An Act to enable Thomas Smith Esquire, Lord of the Manor of Farlington, in the County of Southampton, to supply the Town of Portsmouth and Parts adjacent with good and wholesome Water, at his own proper Costs and Charges.
An Act for better supplying with Water the Borough of Portsmouth, and the Parishes of Portsmouth and Portsea, and Places adjacent, in the County of Southampton.
An Act for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the Portsea Island Waterworks to raise a further Sum of Money; and for other Purposes relating to the said Undertaking.
The company was created on 13 July 1857 by the Borough of Portsmouth Waterworks Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. xlv) as the Borough of Portsmouth Waterworks Company to supply Portsmouth.[4] In being formed it acquired the assets of the existing United Portsmouth, Portsea and Farlington Waterworks Company. This had been formed in 1828 by the merger of the Portsmouth and Farlington Waterworks Company, created by the Portsmouth Water Supply (Farlington) Act 1740 (14 Geo. 2. c. 43), and the Portsea Island Waterworks Company, formed in 1809 by the Portsmouth and Portsea Water Act 1809 (49 Geo. 3. c. cxviii).[5]
There are now 18 borehole sites throughout the catchment area from the South Downs groundwater and the natural springs in Havant and Bedhampton. There are up to 25 springs used at any one time producing up to 170 million litres per day.[9]
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