Wraysbury Reservoir
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| Wraysbury Reservoir | |
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| Wraysbury Reservoir from the air, looking south | |
| Location | Surrey |
| Coordinates | 51°27′39.7″N 0°31′25.2″W / 51.461028°N 0.523667°WCoordinates: 51°27′39.7″N 0°31′25.2″W / 51.461028°N 0.523667°W |
| Lake type | reservoir |
| Basin countries | United Kingdom |
| Water volume | 34,000 million litres |
The Wraysbury Reservoir is a water supply reservoir for London lying just west of the M25 near the village of Wraysbury and Heathrow airport. The reservoir was begun in 1967 and completed in 1970 with a capacity of 34,000 million litres. [1]
The reservoir is owned and operated by Thames Water and 400 million litres of water are pumped daily from an inlet at Datchet on the River Thames. A neighbouring reservoir is the King George VI Reservoir, opened in 1947, which is supplied from Hythe End.
Wraysbury Reservoir is within a Site of Special Scientific Interest which also includes gravel pits at Wraysbury.[2]
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