The Gatehampton Borehole Upgrade Project is part of the Thames Water GATOX (Gatehampton to Oxford) scheme, which helped to boost the amount of water available for customers in Swindon and Oxford from 87 to 105 million litres a day (average). This took effect in June 2009 when a surge vessel has been installed to protect the main to Cleeve. The largest groundwater abstraction project in Europe,

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