c. 84) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which introduced regulation of water supply companies in London ("the Metropolis"), including minimum standards of water quality for the first time.

The act was enacted in order to "make provision for securing the supply to the Metropolis of pure and wholesome water."

[6] The Lambeth Waterworks Company was amongst the first to comply with the act; they were ahead of the act, having decided to move their waterworks to Seething Wells in 1847.

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