Like, can you give us an idea of what it's like and what work will actually be done to renew it, if that's not too of an obvious question to ask?

Yeah.

No, it's fine.

So as I mentioned before, the, um, as, as the northwest was growing, and as Manchester was growing as a city back in the early, um, 1900s, the need to supply water, um, was, was, was huge, both for population and industrial growth.

So, um, so the lakes, um, um, were an obvious place for, um, storage and collection of water.

But then, of course, that water then has to be transported down to, to Manchester.

So the Haweswater Aqueduct was constructed, um, between 1933 and 1955, um, between the two Wor- World Wars where resources were scarce, manpower was scarce, and it was constructed through a range of, uh, through geo- through geography, through hills, um, where we, where the team, um, on the project were able to tunnel through the hills, uh, and through sections of pipework as well where there's valleys.

Who are the most critical stakeholders that you're engaging with, and what challenges have you been able to overcome, and any advice you'd pass on to, to professionals working in, in, you know, in, in a similar way or affected by similar issues?

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