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Wimbleball Lake

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78: 48: 308:. The effects of this regulation of the water flow from the lake have been studied by comparing the regulated River Haddeo and the neighbouring (unregulated) River Pulham. It showed that the main thermal effects of impoundment and regulation have been to raise mean water temperature, eliminate freezing conditions, depress summer maximum values, delay the annual cycle and reduce diurnal fluctuation. 324: 85: 55: 237: 31: 371:. In December 2005 the trust was successful in obtaining funding for a £1 million project to provide a new rowing store, conversion of barn space into showers and changing areas, new sports equipment, an accessible bird hide, and interpretation, improved access, and signage around the site. In 2006 a new £1 million activity centre opened. 374:
Wimbleball Sailing Club provides training, cruising and racing for its members, it is a non profit family sailing club operating every Sunday throughout the year and Wednesday, Friday and Saturday during the summer. The club is also home to a Sailability group providing sailing for the disabled.
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commissioned a detailed assessment of fish population, physical habitat, flow and water quality data within the River Haddeo, since it has been subject to regulated releases from Wimbleball Reservoir, to identify potential bottlenecks restricting the development of juvenile
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to provide a water storage capacity of some 21,000 megalitres over an area of 374 acres (1.51 km). Aggregate for the dam came from a quarry at
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Webb, BW; Walling, DE (1996). "Long-term variability in the thermal impact of river impoundment and regulation".
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Managed by the charity South West Lakes Trust, the lake offers a popular location for
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The tributary valleys include the River Pulham, which passes the village of
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The southern end of the lake is overlooked by the tower of
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and continues to Hartford where it joins the Haddeo.
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Location of reservoir in Somerset, United Kingdom
Location of reservoir in Somerset, United Kingdom
Somerset
51°04′N 3°28′W / 51.067°N 3.467°W / 51.067; -3.467
Type
reservoir
Primary inflows
River Haddeo
Primary outflows
River Haddeo
Basin

Exmoor
Somerset
reservoir
dam
concrete buttress
River Haddeo
Bampton
Uffculme
Brompton Regis
River Exe
abstraction
Tiverton
Exeter
South West Water
salmon

Haddon Hill

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