Derwent Valley Water Board

Derwent Valley Water Act 1899
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to authorise the construction of works for impounding and distributing the waters of the Rivers Derwent and Ashop and their tributaries and to constitute a joint board representative of the Corporations of Derby Leicester Nottingham and Sheffield and of the County Council of Derbyshire for the purposes of such construction and to confer further powers in relation to the supply of water on the said Corporations and County Council and for other purposes.
Citation62 & 63 Vict. c. cclxix
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent9 August 1899
Commencement9 August 1899[a]
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Amended by
Status: Amended
Derwent Valley Water Act 1901
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to confer further powers on the Derwent Valley Water Board with respect to their water undertaking and for other purposes.
Citation1 Edw. 7. c. lxxx
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent26 July 1901
Commencement26 July 1901[a]
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Amended by
Status: Amended
Derwent Valley Water Act 1904[b]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to confer further powers on the Derwent Valley Water Board to confer powers upon the Corporation of Leicester with respect to the Works authorised to be constructed by that Corporation under the powers of the Derwent Valley Water Act 1899 to confer borrowing powers upon the Corporations of Derby Leicester Sheffield and Nottingham and for other purposes.
Citation4 Edw. 7. c. cxcvi
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent15 August 1904
Commencement15 August 1904[a]
Other legislation
Amended by
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Derwent Valley Water Act 1909
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to confer further powers upon the Derwent Valley Water Board to confer powers upon the Leicester Corporation and the Sheffield Corporation and for other purposes.
Citation9 Edw. 7. c. lxiii
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent16 August 1909
Commencement16 August 1909[a]
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Amended by
Status: Partially repealed
Derwent Valley Water Act 1912[b]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to extend the time limited by the Derwent Valley Water Act 1909 for the compulsory purchase of lands to make provisions as to compensation water gauges and for other purposes.
Citation2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. xxxviii
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent7 August 1912
Commencement7 August 1912[a]
Other legislation
Amended by
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Derwent Valley Water Act 1920
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to confer further powers on the Derwent Valley Water Board, and for other purposes.
Citation10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. clxv
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent3 December 1920
Commencement3 December 1920[a]
Other legislation
Amended by
Status: Amended
Derwent Valley Water Act 1927[b]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to confer further powers on the Derwent Valley Water Board and for other purposes.
Citation17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. lxx
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent29 July 1927
Commencement29 July 1927[a]
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Amended by
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Derwent Valley Water Act 1935[b]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to amend provisions of the Derwent Valley Water Acts 1899 to 1920 to provide for the abandonment of certain of the works authorised by those Acts to be constructed by the Leicester Corporation and to authorise that corporation to construct other works and for other purposes.
Citation25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. cv
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent2 August 1935
Commencement2 August 1935[a]
Other legislation
Amended by
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Derwent Valley Water Act 1938
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to confer further powers upon the Derwent Valley Water Board, and for other purposes.
Citation1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. lxii
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent13 July 1938
Commencement13 July 1938[a]
Other legislation
Amended by
Status: Amended
Derwent Valley Water Act 1944[b]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to authorise the Derwent Valley Water Board to construct new waterworks and to acquire lands to make provision for the protection of the gathering ground of the new waterworks to confer further powers upon the Board and for other purposes.
Citation7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xviii
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent3 August 1944
Commencement3 August 1944[a]
Other legislation
Amended by
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Derwent Valley Water Board was constituted by the Derwent Valley Water Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. cclxix) to supply the cities of Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield, and the county of Derbyshire, with water impounded by a series of reservoirs along the upper reaches of the River Derwent in the Peak District of Derbyshire.[1][2]

The board's works included the following reservoirs[3]:

  • Howden, built 1901-1912, capacity 1,980 million imperial gallons (9,000,000 m3), formed by a masonry dam 117 feet (36 m) high and 1,080 feet (330 m) long.
  • Derwent, built 1902-1916, capacity 2,120 million imperial gallons (9,600,000 m3), formed by a masonry dam 114 feet (35 m) high and 1,110 feet (340 m) long.
  • Ladybower, built 1935-1945, capacity 6,310 million imperial gallons (28,700,000 m3), formed by an earth embankment 140 feet (43 m) high and 1,250 feet (380 m) long.

As part of the overall Derwent Valley water supply scheme there was additional supporting infrastructure including:

  • River Ashop Abstraction and Ashop to Derwent Aqueduct
  • River Noe Abstraction and Noe to Ladybower Aqueduct
  • Bamford Water Treatment Works

The board was abolished in 1974 under the terms of the Water Act 1973 and responsibility for the works was transferred to the new Severn Trent Water Authority.

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "The Derwent Valley Water Board - A short Description of the Undertaking" (PDF). st-reunited.org.uk.
  2. ↑ "Derwent Valley Water Board, 1899-1974". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Derwent Valley Reservoirs: Supplying Water to the Midlands". Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). 26 January 2026. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
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