182 FORESTS, WOODS, AND TREES 
Fulwood Urban District Council obtains its water supply 
from an upland surface of 330 acres on Beacon Fell, Goos- 
nargh, between 500 and 872 feet elevation. It is all hill 
pasture and moor, with one farmstead upon it. The Council 
owns 300 acres. The water is not filtered. 
Carnforth District Waterworks Company obtain their 
supply from the Swarthbeck Stream at Over Kellet, where 
there is a storage reservoir, with a catchment area of about 
400 acres, between 360 and 422 feet elevation. The Com- 
pany own only 3 acres of the area, which comprises 60 
acres of arable land, 280 acres of hill pasture and moor, and 
60 acres of plantations. There are 3 habitations on the 
gathering ground, and no special measures are taken against 
contamination. The water is filtered. 
Preston obtains its water supply from two catchment 
areas, both in Lancashire, aggregating 5465 acres in 
extent : 
1. River Hodder Watershed, 4765 acres, comprising 
Langden Valley, 3795 acres, between 525 and 1707 feet 
elevation, and Hareden Valley, 970 acres, between 471 and 
1500 feet elevation. 
2. River Ribble Watershed, Longridge Fell, 700 acres, 
comprising Cowley Brook area, 300 acres, between 620 and 
1016 feet elevation, and Dean Brook area, 400 acres, 
between 600 and 1125 feet elevation. 
The areas are not owned by the Corporation, who have 
only acquired the water rights. There are no plantations 
of trees in the Langden or Hareden Valleys; but in Cowley 
area there are 130 acres, and in Dean area 250 acres of 
plantations. The water is filtered. The watersheds are all 
moorland, without habitations, except one house in the Dean 
Brook area, the drainage of which is specially dealt with. 
Colne obtains its water supply in part from the river 
Laneshaw, about three miles east of the town, with an 
upland gathering ground on Emmott Moor, 780 acres in 
extent, at 660 to 1430 feet elevation. The Corporation 
