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Wraysbury Reservoir directly under the western approach path of London Heathrow airport. The reservoir was begun in 1967 and completed in 1970. 400 million litres of water are pumped daily from an inlet at Datchet on the River Thames.
A neighbouring reservoir is the King George VI Reservoir, opened in 1947, which is supplied from Hythe End. To keep the grass short and make inspections easier, Thames Water maintains a flock of sheep on the earthen banks.
Wraysbury Reservoir has an area of 2.05 square kilometres (0.79 sq mi) excluding its embankment. It has been designated since 1999 as a Site of Special Scientific Interest Its citation reads: [It] regularly supports nationally important numbers of wintering cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus and shoveler Anas clypeata
The following reservoirs form the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain supplying water to London: King George V Reservoir, also known as King George's Reservoir, located in the London Borough of Enfield The storage reservoir is bordered by Sewardstone and Chingford to the east and Brimsdown and Ponders End to the west, and covers 420 acres (170 hectares), making it the largest in
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