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A water supply system has been present in Chester since Roman times with water taken from the River Dee and small local sources.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/ches/vol5/pt2/pp35-49|title=Local government and public services: Public utilities &#124; British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref> There certainly appears to have been a well at [[Christleton]] to the east of the city in the 14th century<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deevalleywater.co.uk/article.php?id=50|title=A History of water in Chester|website=deevalleywater.co.uk}}</ref> and by 1537 records reveal a conduit being built from [[Broughton, Flintshire|Broughton]] to convey water into the city. In 1838 the '''City of Chester Waterworks Company''' was established inheriting an intake at the causeway – now called [[Chester Weir]]. The Chester Weir intake was used until 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/19308861.chesters-old-hydroelectric-power-station-turned-visitor-centre/ | title=Chester's old hydroelectric power station to be turned into "thriving visitor attraction" }}</ref>