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News
SIPHON DEACTIVATED May 2009 Now that the water level
at the Dam has dropped to less than its normal level for this time of year, the siphon has been deactivated. The siphon is
not likely to be reactivated until the end of next year at the earliest. Please note that although the siphon is no longer
functioning, it has still been left in place.
SIPHON:
WINTER UPDATE February
2009 In view
of the exceptionally cold and wintry weather the Group has carried out an inspection of the outflow of water from the Gaddings
siphon, and can report that, despite large accumulations of snow, the water is flowing without hindrance through its dedicated
channel and safely into the national waterways. It is expected that the siphon will remain in place until the beginning of
April, depending on the levels of rainfall over the next month or two. HIGH WATER LEVELS Autumn 2008 The Gaddings Dam Group has been given permission to siphon water out of the reservoir
so that the currently exceptionally high levels can be controlled. As many friends of the Dam will have noticed, the ‘highest beach in England’
is almost completely under water. The levels are at their winter time normal, which could mean real trouble when winter proper
comes round. The Group will now be discharging about 200,000 litres of water a day until this has
been corrected. If this sounds a lot, don’t worry. It’s only a small stream: our discharge will be about 200
cubic metres a day, out of a total capacity of 100,000 cubic metres. This rate of discharge would take over a year to
empty the Dam, and that’s without any rainfall at all!
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