Images show falling water levels at major reservoir that supplies the River Severn
The reservoir’s level has been deemed “exceptionally low for the time of year”
Fresh pictures have shown the diminishing levels of the reservoir which regulates the River Severn.
Drone images of Clywedog captured by Russell Owen this week show the state of the current water levels amid a summer which has seen the UK hit by successive heatwaves.
The reservoir, near Llanidloes in Mid Wales, is operated by Hafren Dyfrdwy under direction of the Environment Agency and National Resources Wales.
It does not provide drinking water but is instead used to support the flow of the River Severn.
Mr Owen said the speed at which the level has dropped has been surprising.
He said: “It has been this low before but never this quickly.”
Only last week the Environment Agency highlighted the diminishing level of the reservoir in a national report, remarking that it has seen “the greatest change in storage, with a decrease of more than six per cent, as it continues to support river flows in the River Severn”.
The report said the reservoir, like almost all across the country, was deemed “exceptionally low for the time of year”.
As of Monday (August 10) the reservoir was at 55.6 per cent of capacity, holding 27,764 megalitres, compared to 76.4 per cent on August 11 last year (holding 38,151Ml).
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