by the East London Waterworks Company who were then taken over by the Metropolitan Water Board in 1904 [ [http://www.enfield.gov.uk/448/water%20supply%20in%20enfield%20a%20history.htm Lockwood Reservoir] Retrieved November 16,2007]

ee also

*London water supply infrastructure

References


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