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The brooks are natural; the lakes were completed in 1880, to supply drinking water for Birmingham. They were then in the
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Environment Agency public register of Large Raised Reservoirs, as at 2 November 2020, via
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for a supply. The lakes' capacity is 80,200 m (104,900 cu yd).
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led to the water no longer being fit for drinking, so the city turned to the
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Witton Lakes is located in West Midlands county
Erdington
Birmingham
England
52°31′43″N 1°52′18″W / 52.52850°N 1.87172°W / 52.52850; -1.87172
Type
Reservoir
Primary inflows
Primary outflows
Brookvale Park Lake
drinking water
reservoirs
Perry Common
Erdington
Birmingham
England
Witton
Kingstanding
Bleak Hill
Erdington
Brookvale Park Lake
River Tame

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