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British Parliamentary Papers
BPP Catalog:Urban Areas:Water Supply

Water Supply

9 Volumes

This set documents the efforts of parliament to ensure that London received an adequate water supply at reasonable rates. It consists of Select Committee, Royal Commission and General Board of Health reports from 1821 to the end of the century. The principal subjects of investigation related to the activities of water companies, the sources, quantity and quality of London’s water supply and the city’s constantly increasing requirements. Information on technical aspects of the supply was given by professional witnesses and provides a valuable contemporary research source on water engineering, climatology, geology of the regions examined, medical aspects and chemical qualities of the water supplied.

Set Price £1,380 / $2,276 (if volumes are bought individually)
Discounted Price for Complete Subject Set of 9 Volumes
£1,250 / $2,050

Volume 1: Reports from Select Committees on the Supply of Water to the Metropolis with minutes of evidence, appendices, 1821-1840
636 pp 3 folding charts
£145 / $239
 ISBN: 0716504855

Volume 2: Minutes of evidence taken by the Select Committee on the Metropolitan Water Bill with an index, 1851
944 pp
£160 / $264
 ISBN: 0716504863

Volume 3: Minutes of evidence from the Select Committee on the Metropolitan Water Supply Bill and to the Chelsea Water Works Bill with appendix and index, 1852
1,052 pp
£165 / $272
 ISBN: 0716504871

Volume 4: Reports from the General Board of Health on the Supply of Water to the Metropolis, with appendices, 1850
920 pp 22 plans (10 folding), 7 coloured diagrams (4 folding)
£160 / $264
 ISBN: 0716502895

Volume 5: Report from the Royal Commission on Water for the Metropolis and other large towns and a Report on the Chemical Quality of the Metropolis Water, with minutes of evidence, appendix and index, 1851-1869
848 pp 55 plans and diagrams (30 coloured, 39 folding)
£165 / $272
 ISBN: 0716503344

Volume 6: Reports from Select Committees on London Water Supply and the London Water Commission Bill with minutes of evidence, appendices and indices, 1880-1891
896 pp 9 folding tables
£150 / $248
 ISBN: 0716504928DUP

Volume 7: Report from the Royal Commission on the Water Supply of the Metropolis with minutes of evidence, 1893-94
648 pp
£145 / $239
 ISBN: 0716504936DUP

Volume 8: Further evidence taken before the Royal Commission on the Water Supply of the Metropolis with appendices and index, 1893-94
760 pp 15 folding plans (14 coloured), 1 folding table
£150 / $248
 ISBN: 0716504944

Volume 9: Report from the Select Committee on the London Water (Transfer) Bills and Reports from the Royal Commission on Water Supply within the Limits of the Metropolitan Water Companies, 1895-1900
544 pp
£140 / $230
 ISBN: 071650510X