Water On The Land: UK Reservoir - Case Study

Question 1

Name a reservoir in the UK?

Answer 1

Rutland Water.

Question 2

Where is Rutland Water?

Answer 2

East Midlands.

Question 3

When was the dam built?

Answer 3

1970s.

Question 4

What was created during the 1970s?

Answer 4

Rutland Water reservoir.

Question 5

How much area does the reservoir cover?

Answer 5

12km2.

Question 6

The reservoir is filled from water from what 2 rivers?

Answer 6

River Welland.

River Nene.

Question 7

Why was Rutland Water designed?

Answer 7

To supply the East Midlands with more water.

Enough to cope with rapid population growth in places like Peterborough.

Question 8

What are areas around the reservoir used for?

Answer 8

As nature reserves.

For recreation.

Question 9

What does the reservoir boost?

Answer 9

The local economy

Its a popular tourist attraction.

Question 10

Why is Rutland Water a popular tourist attraction?

Answer 10

Because of the wildlife and recreational facilities.

Question 11

How much land was flooded to create the reservoir?

Answer 11

6km2.

Question 12

What was flooded during the making of the reservoir?

Answer 12

Farmland.

Farmers lost their livelihoods.

Question 13

What recreational activities take place around the reservoir?

Answer 13

Sailing.
Windsurfing.
Bird watching.
Cycling.

Question 14

What jobs have been provided to people?

Answer 14

Help build the reservoir.
Maintain the reservoir.
Run the nature reserves and recreational activities.

Question 15

Who uses the reservoir for educational visits?

Answer 15

Schools.

Question 16

What was demolished to make way for the reservoir?

Answer 16

2 villages.

Question 17

Rutland Water is a site of what?

Answer 17

Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Area where wildlife is protected.

Question 18

What comes to the reservoir over the winter?

Answer 18

Hundreds of species of birds.

Tens of thousands of waterfowl.

Question 19

What are waterfowl?

Answer 19

Birds that live near the water.

Geese and ducks.

Question 20

What is found around the reservoir?

Answer 20

A variety of habitats.

Marshes. mudflats and lagoons.

Question 21

What has been reintroduced to central England?

Answer 21

Ospreys.

Question 22

Who has brought the ospreys back to central England?

Answer 22

Rutland Osprey Project at the reservoir.

Question 23

What is an osprey?

Answer 23

Fish-eating birds of prey that were extinct in Britain.

Question 24

Rutland Water has to be _____ ________

Answer 24

Managed Sustainably..

Question 25

The supply of water from the reservoir should be sustainable, what does this mean?

Answer 25

People should be able to get all the water they need today.

Without stopping people in the future from having enough.

Question 26

What can people today not do?

Answer 26

Deplete the water supply.

Damage the environment.

Question 27

How do you use the reservoir in a sustainable way?

Answer 27

By only taking out as much water as is replaced by the rivers that supply it.