Water transfer scheme
Elan Valley aqueduct
A gravity aqueduct completed in 1904 carrying water from reservoirs in mid-Wales to Birmingham, still supplying a large share of the city’s water more than a century later.
Key facts
- Operator
- Severn Trent Water
- Length
- approximately 117 km
- Completed
- 1904
- Operation
- Entirely by gravity — no pumping
- Fall
- roughly 52 m over the full length
Relationships
- Located in: Wales
Related intelligence
Sources
- 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
- OpenStreetMap Foundation — OpenStreetMap. Open — attribution required · Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0