Reservoir
Kielder Water
The largest artificial lake in the UK by capacity, built to supply industrial demand in north east England that never fully materialised — leaving the region with the most comfortable water resource position in England.
Key facts
- Capacity
- approximately 200 million m³
- Surface area
- 10.9 km²
- Completed
- 1982
- Purpose
- Regulating reservoir supporting the Tyne, Wear and Tees
Relationships
- Located in: England
Related intelligence
Rutland Watersame placeChalk aquifer of southern Englandsame placeBroad Street cholera outbreaksame placeThe Great Stinksame placeCamelford water pollution incidentsame placeThe 1976 droughtsame placeThe 2022 droughtsame placeYorkshire droughtsame placeDevon Cryptosporidium outbreaksame placeSouthern Water — record penalty for wastewater offencessame placeThames Water — Thames pollution finesame placeYorkshire Water — Ofwat enforcement packagesame place
Sources
- World Wildlife Fund / McGill University — HydroSHEDS / HydroRIVERS / HydroLAKES / HydroBASINS. Open — attribution required · CC BY 4.0
- Global Water System Project — Global Reservoir and Dam Database. Open — attribution required · CC BY 4.0
- Peer-reviewed scientific literature — Open-access hydrology, water chemistry and water use research. Public but restricted · Publisher terms — public access, reuse not clearly granted