| Derwent Valley Water Act 1899 |
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| Long title | An Act to authorise the construction of works for impounding and distributing the waters of the Rivers Derwent and Ashop and their tributaries and to constitute a joint board representative of the Corporations of Derby Leicester Nottingham and Sheffield and of the County Council of Derbyshire for the purposes of such construction and to confer further powers in relation to the supply of water on the said Corporations and County Council and for other purposes. |
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| Citation | 62 & 63 Vict. c. cclxix |
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| Royal assent | 9 August 1899 |
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| Derwent Valley Water Act 1901 |
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| Long title | An Act to confer further powers on the Derwent Valley Water Board with respect to their water undertaking and for other purposes. |
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| Citation | 1 Edw. 7. c. lxxx |
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| Royal assent | 26 July 1901 |
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| Derwent Valley Water Act 1912 |
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| Long title | An Act to extend the time limited by the Derwent Valley Water Act 1909 for the compulsory purchase of lands to make provisions as to compensation water gauges and for other purposes. |
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| Citation | 2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. xxxviii |
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| Royal assent | 7 August 1912 |
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| Derwent Valley Water Act 1935 |
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| Long title | An Act to amend provisions of the Derwent Valley Water Acts 1899 to 1920 to provide for the abandonment of certain of the works authorised by those Acts to be constructed by the Leicester Corporation and to authorise that corporation to construct other works and for other purposes. |
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| Citation | 25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. cv |
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| Royal assent | 2 August 1935 |
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| Derwent Valley Water Act 1944 |
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| Long title | An Act to authorise the Derwent Valley Water Board to construct new waterworks and to acquire lands to make provision for the protection of the gathering ground of the new waterworks to confer further powers upon the Board and for other purposes. |
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| Citation | 7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xviii |
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| Royal assent | 3 August 1944 |
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The Derwent Valley Water Board was constituted by the Derwent Valley Water Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. cclxix) to supply the cities of Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield, and the county of Derbyshire, with water impounded by a series of reservoirs along the upper reaches of the River Derwent in the Peak District of Derbyshire.
The board's works included the following reservoirs:
- Howden, built 1901-1912, capacity 1,980 million imperial gallons (9,000,000 m3), formed by a masonry dam 117 feet (36 m) high and 1,080 feet (330 m) long.
- Derwent, built 1902-1916, capacity 2,120 million imperial gallons (9,600,000 m3), formed by a masonry dam 114 feet (35 m) high and 1,110 feet (340 m) long.
- Ladybower, built 1935-1945, capacity 6,310 million imperial gallons (28,700,000 m3), formed by an earth embankment 140 feet (43 m) high and 1,250 feet (380 m) long.
The board was abolished in 1974 under the terms of the Water Act 1973 (c. 37) and responsibility for the works was transferred to the new Severn Trent Water Authority.
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