Bomb experts called out to Chasewater for a third time

chasewater_draining_25
News
Bomb experts called out to Chasewater for a third time
Justine Halifax B’ham Mail 4 Mar 10
Army bomb disposal experts were called out to a Chasewater reservoir for a third time after bombs believed to date from the Second World War were discovered. Staffordshire Police has received three separate calls reporting suspected explosive devices in Chasewater Country Park’s reservoir, near Burntwood, in the last fortnight as work to drain the 200-year-old dam continues...
Lichfield Blog 3 Mar 10 Warning to Chasewater walkers after Second World War bombs are found

Walsall Advertiser 25 Feb 10 Rushall dad finds Chasewater bomb
Chasewater Dam 24 Feb 10 Suspected World War II bomb found

BrownhillsBob
25 Feb 10 Draining away pictures
TonyM666 Flickr 11 Feb 10 Reservoir Dregs pictures

Lichfield Blog
1 Mar 10 No return for fish removed
Chasewater Dam
24 Feb 10 Will the fish be put back into Chasewater?
Chasewater Dam 22 Jan When will the fish rescue take place?
Mercury 22 Jan
Thousands of fish dead at Chasewater Pleasure Park
BrownhillsBob
18 Jan Dead fish at Chasewater
Chasewater Wildlife Group 16 Jan
Mass death of fish in Anglesey Basin

BBC News 23 Feb 10 Low water levels threaten Black Country canal festival
Express & Star 11 Feb 10 Festivals sunk due to work on Chasewater reservoir
Waterscape Black Country Boating Festival
Birmingham Canal Navigations Society Home
Lichfield Council
Chasewater Dam
British Waterways
Home

Lichfield Blog
25 Feb 10 Lichfield District Council could borrow money to repair Chasewater Dam
Chase Post
25 Feb 10 Town taxpayers to foot bill for Dam?
Chase Post
25 Feb 10 Liaison promise for work at the dam
BrownhillsBob 5 Feb 10 Reservoir dogged
Express & Star 4 Feb 10 War of words over Chasewater dam repair bill
Lichfield Blog 4 Feb 10 Government won’t “ignore the risks” on Chasewater dam
Lichfield Blog
3 Feb 10 No-one read the small-print on Chasewater dam – Burntwood councillor
Lichfield Blog
29 Jan Gordon Brown challenged over safety of Chasewater dam
Lichfield Mercury 28 Jan
Chasewater dam collapse could kill 'up to 80 people'
BrownhillsBob 22 Jan 10 Comment: Chasewater – the only victim seems to be the truth
Lichfield Blog
21 Jan Lichfield MP criticises Prime Minister’s ‘insensitive’ response
BrownhillsBob
21 Jan Michael Fabricant: away with the fairies?
Lichfield Mercury
20 Jan Leaking Chasewater dam could have 'catastrophic consequences', MP Fabricant claims

Chasewater Dam 1 Feb 10 Opening the valves to Chasewater’s dam
Lichfield Blog 1 Feb 10 Work begins to drain Chasewater ahead of dam safety work
YamYam 28 Dec
Chasewater being drained as New Year work starts