Peart Water
Peart Water is a stream about long in Somerset, England. It rises in the Quantock Hills and flows in a generally northeast direction. Fish are raised in the Hawkridge Reservoir, and further downstream the Peart Water powers two mills. Course Peart Water rises in the Quantock Hills Area of Natural Beauty in West Somerset. It forms on the Middle Hill in the Quantock Hills at an elevation of about . It flows in a generally northeast direction for about to Hawkridge Reservoir, which was built in the early 1960s to supply water to the Borough of Bridgwater. The reservoir covers about . Peart Water flows onward from the dam in a northeast direction to Spaxton, where it enters the Ashford Reservoir. The distance between the two reservoirs is about . The Ashford Reservoir has an elevation of almost . The Peart Water leaves the Ashford Reservoir, and about from its source joins the Currypool stream and forms the Cannington Brook. Uses The Hawkridge Reservoir is stocked with trout. In August 1993 notice was published of an application by Wessex Water Services to discharge up to of settled effluent daily into the Peart Water from a fish farm at Hawkridge Reservoir.