Queen Mother Reservoir

Bank side reservoir in Berkshire, England

Queen Mother Reservoir

Reservoir and sailing club

Queen Mother Reservoir

Location| Berkshire, England
Coordinates| 51°28′55″N 0°32′56″W﻿ / ﻿51.48194°N 0.54889°W﻿ / 51.48194; -0.54889
Type| Bank side reservoir
Basin countries| United Kingdom
Surface area| 475 acres (1.92 km2)
Water volume| 38,000 megalitres (1,300×10 ~~^~~ 6 cu ft)

The Queen Mother Reservoir is a public water supply reservoir that lies between the M4 and the M25 to the west of London, close to Datchet. It is 475 acres (1.92 km2) in size or about 1 km in diameter - making it one of the largest inland areas of water in Southern England.[1] It is managed by Thames Water.

This is one of a number of reservoirs to the west of London and was completed in 1976. It was inaugurated on 9 July that year by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, after whom it is named.[2] Its water is pumped from the River Thames nearby.[3] The water improves in quality during its retention in the reservoir as solids settle and organic contaminants are adsorbed and degraded through a combination of natural biological processes aided by sunlight and oxygenation. Water from the reservoir is treated (often using slow sand filters) before being put into supply as London tap water.[4] The reservoir contains a limnological tower.[5]

During the design and early construction it was called the Datchet reservoir due to its closeness to the town.[6]

Engineering design data for the Queen Mother reservoir is as follows.[6]

Parameter  | Value

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Top water level above ordnance datum  | 35 m
Volume of water storage  | 37 million m3
Maximum depth of water  | 23 m
Water area  | 192 ha
Maximum height of bank above ground  | 20 m
Perimeter of bank  | 5,350 m

The reservoir lies within the Colne Valley regional park and like other local reservoirs is popular for sailing and bird-watching. Petrels have been spotted at this reservoir.[7]

## See also

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* London water supply infrastructure

## References

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1. ^ Datchet Water sailing club
2. ^ "The Queen Mother Reservoir - some aspects of its design and construction" (PDF). geplus.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
3. ^ BBC News Homes flooded by reservoir leak Saturday, 8 April 2006
4. ^ News Release Thames Water Employs Reservoir Profiler to Reduce Costs (6 June 2007) Archived September 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Pawsey, D B H; Humphrey, A W (October 1976). "he Queen Mother Reservoir – some aspects of its design and construction". Ground Engineering: 27–30.
6. ^ a b Bell, F. G. (1979). Engineering Geology and Geotechnics. Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd. p. 270\. ISBN 9780408003551.
7. ^ Thames Water official website - Birdwatching

## External links

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* Datchet Water Sailing Club

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Thames Water

History|

* John Backhouse
* Joseph Bazalgette
* Edmund Colthurst
* Great Stink
* London sewer system
* London water supply
* Metropolitan Board of Works
* Metropolitan Water Board
* Hugh Myddelton
* William Chadwell Mylne
* New River Company
* New River
* John Snow
* William Webster
* 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak

Major projects|

* Abingdon Reservoir
* Thames Tideway Scheme, including Thames Tideway Tunnel and Lee Tunnel
* Thames Gateway Water Treatment Works
* Thames Water Ring Main

Infrastructure|

* Abbey Mills Pumping Station
* Beckton Sewage Treatment Works
* Coppermills Water Treatment Works
* Cricklewood Pumping Station
* Crossness Pumping Station
* Crossness Sewage Treatment Works
* Deephams Sewage Treatment Works
* Greenwich pumping station
* Hampton Water Treatment Works
* Mogden Sewage Treatment Works
* Walton water treatment works

Reservoirs|

* Banbury Reservoir
* Bath Road Reservoir
* Bessborough Reservoir
* Chingford Reservoirs
* East Warwick Reservoir
* Farmoor Reservoir
* Grimsbury Reservoir
* High Maynard Reservoir
* Island Barn Reservoir
* Kempton Park Reservoirs
* King George V Reservoir
* King George VI Reservoir
* Knight Reservoir
* Lee Valley Reservoir Chain
* Lockwood Reservoir
* Low Maynard Reservoir
* Molesey Reservoirs
* Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir
* Queen Mary Reservoir
* Queen Mother Reservoir
* Stain Hill Reservoirs
* Staines Reservoirs
* Sunnyside Reservoir
* Tilehurst Water Tower
* Walthamstow Reservoirs
* West Warwick Reservoir
* William Girling Reservoir
* Wraysbury Reservoir

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