Kielder Water under construction. Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the A reservoir is most broadly a place or hollow vessel where Fluid is kept in Reserve, for later use A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River,

Kielder Dam in 2007.

Kielder Water is a large man-made reservoir in Northumberland in North East England. A reservoir is most broadly a place or hollow vessel where Fluid is kept in Reserve, for later use Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west North-East England is one of the nine official Regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear It is the largest artificial lake in the United Kingdom by capacity and it is surrounded by Kielder Forest, the largest man-made woodland in Europe. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Kielder Forest is a large Forestry plantation in Northumberland, England. It was planned in the late 1960s to satisfy an expected rise in demand for water to support a booming UK industrial economy. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located It was constructed between 1975 and 1981 by an AMEC / Balfour Beatty^[1] joint venture and was opened by the Queen in 1982. AMEC plc ( is a British company headquartered in London. It carries out high-value consultancy engineering and project management services for the oil and Balfour Beatty plc ( is a London -based Construction, Civil engineering and rail services company It took two years for the valley to fill with water completely once construction was completed.

The decline of traditional heavy industry, together with more water-efficient industrial processes and better control of water supply leakage, served to undermine the original justification for the reservoir and many came to criticise the government-funded project as a white elephant. A white elephant is a valuable possession which its owner cannot dispose of and whose cost (particularly cost of upkeep exceeds its usefulness In recent years, however, Kielder Water has come into its own, with underground springs ensuring that it always remains at high levels, regardless of the prevailing climate condition. This means that while the south of England is often forced to implement drought strategies and hosepipe bans, North East England enjoys plentiful water supplies. North-East England is one of the nine official Regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear

The main conurbations served by the reservoir are Tyneside, Wearside and Teesside. Tyneside is a Conurbation in northern England, which is home to over 80% of the Metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. Wearside is an unrecognised conurbation in North East England, mostly referring to the City of Sunderland, but also including parts of County Durham including Teesside is the name given to the Conurbation in the North East of England made up of the towns of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees The reservoir is linked to the exit point of the Derwent Reservoir in County Durham, with a pipeline fed from the North Tyne river below the Kielder dam. Derwent Reservoir is a Reservoir on the River Derwent, on the border between County Durham and Northumberland, in England. The Derwent Reservoir remains the primary source of water for Tyne and Wear, so water from Kielder can be used to supplement the flow of the River Derwent when the reservoir above is at low levels, and also to provide water into the Derwent Reservoir's distribution system. The Kielder pipeline cannot be used to supplement the water supply to the Derwent Reservoir itself.

With water shortages in the south of the UK apparently worsening by the year, some opinions, especially the privatised water companies, favour the building of further reservoirs of this size. Opposing arguments favour better water-resource management, improved conservation measures, control of leakage and changes in social attitudes to the use of water to manage the apparent shortfall.

Kielder Water is owned by Northumbrian Water, and holds 200 billion litres, making it the largest reservoir in the United Kingdom by capacity (Rutland Water is the largest by surface area). Northumbrian Water Group plc ( is a water supply utility serving the North East of England. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Rutland Water is a Reservoir in the county of Rutland, England, just east of the county town Oakham. Kielder Water has a 27½ mile shoreline.

It is also one of the region's major tourist venues, attracting over a quarter of a million visitors a year who come to enjoy the wide range of leisure opportunities on offer. Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel

There are two main visitor centres at Kielder Water - Leaplish waterside park and Tower Knowe visitor centre - and other facilities at Kielder Village, Falstone and Stannersburn villages. Kielder Village is a small settlement in Northumberland, England. Falstone is a small village in Northumberland, England, next to Kielder Water.

References

External links

• Kielder Water & Forest Park Guide from VisitNorthumberland.com
• Kielder Water Sailing Club