£14bn plan to share Scots water with England

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davidc, on 29 Dec 2014 - 11:25 AM, said:

You would not need a canal from Kielder to the Tees as there is already a 21 mile water tunnel in operation.

 

The idea being of course to supply an expected surge in demand from and expanding industrial infrastructure............which didn't come to fruition, in fact it went the other way.

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The idea being of course to supply an expected surge in demand from and expanding industrial infrastructure............which didn't come to fruition, in fact it went the other way.

That's why the tunnel has only been used twice for the transfer of water that was 1983 and 1989.