Case Study: Kielder Water, Northumberland, England.

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• Case Study Kielder Water, Northumberland,
  England.
• An example of human intervention in the water
  cycle by increasing water storage and by
  transferring water.
• Task
• Name and locate the scheme
• Describe the scheme (both storage and transfer)
• Explain why the scheme was thought to be
  necessary
• Give 4 advantages and four disadvantages of the
  scheme.

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Location of KIELDER WATER Reservoir A water
storage and transfer scheme.
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Kielder Water lies in unspoilt country about 40
miles north-west of Newcastle, just a few miles
south of the Scottish border.
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A Multi- Purpose scheme
Kielder Dam constructed during 1975 to 1982.
It cost 185 million.
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Water Supply purpose 12 Km long
reservoir. Stores 188,000 million litres.
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H.E.P. Supply Purpose
Kielder Water is one of Europe's largest man
made lakes. It houses the Kielder Hydrolectric
plant Englands biggest HEP scheme. The turbine
house is located just below the Kielder dam and
is powered by dual turbines capable of producing
just over 6 megawatts of green power.
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The water held by Kielder Reservoir is used to
help regulate flow into the River Tyne
Flood Control Purpose
Great Tyne Flood 1771 never again?
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Forestry Purpose as well
Surrounded by a 100,000 hectare forest one of
Europes largest plantations.
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And Leisure Purpose too
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In the 1970s they thought the industries of the
north east region would need so much water that
demand would exceed supply.
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By the time it was built many of the industries
had gone.
But other areas were short of water like
Yorkshire