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Luxhay Reservoir is an artificial reservoir near Angersleigh, Somerset, England. It is now owned by Wessex Water.

Luxhay Reservoir
Luxhay Reservoir
Location	Angersleigh, Somerset, England
Coordinates	50°57′31″N 3°07′41″W
Catchment area	30.5 square kilometres (7,500 acres)[1]
Built	c. 1905[2]

It was built in 1905 by the town corporation to provide drinking water for Taunton.[2]

The reservoir is fed by other local water sources including Otterhead Lakes and Blagdon reservoir.[3]

From 1969 leakage was detected in the retaining dam. This got worse in 1990s remedial works, including a diaphragm wall were undertaken.[2]

In 2006 the lake was found to have an intense bloom of Microcystins which was associated high concentrations of cyanotoxins probably associated with eutrophication of nutrient enriched sediments.[1]

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