 Croppers agreed to bring the next statutory inspection forward by two years, and assembled documention on the reservoir, which revealed a succession of problems starting soon after its construction.Major issues included raising of the embankment due to settlement in 1852, 1861 and 1926, rebuilding of the bywash in 1864 after it failed, and lowering of the overflow weir by in 1926.The statutory inspection took place in May 1995, which involved CCTV inspection of the culvert after the reservoir had been drained.