Bartley Reservoir
Reservoir in the West Midlands, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bartley Reservoir is a reservoir for drinking water in Birmingham, England, operated by Severn Trent Water.[1] It covers 460,000 square metres (5,000,000 sq ft).
Bartley Reservoir | |
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Location | Birmingham |
Coordinates | 52.42788°N 1.99554°W / 52.42788; -1.99554 |
Type | drinking water reservoir |
Primary inflows | Elan aqueduct |
Primary outflows | Frankley Water Treatment Works |
Managing agency | Severn Trent Water |
Built | 1930 |
Max. length | 1.05 kilometres (0.65 mi) |
Max. width | 450 metres (1,480 ft) |
Surface area | 0.46 square kilometres (110 acres) |
Average depth | 5.1 metres (17 ft) |
Water volume | 2.4 million cubic metres (530×10 |
Shore length1 | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
The reservoir is about 1.05 kilometres (0.65 mi) long, over 450 metres (1,480 ft) wide, and about 18 metres (60 ft) deep at the dam. Its surface area is 0.45 square kilometres (0.17 sq mi).
It is known as the place where Bill Oddie did much of his early birdwatching, and features in his books (notably Bill Oddie's Gone Birding) and television programmes. His first ever published article, for the West Midland Bird Club's annual report, was about the birds of the reservoir.[2] The reservoir is also home to Bartley Sailing Club and Andrew Simpson Centres Birmingham.[3] [4]