Metropolitan Water Board Act, 1915
WHEREAS the Metropolitan Water Board (in this Act referred to as "the Board") are charged with the duty of supplying water within an area which comprises the whole of the county of London and parts of the counties of Middlesex Surrey Kent Essex and Hertford:

And whereas it is expedient that the Board should be empowered to construct the waterworks and other works and to acquire the lands hereinafter referred to:

And whereas it is expedient that the Board should be empowered to borrow money ...