The Metropolis Water Act 1852
WHEREAS it is expedient to make Provision for securing the Supply to the Metropolis of pure and wholesome Water, and otherwise to make further and better Provision in relation to the Water Supply of the Metropolis: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: