How will the canal breach affect water supplies?

[ericmark]

BBC report on sink hole The canal in question, takes water from the river dee, into Cheshire salt towns, so this is not just going to be a local issue.

 

[big-all]

do you mean its used as a transfer off drinking water to Cheshire??
if so the need this time off year should be easily met from other sources
in general any water transfer via an active canal will be quite small as its restricted by the locks and infrastructure on the way also you would drag the boats in one direction iff too much transferred

 

[ericmark]

Every lock has a by-pass, so the water from the horse-shoe falls

on the dee, is taken to Cheshire. Having walked there, it was not what I expected for a water fall in Wales.

 

[Charlie George]

do you mean its used as a transfer off drinking water to Cheshire??
if so the need this time off year should be easily met from other sources
in general any water transfer via an active canal will be quite small as its restricted by the locks and infrastructure on the way also you would drag the boats in one direction iff too much transferred

It is quite fast flowing for a canal, some boats struggle against the currents, good time of year for it to happen (water supply) if repairs take a long time i presume pipelines would be laid.
On Youtube one boater trapped was also trapped on the Bridgewater canal this time last year for months.

 

[big-all]

thanks for the interesting enlightenment gents

 

[ericmark]

It seems the water supply now restored.

5 days since the breach, to see what's been happening myself with the Llangollen canal breach! Turns out a lot, can change in 3 days! Firstly the boat on the edge is now secure and away from the edge, we'll discuss how they did this in the video, secondly the cofferdams are finish and a temporary pumping system was installed to bring water to the otherside of the breach and reconnect the supply of water from the River Dee at Horseshoe falls, Llangollen, with the rest of the Llangollen canal and more importantly the Hurleston reservoir, which supplies water to thousands of homes around the Crewe/Nantwich area.

Found info at This facebook website