<P> In a paper published in 1894 , it was formally proposed to add chlorine to water to render it `` germ - free '' . Two other authorities endorsed this proposal and published it in many other papers in 1895 . Early attempts at implementing water chlorination at a water treatment plant were made in 1893 in Hamburg , Germany , and in 1897 the town of Maidstone , England was the first to have its entire water supply treated with chlorine . </P>
<P> In a paper published in 1894 , it was formally proposed to add chlorine to water to render it `` germ - free '' . Two other authorities endorsed this proposal and published it in many other papers in 1895 . Early attempts at implementing water chlorination at a water treatment plant were made in 1893 in Hamburg , Germany , and in 1897 the town of Maidstone , England was the first to have its entire water supply treated with chlorine . </P>
when was chlorine first added to drinking water in the uk
when was chlorine first added to drinking water in the uk
1897
1897