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- Backwater_Reservoir abstract "National grid reference NO253591Backwater Reservoir is a reservoir in north west Angus, Scotland.The project was initiated by the Dundee Corporation Waterworks in 1964 and absorbed into the newly created East of Scotland Water Board in 1968, before final completion and the official opening by Queen Elizabeth II on October 9, 1969. The reservoir's only purpose is to provide drinking water, and as such, it supplies Angus, Dundee, and parts of Perth and Kinross. Backwater, together with the smaller Lintrathen Reservoir 4 kilometres to the south, is capable of supplying some 300,000 people with drinking water.Scottish Water are the present owners and operators of the reservoir, following the amalgamation of the East of Scotland Water Authority with the West of Scotland and North of Scotland Water Authorities to form a single company. Scottish Water is owned by the Scottish Government.The dam is an embankment type, measuring 42.6 metres high by 570 metres long. The reservoir extends for 3 kilometres behind the dam and has a peak capacity of 24.55 million cubic metres. An unclassified road runs across the spillway and embankment before following the east bank of the reservoir. This road runs for a further 2 kilometres before coming to an end. The dam was the first in Britain to use chemical grouting to create a waterproof barrier below the embankment.Balfour Beatty constructed the embankment and ancillary works. Soil Mechanics and Bachy Soletanche were responsible for the chemical grouting and for tunnelling work. Consulting engineer was Babtie, Shaw and Morton.Backwater Reservoir can be reached by taking the B951 turn-off from the A93 (around 5 miles south of Spittal of Glenshee) to the north-west, or from the A926 at Kirriemuir to the south-east.".
- Backwater_Reservoir location Angus.
- Backwater_Reservoir location Scotland.
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- Backwater_Reservoir type Reservoir.
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- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageOutDegree "25".
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageRevisionID "679450852".
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink A926_road.
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- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Balfour_Beatty.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Category:Buildings_and_structures_completed_in_1969.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Angus.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Category:Reservoirs_in_Angus.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Dundee.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Elizabeth_II.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Embankment_dam.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Kirriemuir.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_United_Kingdom.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink List_of_reservoirs_and_dams_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Perth_and_Kinross.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Reservoir.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Scotland.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Scottish_Government.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Scottish_Water.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Spillway.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLink Spittal_of_Glenshee.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLinkText "Backwater Dam".
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLinkText "Backwater Reservoir".
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageWikiLinkText "Backwater".
- Backwater_Reservoir basinCountries "United Kingdom".
- Backwater_Reservoir caption "The pumping house".
- Backwater_Reservoir hasPhotoCollection Backwater_Reservoir.
- Backwater_Reservoir location Angus.
- Backwater_Reservoir location Scotland.
- Backwater_Reservoir name "Backwater Reservoir".
- Backwater_Reservoir type Reservoir.
- Backwater_Reservoir wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Gbmapping.
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- Backwater_Reservoir subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_completed_in_1969.
- Backwater_Reservoir subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Angus.
- Backwater_Reservoir subject Category:Reservoirs_in_Angus.
- Backwater_Reservoir hypernym Reservoir.
- Backwater_Reservoir point "56.715 -3.22".
- Backwater_Reservoir type BodyOfWater.
- Backwater_Reservoir type Lake.
- Backwater_Reservoir type NaturalPlace.
- Backwater_Reservoir type Place.
- Backwater_Reservoir type Reservoir.
- Backwater_Reservoir type Location.
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- Backwater_Reservoir type Q23397.
- Backwater_Reservoir comment "National grid reference NO253591Backwater Reservoir is a reservoir in north west Angus, Scotland.The project was initiated by the Dundee Corporation Waterworks in 1964 and absorbed into the newly created East of Scotland Water Board in 1968, before final completion and the official opening by Queen Elizabeth II on October 9, 1969. The reservoir's only purpose is to provide drinking water, and as such, it supplies Angus, Dundee, and parts of Perth and Kinross.".
- Backwater_Reservoir label "Backwater Reservoir".
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- Backwater_Reservoir sameAs Q4839836.
- Backwater_Reservoir sameAs Q4839836.
- Backwater_Reservoir lat "56.715".
- Backwater_Reservoir long "-3.22".
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- Backwater_Reservoir isPrimaryTopicOf Backwater_Reservoir.
- Backwater_Reservoir name "Backwater Reservoir".