Frankley Reservoir

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Frankley Reservoir
Location	Birmingham
Coordinates	52.42069° N 1.99849° WCoordinates: 52.42069° N 1.99849° W
Lake type	reservoir
Basin countries	United Kingdom

Frankley Reservoir is a semi-circular reservoir for drinking water in Birmingham, England. Its construction was authorised by the Birmingham Corporation Water Act of 1892. It was built by Abram Kellett of Ealing in 1904.^[1]

It contains 900,000m³ of water received from the Elan Valley Reservoirs,^[2] 73 mi (117 km) away, in Wales, which arrives by the power of gravity alone, dropping 171 feet (52 metres) - an average gradient of 1 in 2,300.

Before 1987 it was leaking 540 litres per second. In that year Ground-penetrating radar was used successfully to isolate the leaks.^[3]

[edit] See also

• List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom
• Frankley Water Treatment Works

[edit] External links

• History
• grid reference SP002803

[edit] References

1. ^ Penguin Dictionary of Civil Engineering p347 (Radar)
2. ^ Penguin Dictionary of Civil Engineering p347 (Radar)
3. ^ Penguin Dictionary of Civil Engineering p347 (Radar)