Possible water shortage Leeds/Mossley

[eggsarascal]

13 minutes ago, GarethM said:

So where are they going to put the million upon million tonnes of silt, it's not usable as sand as it's particle size is too small.

 

From what I've been told over the years it's barely even usable as infill unless you wanted to fill up a disused mine as it becomes quicksand when wet bit like the banks of the Humber.

I don't know the answer, but couldn't they tip it at the same place CaRT tip the waste from their dredging?

[GarethM]

4 minutes ago, Steven P said:

The silt will only be what, 1/2m to 1m deep? after that you are back to the old surface level so I guess if you can do something with the silt, dig through it you can increase capacity using what was the old surface level.... but cost and rewards... a few million deepening / widening a reservoir could be spent repairing leaks, not sure which would have the bigger success. Dredging of course can only go as far as the exit pipes from the dam else is useless

Try 3m+ over say an area the size of Derwent 71 hectares.

[GarethM]

7 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

I don't know the answer, but couldn't they tip it at the same place CaRT tip the waste from their dredging?

Oh, that was their last bright idea to truck it to Bridlington or somewhere making cinder blocks as it was some eco friendly idea.

 

Think after that debacle they went back to using neighbouring farmers fields from what the local teams have said.

[eggsarascal]

9 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Oh, that was their last bright idea to truck it to Bridlington or somewhere making cinder blocks as it was some eco friendly idea.

 

Think after that debacle they went back to using neighbouring farmers fields from what the local teams have said.

If I'm reading you correctly,  they could be dredged and the silt could be spread on local farmland? No doubt at a cost.

[GarethM]

13 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

If I'm reading you correctly,  they could be dredged and the silt could be spread on local farmland? No doubt at a cost.

Canal can be as it's mostly just composted greenery and stuff from boaters excluding the toilet waste.

 

Reservoirs are very different as it's basically river silt that's ultra fine particles that's washes down from the hills as they do pre filter sand out in a network of baffles.

 

One is like compost the other is quarry waste.

Edited July 19 by GarethM

[eggsarascal]

21 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Canal can be as it's mostly just composted greenery and stuff from boaters excluding the toilet waste.

 

Reservoirs are very different as it's basically river silt that's ultra fine particles that's washes down from the hills as they do pre filter sand out in a network of baffles.

 

One is like compost the other is quarry waste.

Hmm, 40% of the water that feeds the Staffordshire Moorlands doesn't come from rivers, it comes from natural underground sources. 

[GarethM]

9 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Hmm, 40% of the water that feeds the Staffordshire Moorlands doesn't come from rivers, it comes from natural underground sources. 

Not a clue, thought it was from those huge reservoirs between stoke and Macclesfield that are large enough for the QE2?.

[eggsarascal]

11 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Not a clue, thought it was from those huge reservoirs between stoke and Macclesfield that are large enough for the QE2?.

At the moment you'd be hard pressed to get a rowing boat on the local reservoirs in the very area you talk of,  never mind the QE2.

[WirralBoy]

 

The main water source for the Staffordshire Moorlands area is Tittesworth Reservoir. It stores water from the Upper River Churnet and provides a supply for homes and businesses in parts of the Staffordshire Moorlands, Stoke-on-Trent, and Leek. The water is treated to drinking water standards before being distributed. 

 

[eggsarascal]

15 minutes ago, WirralBoy said:

 

The main water source for the Staffordshire Moorlands area is Tittesworth Reservoir. It stores water from the Upper River Churnet and provides a supply for homes and businesses in parts of the Staffordshire Moorlands, Stoke-on-Trent, and Leek. The water is treated to drinking water standards before being distributed. 

 

 

Well done, you can use Google, top of the class for you. Try digging a bit deeper, 40% of Staffordshires water is pumped from underground.