Barrow Gurney Reservoirs

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Barrow Gurney Reservoirs (gbmapping|ST5468) (also known as Barrow Gurney Tanks or Barrow Tanks) are three artificial reservoirs near the village of Barrow Gurney, which lies southwest of Bristol, England. They are known by their numbers rather than names.

There are three reservoirs in total, one (Tank number three, 60 acres (24 ha) to the north of the A38 and two (Tank number one, 25 acres (10 ha) and number two, 40 acres (16 ha) to the south.

The reservoirs are operated by Bristol Water. The first opened in 1852, but within two years it developed a leak and had to be drained for repair, causing serious disruption to Bristol's water supply.cite book |title=The hidden places of Somerset |last=Scott |first=Shane |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1995 |publisher=Travel Publishing Ltd |location=Aldermaston |isbn=1902007018 |pages=37 ]

During 1962 maximum output was increased from 26 to 31 million gallons a day by lowering the outlet of the filtered tank and duplicating inlets to the seven filters which received microstrained water. [cite book |title=The story of the Bristol Waterworks Company 1939-1991 |last=Hodgson |first=Alan |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1991 |publisher= |location= |isbn= |pages=35 ]

The stony banks on all the tanks provide a habitat for sedges.

Fishing (under permit) is generally for rainbow ("Oncorhynchus mykiss", formerly "Salmo iridia") and Brown trout ("Salmo trutta" morpha "fario" and "S. trutta" morpha "lacustris").

References

External links

* [http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~cckhrb/BW/bris_wa.htm Personal website of a Bristol Water employee]
* [http://www.chewvalleyfishing.co.uk/ Fishing Information for the Barrow Gurney Reservoirs]