Derwent Valley Water Board

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| short_title = Derwent Valley Water Act 1899

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| long_title = An Act to authorise the construction of works for impounding and distributing the waters of the Rivers Derwent and Ashop and their tributaries and to constitute a joint board representative of the Corporations of Derby Leicester Nottingham and Sheffield and of the County Council of Derbyshire for the purposes of such construction and to confer further powers in relation to the supply of water on the said Corporations and County Council and for other purposes.

| year = 1899

| citation = 62 & 63 Vict. c. cclxix

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| royal_assent = 9 August 1899

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| short_title = {{visible anchor|Derwent Valley Water Act 1901}}

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| long_title = An Act to confer further powers on the Derwent Valley Water Board with respect to their water undertaking and for other purposes.

| year = 1901

| citation = 1 Edw. 7. c. lxxx

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| short_title = {{visible anchor|Derwent Valley Water Act 1904}}

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| year = 1904

| citation = 4 Edw. 7. c. cxcvi

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| royal_assent = 15 August 1904

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| short_title = {{visible anchor|Derwent Valley Water Act 1909}}

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| year = 1909

| citation = 9 Edw. 7. c. lxiii

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| short_title = {{visible anchor|Derwent Valley Water Act 1912}}

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| long_title = An Act to extend the time limited by the Derwent Valley Water Act 1909 for the compulsory purchase of lands to make provisions as to compensation water gauges and for other purposes.

| year = 1912

| citation = 2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. xxxviii

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| short_title = {{visible anchor|Derwent Valley Water Act 1920}}

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| long_title = An Act to confer further powers on the Derwent Valley Water Board, and for other purposes.

| year = 1920

| citation = 10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. clxv

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| short_title = {{visible anchor|Derwent Valley Water Act 1927}}

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| long_title = An Act to confer further powers on the Derwent Valley Water Board and for other purposes.

| year = 1927

| citation = 17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. lxx

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| short_title = {{visible anchor|Derwent Valley Water Act 1935}}

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| long_title = An Act to amend provisions of the Derwent Valley Water Acts 1899 to 1920 to provide for the abandonment of certain of the works authorised by those Acts to be constructed by the Leicester Corporation and to authorise that corporation to construct other works and for other purposes.

| year = 1935

| citation = 25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. cv

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| short_title = {{visible anchor|Derwent Valley Water Act 1938}}

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| long_title = An Act to confer further powers upon the Derwent Valley Water Board, and for other purposes.

| year = 1938

| citation = 1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. lxii

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| short_title = {{visible anchor|Derwent Valley Water Act 1944}}

| type = Act

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| long_title = An Act to authorise the Derwent Valley Water Board to construct new waterworks and to acquire lands to make provision for the protection of the gathering ground of the new waterworks to confer further powers upon the Board and for other purposes.

| year = 1944

| citation = 7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xviii

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| royal_assent = 3 August 1944

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The Derwent Valley Water Board was constituted by the {{visible anchor|Derwent Valley Water Act 1899}} (62 & 63 Vict. c. cclxix) to supply the cities of Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield, and the county of Derbyshire, with water impounded by a series of reservoirs along the upper reaches of the River Derwent in the Peak District of Derbyshire.

The board's works included the following reservoirs:

• Howden, built 1901-1912, capacity {{convert|1,980|e6impgal|m3}}, formed by a masonry dam {{convert|117|ft|m}} high and {{convert|1080|ft|m}} long.
• Derwent, built 1902-1916, capacity {{convert|2,120|e6impgal|m3}}, formed by a masonry dam {{convert|114|ft|m}} high and {{convert|1110|ft|m}} long.
• Ladybower, built 1935-1945, capacity {{convert|6,310|e6impgal|m3}}, formed by an earth embankment {{convert|140|ft|m}} high and {{convert|1250|ft|m}} long.

The board was abolished in 1974 under the terms of the Water Act 1973 (c. 37) and responsibility for the works was transferred to the new Severn Trent Water Authority.