The museum will provide "an enormous learning opportunity"
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Birmingham City Council has agreed to give �20,000 to help build a water museum in Wales.
Elan Valley, near Rhayader in Powys, was flooded 101 years ago to supply the people of Birmingham with water, and six reservoirs were built.
The city council had previously refused to give a grant to the project saying it would provide no benefits to the people of the city.
The announcement comes after a meeting with a delegation from mid-Wales.
Elan Valley's reservoirs send 360m gallons of water a day along a 70-mile pipeline to Birmingham and also to parts of south Powys and south Wales.
Deputy leader of the council Paul Tilsley said: "The money will ensure that Birmingham children have free access to the museum so they can learn about how the construction was put together.
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