Booth Wood Reservoiris a man-made upland reservoir that lies north of theM62 motorwayand south of the A672 road near toRishworthandRippondeninCalderdale,West Yorkshire,England. The reservoir was approved for construction in 1966[6]and completed in 1971. It supplies water toWakefield.
| Booth Wood Reservoir | |
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 The view from Scammonden Bridge looking westwards towards Rishworth Moor. The M62 is in the foreground with Booth Wood Reservoir in the middle of the image. | |
  Booth Wood Reservoir | |
| Location | Rishworth,Ripponden,West Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 53°38′34.5″N1°57′35.2″W/ 53.642917°N 1.959778°W |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Catchment area | 1,570 ha (3,900 acres) |
| Basincountries | England |
| Managing agency | Yorkshire Water[1] |
| Max. length | 0.93 miles (1.5 km) |
| Surface area | 52 acres (20.9 ha)[2] |
| Average depth | 5 feet 3 inches (1.6 m)[3] |
| Max. depth | 152 feet (46 m)[4] |
| Shore length1 | 3.1 miles (5.0 km)[5] |
| 1Shore length isnot a well-defined measure. | |
The reservoir dams the Booth Dean Clough watercourse and takes water directly from the surroundingmoorland.It has a plain concrete crest on the dam head which is straight and extends to a length of 1,150 feet (350 m) and a height of 157 feet (48 m).[7]
In 1995 a long dry spell in the summer created a larger than normal abstraction of water from Booth Wood creating the need to transport water into the reservoir as stocks ran very low. Road tankers carrying fresh water were despatched fromSelbyinNorth YorkshireandKielder WaterinNorthumberlandto bring water for offloading at Booth Wood.[8][9]At the height of the operation, 700 tankers delivered 70,000 tonnes (77,000 tons) of water a day to the reservoir which then fed other reservoirs in West Yorkshire.[10]
On 14 August 2016, the A672 road which runs along the northern edge of the reservoir was closed whilst police searched for a driver and car that had plunged off the road and into the reservoir. The driver was believed to be the only person in the car and the search operation involved helicopters and underwater divers. The search resumed the next day[11][12]when a man's body was recovered.[13]
References
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- ^Atkinson, Neil (20 June 2015)."Pictures and video: Eye in the sky tour of our reservoirs at launch of water campaign".Huddersfield Daily Examiner.Archivedfrom the original on 11 February 2017.Retrieved13 July2016.
- ^Yarwood, Sam; Smith, Simon; Rucki, Alexandra (15 August 2016)."Live: Major operation as police hunt for driver and car in M62 reservoir".Manchester Evening News.Archivedfrom the original on 16 August 2016.Retrieved15 August2016.
- ^"Water Supply".British Waterworks Association.50:185. 1968.OCLC10067616.
- ^"Pre-conference tour"(PDF).British Dams.p. 2. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 12 May 2017.Retrieved13 July2016.
- ^Thornham, Kelly; Rutter, Suzanne (30 July 2005)."Firm says supplies at usual level".Halifax Courier.Archivedfrom the original on 22 August 2016.Retrieved13 July2016.
- ^Durkin, Hannah (15 April 2006)."Water lot we got".Halifax Courier.Archivedfrom the original on 22 August 2016.Retrieved13 July2016.
- ^Cathcart, Brian (25 February 1996)."Fat cataclysm".The Independent.Archivedfrom the original on 19 August 2016.Retrieved14 July2016.
- ^"Underwater search for driver after car plunges into reservoir near Halifax".The Yorkshire Post.15 August 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 16 August 2016.Retrieved15 August2016.
- ^"Search after car plunges into Booth Wood Reservoir".BBC News.15 August 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 15 August 2016.Retrieved15 August2016.
- ^"Booth Wood Reservoir car search teams find man's body".BBC News.15 August 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 15 August 2016.Retrieved15 August2016.
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