Val de la Mare Reservoir looking eastwards towards the sea

This is a list of reservoirs on Jersey. Jersey Water operate six main reservoirs, with an additional two reservoirs for untreated water that can be pumped between the other reservoirs. Raw water can be stored at Mont Gavey and Augres Treatment Works, with treated water being able to be stored at Augres, Handois, Les Platons, and Westmount.[1] The two water treatment works on the island can process a maximum daily capacity of 46,000,000 litres (10,000,000 imp gal; 12,000,000 US gal) of water daily (28,000,000 litres (6,200,000 imp gal; 7,400,000 US gal) at Handois, and 18,000,000 litres (4,000,000 imp gal; 4,800,000 US gal) at Augres).[2]

Security of water supply on the island has led to investigations into increasing the amount of water available; when at peak capacity, the combined amount of water in the six reservoirs would supply enough water for Jersey for 120 days.[3] One option mooted is to expand Val de la Mare Reservoir, or use parts of the worked out Gigoulande Quarry as a seventh reservoir.[4] A further option of a seventh reservoir is in the Mourier Valley on the north-western side of the island.[5] The six main reservoirs listed fall under Reservoir (Jersey) Law 1996.[6]

Reservoirs

Name Coordinates Open Water storage Image Notes Ref
Dannemarche Reservoir 49°13′01″N 2°07′59″W / 49.217°N 2.133°W / 49.217; -2.133 1909 93,000,000 litres (20,000,000 imp gal; 25,000,000 US gal)
The middle reservoir in the Waterworks Valley (the upper reservoir being Handois, and the lower one Millbrook). The term waterworks relates to when the stream through the valley powered several watermills before the age of steam. [7][8][9]
Grands Vaux Reservoir 49°12′14″N 2°05′13″W / 49.204°N 2.087°W / 49.204; -2.087 1951 230,000,000 litres (51,000,000 imp gal; 61,000,000 US gal)
Located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north-east of St Helier, at a height of 36 metres (118 ft) above Ordnance Datum. [10][11]
Handois 49°13′55″N 2°07′52″W / 49.232°N 2.131°W / 49.232; -2.131 1932 1,875,000 litres (412,000 imp gal; 495,000 US gal) [12]
Millbrook Reservoir 49°12′22″N 2°08′02″W / 49.206°N 2.134°W / 49.206; -2.134 1896 364,000 litres (80,000 imp gal; 96,000 US gal)
First of the main reservoirs to be built on the island, at a cost of £6,767 (equivalent to £833,074 in 2021) [7][12][13]
Queens Valley Reservoir 49°11′46″N 2°02′38″W / 49.196°N 2.044°W / 49.196; -2.044 1991 1,193,000,000 litres (262,000,000 imp gal; 315,000,000 US gal)
The dam wall is constructed from a rock-filled embankment with a bitumnous concrete core. The reservoir was first proposed in 1975, and flooded Queens Valley. The only private dwelling to have the occupants forcibly evicted from, was also the building used as the home for the fictional detective Jim Bergerac. [14][15]
Val de la Mare Reservoir 49°13′01″N 2°12′18″W / 49.217°N 2.205°W / 49.217; -2.205 1962 938,000,000 litres (206,000,000 imp gal; 248,000,000 US gal)
The dam wall reaches a height of 29 metres (95 ft) [16][17]

Some abstraction points are located on smaller reservoirs such as La Hague, and Le Maseline.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ "Company Location Map" (PDF). jerseywater.je. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. ^ Howard, Jonathan (December 2011). "Val De La Mare dam, Jersey: design and installation of a geomembrane lining". Dams and Reservoirs. 21 (4): 159. Bibcode:2011DamRe..21..159H. doi:10.1680/dare.2011.21.4.159.
  3. ^ Booth 2021, p. 32.
  4. ^ McLoughlin, Rod (25 November 2021). "Reservoir 'may need rebuilding'". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. ^ Morel, Julien (16 August 2021). "Flooding Le Mourier Valley could be required by 2045". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  6. ^ Booth 2021, p. 18.
  7. ^ a b "Company History". jerseywater.je. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Upstream to Hamptonne" (PDF). jerseyheritage.org. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  9. ^ Booth 2021, p. 26.
  10. ^ "Grands Vaux Reservoir Pumping Station (2019) | Water Projects". waterprojectsonline.com. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  11. ^ Booth 2021, p. 24.
  12. ^ a b "Raw Water Storage Reservoirs -". www.jerseywater.je. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  13. ^ "BBC - Jersey - The Rock Millbrook Reservoir". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  14. ^ Young, Robin (15 February 1986). "Jersey's last green valley to go under". The Times. No. 62381. p. 2. ISSN 0140-0460.
  15. ^ "Queen's Valley Reservoir" (PDF). jerseywater.je. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  16. ^ "VAL DE LA MARE Reservoir" (PDF). jerseywater.je. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  17. ^ Cole, Rg; Horswill, P (December 1988). "Alkali-Silica Reaction: Val de la Mare Dam, Jersey, Case History". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 84 (6): 1,237. doi:10.1680/iicep.1988.798.
  18. ^ "Recently retired Constable fined £2,500 for polluting stream". Bailiwick Express. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Surface water monitoring". gov.je. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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