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  • From 1802 to 2026: reservoir’s embankments get a modern fix

    From 1802 to 2026: reservoir’s embankments get a modern fix

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    A £7 million project to strengthen the 200-year-old embankments at Wilstone Reservoir, Hertfordshire, is complete. THE 14-month programme of statutory safety works at the reservoir near Tring, required under the Reservoir Act, included driving 1400 steel piles into the structure’s 1350m-long embankments to strengthen them. Built in 1802 to supply water to the Grand Union…

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