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Clywedog Reservoir

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city of Worcester, the Bristol Waterworks Company, the Central Electricity Generating Board, the Cheltenham and Gloucester Joint Water Board, the East Shropshire Water Board, the East Worcestershire Waterworks Company, the Montgomeryshire Water Board, the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company, the county council of the administrative county of Montgomery and the Severn River Board, to empower the Clywedog Reservoir Joint Authority to acquire lands, to construct works and to regulate the flow of water in the river Severn; to confer powers upon the constituent authorities of the said Authority; and for other purposes.
415:(c. xxxi), ordering its creation to help prevent flooding of the River Severn in winter and to maintain its water levels in the summer. Local opposition was strong against the construction of the reservoir as it would result in the flooding of much of the Clywedog valley and the drowning of 615 acres (2.5 km) of agricultural land. On top of several disruptions and protests, during construction in 1966 a bomb was detonated within the construction site, setting work back by almost two months. The political extremist group 47: 312: 31: 280: 953: 2496: 54: 2484: 361:
An Act to constitute the Clywedog Reservoir Joint Authority consisting of representatives of the lord mayors, aldermen and citizens of the cities of Birmingham and Coventry, the mayors, aldermen and burgesses of the boroughs of Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, the mayor, aldermen and citizens of the
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It regulates the flow of water in the River Severn by releasing water into the river channel during low flow periods and re-filling during the wetter winter months. This enables major water abstractions to be made from the River Severn to supply the West Midlands with 50 million litres
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nest platform near the reservoir. The nest has been in use by breeding ospreys since 2014; by the end of 2022, 22 osprey chicks had been raised on the site. A web camera was installed in 2020 enabling video of the nest to be viewed online. A trout fishery operates on the reservoir.
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The reservoir was opened in 1967 and has been in continuous usage since then, generally filling with water over the winter months and gradually releasing it during the summer months. The reservoir is currently owned and operated by
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turbine. The area around Clywedog dam is now a popular leisure destination offering scenic walks and wildlife watching. At the base of the dam lies the ruins of the
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dam in the UK, with a height of 72 metres (236 ft) and a length of 230 metres (750 ft). When at capacity the reservoir contains approximately 50,000
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Its primary purpose was to regulate the flow in the River Severn to mitigate flooding and provide support for drinking water abstractions for the
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Highfield, Jonathon; Hughes, Noel (2 August 2016). "Llyn Clywedog reservoir – '50 years of reliable service".
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Construction of the dam started in 1963 and finished in 1967 after the passing of an
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located at Bwlch-y-gle to prevent overflow into the next valley. Its concrete
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The dam operating plant runs self-sufficiently from a 500 kW
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Clywedog Reservoir is located in Powys
Llanidloes
Powys
Trefeglwys
Powys
52°29′10″N 3°37′30″W / 52.48611°N 3.62500°W / 52.48611; -3.62500
Type
reservoir
Primary inflows
Primary outflows
Basin
megalitres
Welsh
reservoir
Llanidloes
Wales
River Severn
West Midlands
B4518 road
Llanidloes
Powys

Afon Clywedog
embankment dam
buttress dam
concrete
megalitres

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