CASE STUDY HOW TO DRY OUT A RESERVOIR When major remedial works were identified for Birkenburn reservoir in Scotland, the issue was how to de-water a reservoir on top of a mountain without causing silt pollution downstream. Birkenburn reservoir lies high in the Kilsyth Hills in North Lanarkshire, near Glasgow. The reservoir has a water capacity of 780,592m 3 and supplies water to the Forth and Clyde Canal. Like most reservoirs, Birkenburn require

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