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Writer Urges Burnham Government to Build New Reservoirs

8/28/2026

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A letter writer urges the Burnham government to task mayors and combined authorities with building new reservoirs.
He proposes communal underground water storage in new housing estates to capture wet-spring runoff.
Victorian-era UK local councillors and engineers built reservoirs, aqueducts and water-storage infrastructure.
Queen Elizabeth opened Scammonden dam in 1971, which also carries the trans-Pennine M62 motorway.

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A letter writer urges the Burnham government to task mayors and combined authorities with building new reservoirs.
He proposes communal underground water storage in new housing estates to capture wet-spring runoff.
Victorian-era UK local councillors and engineers built reservoirs, aqueducts and water-storage infrastructure.
Queen Elizabeth opened Scammonden dam in 1971, which also carries the trans-Pennine M62 motorway.