Eccup reservoir - scour valves
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Eccup reservoir - scour valves
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 29 Apr 2018
The scour pipe is the deepest reservoir drawoff, used either to empty it completely for maintenance, or in an emergency, or to 'scour' the bottom of the reservoir by flushing out accumulated silt. These are now redundant following the completion of the 2015 project (see shared description).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.871051
Longitude
-1.533526