Perry Barr Reservoir
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The reservoir is supplied by gravity from The Elan Valley, via Frankley Water Treatment Works and the trunk mains system.
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The reservoir, completed in 1942, has a concrete dam and holds 84 million litres of water.[1] It supplies areas such as Kingstanding, Perry Barr, Great Barr and Witton.
There are two old, matching signs at the entrance. One reads:
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City of Birmingham Water Department
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the other:
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The water in this reservoir (capacity 18 million gallons) has flowed 86 miles, without being pumped, though tunnels & pipes from the mountains of mid-Wales.
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In August 2013, Severn Trent launched a £2 million project to build a Script error: No such module "convert". pipeline linking the reservoir to South Staffordshire Water's Barr Beacon Reservoir, to allow for the exchange of water in emergencies such as severe droughts.[2]
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