In 1913 the parish council complained that the water was ‘filthy’ and when the proposal was mooted for the local authority to buy the company out the supply was described as ‘both inadequate and unsatisfactory’. In 1921 the directors intimated that they would be prepared to sell the company. In 1927 the company was bought jointly by Shardlow Rural District Council and Stapleford Rural District Council for £12,063. Attempts were made to increase the supply but the obvious area of sandstone in Bramcote was within the supply area of the Nottingham Corporation, who would oppose any extension and the coal measures were unsuitable.

above text from Victoria County History by Keith Goodman

The service reservoir is called Rushy Lane and has now been abandoned and the land used for housing. Capacity 70,000 gallons and built in 1889 by Stapleford and Sandiacre Joint Water Supply. (It was also called Risley Lane Res at one time!)