▁day . ▁Ear lier ▁that ▁year , ▁the ▁Es sex ▁Water ▁Order ▁was ▁passed ▁by ▁Parliament , ▁and ▁on ▁ 1 ▁April ▁South end ▁Water works ▁Company ▁am alg am ated ▁with ▁South ▁Es sex ▁Water works ▁Company ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁Es sex ▁Water ▁Company . ▁Neg oti ations ▁between ▁M ald on ▁District ▁Council , ▁Es sex ▁and ▁Su ff olk ▁Water ▁and ▁other ▁interested ▁parties ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁Lang ford ▁p ump ing ▁station ▁and ▁its ▁one ▁remaining ▁engine , ▁d ating ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 1 , ▁becoming ▁the ▁fled g ling ▁Museum ▁of ▁Power . ▁ ▁South ▁Es sex ▁Water works ▁Company ▁The ▁South ▁Es sex ▁Water works ▁Company ▁was ▁formed ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 1 , ▁and ▁supplied ▁drink ing ▁water ▁to ▁an ▁area ▁of ▁ ▁stretch ing ▁from ▁Gray s ▁to ▁East ▁Ham ▁and ▁from ▁Br ent wood ▁to ▁the ▁River ▁Th ames . ▁Water ▁was ▁obtained ▁from ▁bore hol es ▁s unk ▁into ▁the ▁ch alk ▁aqu ifer ▁underlying ▁the ▁area , ▁but ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War , ▁these ▁supplies ▁were ▁not ▁sufficient ▁to ▁meet ▁the ▁demand ▁for ▁water , ▁and ▁so ▁the ▁company ▁looked ▁further ▁af ield . ▁Following ▁the ▁failure ▁of ▁the ▁joint ▁scheme ▁with ▁South end ▁Water works ▁Company , ▁they ▁obtained ▁an ▁Act ▁of ▁Parliament ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁for ▁a ▁re vised ▁scheme ▁which ▁included ▁a ▁water ▁treatment ▁works ▁at ▁Lang ham ▁with ▁an ▁int ake ▁from