È stato raggiunto un importante traguardo ingegneristico su quello che è destinato a diventare il primo nuovo bacino idrico del Regno Unito in oltre tre decenni

“*We made sure noise and lighting were reduced as far as possible and installed an acoustic barrier, to ensure as little noise as possible travelled from site*.”

Obviously there are residents living nearby. Will they still be there once the reservoir is full?

A casual reminder that our water shortage problems are caused by a super smart privatised water industry not investing in infrastructure

Shame that they had to clear 10ha of ancient woodland and pretty biodiverse grasslands instead of focusing on degraded arable or pasture.

There’s a new reservoir seeking planning permission by Ely which will be situated wholly on destroyed farmland which will only ever provide a net positive for wildlife, particularly since it will likely be functionally linked to The Wash for migratory birds