Many Rivers to Cross
Kelly, Martyn, The Independent (London, England)
Last summer, the people of north-east England saw a whiteelephantfinally change into a useful beast of burden. While their neighbours to the south and west - not to mention most of central and southern England - suffered drought orders, the lawns of Northumbria remained lush and green. The reason? Kielder Water, the largest reservoir in Europe, plus a pipeline that enables water from Kielder to be pumped to rivers in the region.
"At the time it was completed it was seen as a white elephant because the industrial expansion of Teesside, whose demand it was built to meet, never materialised," explains Andrew Panting of Northumbria Water. "I think it is fair to say that for …
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Article title: Many Rivers to Cross.
Contributors: Kelly, Martyn - Author.
Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England).
Publication date: June 17, 1996.
Page number: 20.
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