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Carsington Water Follow-up Assessment Introduction: Carsington is the source of extra water supplies for 3 million people in three surrounding counties. It's a purpose-built reservoir that has increased our water storage capacity by 10%, to help meet growing demand in the East Midlands well into the 21st century. * Although some water flows into Carsington from nearby streams, most is of it pumped in from the River Derwent where its water level is high. It's taken out through a pumping station and travels along a 10.5km aqueduct, then enters the reservoir through the Control Tower. * As England's ninth largest reservoir, Carsington can hold 35,412 megalitres (or up to 7.8 billion gallons), enough to keep one person in water for over 500,000 years. * The dam plans began in the 1960s, the go-ahead wasn't given until 1979, and part of the original dam collapsed in 1984. It was levelled to its foundations, and work...

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