Derwent Valley Water Board

Derwent Valley Water Act 1899
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to authorise the construction of works for impounding and distributing the waters of the Rivers Derwent and Ashop and their tributaries and to constitute a joint board representative of the Corporations of Derby Leicester Nottingham and Sheffield and of the County Council of Derbyshire for the purposes of such construction and to confer further powers in relation to the supply of water on the said Corporations and County Council and for other purposes.
Citation62 & 63 Vict. c. cclxix
Dates
Royal assent9 August 1899

The Derwent Valley Water Board was constituted by the Derwent Valley Water Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. cclxix) to supply the cities of Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield, and the county of Derbyshire, with water impounded by a series of reservoirs along the upper reaches of the River Derwent in the Peak District of Derbyshire.

The board's works included the following reservoirs:

  • Howden, built 1901-1912, capacity 1,980 million imperial gallons (9,000,000 m3), formed by a masonry dam 117 feet (36 m) high and 1,080 feet (330 m) long.
  • Derwent, built 1902-1916, capacity 2,120 million imperial gallons (9,600,000 m3), formed by a masonry dam 114 feet (35 m) high and 1,110 feet (340 m) long.
  • Ladybower, built 1935-1945, capacity 6,310 million imperial gallons (28,700,000 m3), formed by an earth embankment 140 feet (43 m) high and 1,250 feet (380 m) long.

The board was abolished in 1974 under the terms of the Water Act 1973 (c. 37) and responsibility for the works was transferred to the new Severn Trent Water Authority.

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