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WATER SUPPLY.
The Metropolitan Water Board took over, in 1904, the control of the
public water supplies provided by eight independent water companies and two
urban district councils in London and certain of the surrounding areas. The
Water Board is responsible for the public water supply of an area of 558 square
miles extending from Hertford in the north to Westerham in the south, and
from Northfleet in the east to Hounslow in the west; it includes a few urban
and many rural districts in the outer ring of Greater London.
Samples of the water from a deep tube well sunk on the Vegetable Oil
Works ground were analysed by Professor Kenwood and found very good.