Barrow Gurney Reservoirs
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Overview
The tanks are fed by several springs including one which becomes the Land Yeo. Some of the outfall is also used to feed the river which flows to the Bristol Channel.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
There are three reservoirs in total, one (Tank number three, Script error: No such module "convert". to the north of the A38 and two (Tank number one, Script error: No such module "convert". and number two, Script error: No such module "convert". to the south.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The reservoirs are operated by Bristol Water. The first opened in 1852 to store the water from the newly finished "Line of Works", but within two years it developed a leak and had to be drained for repair, causing serious disruption to Bristol's water supply.[1] Over the following decades, work was undertaken to improve the water quality. First with sand filters and in 1935 with chlorination.[2]
During 1962 maximum output was increased from Script error: No such module "convert". to Script error: No such module "convert". a day by lowering the outlet of the filtered tank and duplicating inlets to the seven filters which received microstrained water.[3]
The stony banks on all the tanks provide a habitat for sedges.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Fishing (under permit) is generally for rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss, formerly Salmo iridia) and Brown trout (Salmo trutta morpha fario and S. trutta morpha lacustris).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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