Hampton Water Treatment Works

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Hampton Water Treatment Works buildings alongside the A308
Hampton Water Treatment Works buildings alongside the A308

Hampton Water Treatment Works are water treatment works located on the River Thames in Hampton, London. Built in the second half of the 19th Century to supply London with fresh water, the Waterworks was in the past a significant local employer, and its brick pumphouses dominate the local landscape.[1] The Waterworks are currently owned and operated by Thames Water, occupying a 66 ha site located between the Upper Sunbury Road (A308) and the River Thames. The Waterworks currently has a maximum output of 700 megalitres a day, and supplies ~30% of London's fresh water.[2]

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  2. ^ "King of the castle Hampton completes sand bed upgrade". Thames Water. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2023.