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Cwmavon Risings


NGR: SO 27020 06200
220 m.asl

Torfaen , Northern Outcrop - East (Morlais to Abergavenny)
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Rising
Access 200m downstream of Cwmbran Bridge, the pool used for brewing is on land owned by the Plastics Factory, other rising are only accessible via its land.
Description
History Westlakes Brewery was built to use this water in 1900 (brewing ceased, 1928)
Hydrology Weak dye trace from Cuckoo Pot in less than 24 hours. Minimum flow 0.089 cumecs (2000g.p.h). Bicarbonate hardness (ppm) 131 (spring) - 96 (autumn) Tests
Conservation
Survey
References
BGS [borehole] record of spring, 1951
BGS [borehole] record of spring, 1951
Gascoine, W 1984 Hydrology of the Eastern Valley. The Red Dragon 11, pp.74-79
Gascoine, W., (1989), Hydrology of the limestone outcrop, in Limestones & Caves of Wales
CKS v38(1), p.24, 2011,Lou Maurice & Tim Guilford, The hydrogeology of Ogof Draenen
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