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The South Staffordshire Waterworks Company was founded in 1853 and opened its first water works in 1858 and Wendsbury was the first area supplied. The company grew taking over the Dudley Waterworks in 1862 and the first water supplies reached Netherton and Oldbury in 1864. The company then took over the Burton Upon Trent waterworks in 1864 and Cannock was first supplied in 1875.

In 1953 the Blithfield Reservoir near Abbots Bromley was completed and officially opened Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Later The Blithfield Education Centre was opened in 1996 by Bill Oddie.