UK to Purify Vyrnwy Aqueduct

The UK will invest £60m ($95m) to clean up the Vyrnwy Aqueduct, which supplies 210 million litres of water a day to north-west England.

The cleaning will prevent water discoloration and deposits of iron and manganese.

The Victorian-built pipeline passes close to Oswestry and supplies water from Lake Vyrnwy in Powys, Wales, to Liverpool, England, serving about 900,000 customers.

The aqueduct, which stretches from Oswestry to Prescot, is made up of three pipes, each with a diameter of one metre, out of which two pipes date back to the 1880s.

The project will take ten years to complete, according to bbc.co.uk.