Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Amfani da farko da aka rubuta na matattarar yashi don tsarkake ruwan samar da ruwa ya fara ne a 1804, lokacin da mai mallakar gidan wasan kwaikwayo a Paisley, Scotland, John Gibb, ya girka matattarar gwaji, yana siyar da rarar da ba a so ga jama'a. Injiniya James Simpson ne ya kafa kamfanin samar da ruwa na Chelsea Waterworks Company a London a shekarar 1829. Ba da daɗewa ba aikin tsabtace ruwa ya zama gama gari, kuma an nuna amfanin tsarin sosai bayan binciken likitan John Snow a lokacin annobar kwalara ta Broad Street a shekara ta 1854
ya nuna rawar da samar da ruwa ke takawa wajen yaduwar cutar kwalara.