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water is filtered, and “the ground is examined to see 
that there are no dead sheep lying on it. Nothing else is 
required.” 
Penrith Urban District Council obtains its water supply 
from Haweswater Lake, with a catchment area of 750 acres, 
between 1383 and 2300 feet elevation, all hill pasture and 
moorland, grazed by mountain sheep only, and without 
habitations or farmsteads. Filtration is not necessary. The 
Council owns none of the catchment area. 
Kendal has a water catchment area of 300 acres, at 
Benson Knott, the storage reservoir being Fisher Tarn, 25 
miles east of the town. The area, of which 60 acres are 
owned by the Town Council, lies between 700 and 1000 
feet altitude, and is “upland moorland, with some grazing 
and arable land, free from habitable houses and farms.” The 
‘water is not filtered. See Zrans. Liverpool Engineering Soc. 
xxiv. (1903). 
Millom Urban District Council obtains its water supply 
from (1) Whicham Beck, with a gathering ground of 686 
acres on Swinside Fells, between 275 and 800 feet eleva- 
tion, and (2) Stoupdale Beck, with a gathering ground of 
372 acres on Whitcombe Fells, between 400 and 1280 feet 
elevation. Of the total area of 1058 acres, the Council owns 
117 acres adjoining the storage reservoir at Baystone Bank, 
Whicham, which comprise one sheep farm of 12 acres, 100 
acres of hill pasture and moor, and 5 acres of plantations. 
The sewage of the farmhouse is diverted into a cesspool, 
frequently emptied. The rest of the gathering ground, 941 
acres, is rough rocky mountain pasture. 
South Westmorland Rural District Council obtain their 
water supply in part from an upland surface of 500 acres 
at Lupton, where there is a reservoir. The water is not 
filtered. Information about ownership, etc., has not been 
obtainable. 
