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Whiteadder Reservoir
Whiteadder Reservoir is a reservoir in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, in the Lammermuir Hills, 11 miles (18 km) north west of Duns in the Scottish Borders, and five miles (8 km) south east of Garvald. It was created to provide additional water facilities for East Lothian.
Work on the Dam forming the reservoir commenced in 1964. Design was carried out by consulting civil engineers GH Hill & Sons of Manchester and London, on behalf of the then local water authority - East Lothian Water Board. The flooding ceremony was in May 1968. Millknowe Farm and Kingside School were flooded.
Whiteadder reservoir supplies East Lothian and Berwickshire, including the former Cockenzie Power Station on the northern coast of East Lothian, the Whiteadder Water flows out of the reservoir and is the lowest tributary of the River Tweed which it enters at Berwick-on-Tweed. In 2023, a 200kW hydro-electric plant was commissioned, providing power to the "Hungry Snout" water pumping station.
In 2023, an innovative siphon-fed hydroelectricity plant was opened. The siphon takes water from the intake over the top of the reservoir to a 200kW turbine. Using a siphon minimised civil engineering works. The system was designed to generate 0.82GWh per year, providing as much as 30% of the electricity required by the "Hungry Snout" pumping station, which feeds the Castle Moffat Water Treatment Works.
Although the reservoir and the Outdoor Education Centre are in East Lothian, it has been managed by the Outdoor Education department of Scottish Borders Council for over 20 years. Through a partnership between East Lothian Council, Scottish Borders Council and Borders Sailing Club, funds were obtained for a major refurbishment, and the new Centre was opened in 2005.
The centre was mothballed in 2017 due to funding cuts but reopened in August 2021 under the auspices of Whiteadder Watersports Trust - a charity set up by sailing instructors who previously worked at the centre.
The charity's objective is to retain the strong natural feel of the location while making the most of it for teaching people how to enjoy a range of water-based activities safely and expertly.
Prehistoric settlement in the area is represented by the Friar's Nose, a multivallate promontory fort immediately east of the reservoir. Directly across the Whiteadder valley from the fort, to the north-east of the reservoir, traces of a prehistoric settlement and field system have been recorded.
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Whiteadder Reservoir
Whiteadder Reservoir is a reservoir in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, in the Lammermuir Hills, 11 miles (18 km) north west of Duns in the Scottish Borders, and five miles (8 km) south east of Garvald. It was created to provide additional water facilities for East Lothian.
Work on the Dam forming the reservoir commenced in 1964. Design was carried out by consulting civil engineers GH Hill & Sons of Manchester and London, on behalf of the then local water authority - East Lothian Water Board. The flooding ceremony was in May 1968. Millknowe Farm and Kingside School were flooded.
Whiteadder reservoir supplies East Lothian and Berwickshire, including the former Cockenzie Power Station on the northern coast of East Lothian, the Whiteadder Water flows out of the reservoir and is the lowest tributary of the River Tweed which it enters at Berwick-on-Tweed. In 2023, a 200kW hydro-electric plant was commissioned, providing power to the "Hungry Snout" water pumping station.
In 2023, an innovative siphon-fed hydroelectricity plant was opened. The siphon takes water from the intake over the top of the reservoir to a 200kW turbine. Using a siphon minimised civil engineering works. The system was designed to generate 0.82GWh per year, providing as much as 30% of the electricity required by the "Hungry Snout" pumping station, which feeds the Castle Moffat Water Treatment Works.
Although the reservoir and the Outdoor Education Centre are in East Lothian, it has been managed by the Outdoor Education department of Scottish Borders Council for over 20 years. Through a partnership between East Lothian Council, Scottish Borders Council and Borders Sailing Club, funds were obtained for a major refurbishment, and the new Centre was opened in 2005.
The centre was mothballed in 2017 due to funding cuts but reopened in August 2021 under the auspices of Whiteadder Watersports Trust - a charity set up by sailing instructors who previously worked at the centre.
The charity's objective is to retain the strong natural feel of the location while making the most of it for teaching people how to enjoy a range of water-based activities safely and expertly.
Prehistoric settlement in the area is represented by the Friar's Nose, a multivallate promontory fort immediately east of the reservoir. Directly across the Whiteadder valley from the fort, to the north-east of the reservoir, traces of a prehistoric settlement and field system have been recorded.