The Backwater Reservoir was opened in 1969. It supplies water to over 300,000 people in Dundee, the towns of Angus as well as Coupar Angus, Blairgowrie and the Carse of Gowrie.
You get great views from the dam at the southern end.

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Elevation 290 m

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