when was the first water mains introduced into the uk?

[Bexie]

hi does anyone know when the uk first had its water mains??

 

[Papoose Hit that]

don't know

 

[armouror]

Until the late 16th century, London citizens relied on the River Thames, its tributaries, or one of around a dozen natural springs for their water supplies. In 1247 work began on building the Great Conduit from the spring at Tyburn. This was a lead pipe which led via Charing Cross, Strand, Fleet Street and Ludgate to a large cistern or tank in Cheapside.

In 1582, Dutchman Peter Morice (died 1588) developed one of the first pumped water supply systems for the City of London, powered by undershot waterwheels housed in the northernmost arches of London Bridge spanning the River Thames. The machinery was largely destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 but replacements engineered by his grandson remained under the bridge until the early 19th century, before the New London Bridge was erected in the 1830

 

[Ali - Hamadi]

Google it

 

[Who]

depends what you mean by water main

The Romans built aqueducts and channels to carry water to their houses and buildings