AN Inland Waterways Association statement has warned about the water supply to the BCN.
An IWA statement informs that 'The Association has raised concerns with Canal & River Trust after being advised that water from Chasewater Reservoir, which is a major water supply to the BCN, was terminated by the owners, Staffordshire County Council, earlier in the year and that no water has been available to Canal & River Trust's canal network from the reservoir since the Spring' wrintes Bill Ridgeway.
Inoperable
Continuing: 'On further enquiry, it has come to light that the valve that should be used to control the water has been inoperable for a number of years'.
https://www.waterways.org.uk/news/view?id=339&x[0]=news/list
This begs the questions:
1/. are there two valves, one which allowed water through up to Spring this year and one which 'has been inoperable for a number of years'?
2/. if water is now not flowing through either valve where is it all flowing to now?
3/. if the valve has been inoperable for a number of years why hasn't CaRT noticed that it is not getting any water from that source?
I am puzzled!
Bill Ridgeway