Lee Valley reservoirs

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The Lee Valley reservoirs are a chain of large man‑made lakes in northeast London that store and supply drinking water to the city and surrounding areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chain of reservoirs
man-made lakes
reservoir system
country United Kingdom
designation Ramsar site
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Special Protection Area
ecologicalStatus important bird habitat
hasPart Banbury Reservoir
Chingford Reservoirs
High Maynard Reservoir
King George V Reservoir
King George VI Reservoir
Lockwood Reservoir
High Maynard Reservoir
surface form: Low Maynard Reservoir

Lee Valley reservoirs self-linksurface differs
surface form: Walthamstow Reservoirs

King George V Reservoir
surface form: William Girling Reservoir

William Girling Reservoir embankment
inception 19th century
locatedIn Essex
Lee Valley
London Borough of Enfield
London Borough of Hackney
London Borough of Haringey
London Borough of Newham
London Borough of Waltham Forest
northeast London
locatedInProtectedArea Lee Valley Regional Park
locatedNear Chingford
Edmonton
Enfield Lock
Tottenham
Walthamstow
locatedOnWatercourse River Lee
operator Affinity Water
surface form: Affinity Water Limited

Thames Water
surface form: Thames Water Utilities Limited
partOf London water supply system
primaryFunction storage of treated and raw water for London
regionServed Essex
Greater London
Hertfordshire
significantExpansion early 20th century
use drinking water storage
flood management
nature conservation
public water supply
recreation
waterSource Lea Valley aqueducts
River Lea
groundwater abstraction
waterSupplier Affinity Water
Thames Water

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River Lea waterSupplyTo Lee Valley reservoirs
River Lee hasReservoirs Lee Valley reservoirs
this entity surface form: Lee Valley Reservoir Chain
Lee Valley Regional Park hasPart Lee Valley reservoirs
this entity surface form: Walthamstow Reservoirs
Lee Valley reservoirs hasPart Lee Valley reservoirs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Walthamstow Reservoirs
Lea Valley contains Lee Valley reservoirs
this entity surface form: Lee Valley Park reservoirs