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Wimbleball Lake on
Exmoor is a water supply
reservoir constructed in the
1970s and completed in
1979.
The high
dam is of
concrete buttress construction and impounds the
River Haddeo to provide a water storage capacity of some 21,000 megalitres over an area of . The tributary valleys include the
River Pulham, which passes the village of
Brompton Regis and continues to
Hartford where it joins the Haddeo.
At times of low flow in the
River Exe, water is released into the river for
abstraction downstream at
Tiverton and
Exeter. The effects of this regulation of the water flow from the lake have been studied by comparing the regulated River Haddeo and the neighbouring (unregulated) River Pulham. It showed that the main thermal effects of impoundment and regulation have been to raise mean water temperature, eliminate freezing conditions, depress summer maximum values, delay the annual cycle and reduce diurnal fluctuation.
In 2001 - 2002
South West Water commissioned a detailed assessment of fish population, physical habitat, flow and water quality data within the River Haddeo, since it has been subject to regulated releases from Wimbleball Reservoir, to identify potential bottlenecks restricting the development of juvenile
salmon populations.
Managed by the charity
South West Lakes Trust, the lake offers a popular location for
walking,
camping,
birdwatching,
angling and
watersports. In December 2005 the trust was successful in obtaining funding for a £1 million project to provide a new rowing store, conversion of barn space into showers and changing areas, new sports equipment, an accessible bird hide, and interpretation, improved access, and signage around the site.
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