WATER CATCHMENT AREAS 137 
1400 acres, between 700 and 1100 feet elevation, all hill 
pasture and moorland, without any arable land or planta- 
tions. The gathering ground, of which about 10 acres are 
owned by the Council, has no dwelling-houses or farm- 
steadings upon it. No precautions against contamination of 
the gathering ground are taken, but the water is filtered. 
Mr. C. J. F. Atkinson, Clerk to the Council, considers that the 
area would be an excellent one for an afforestation scheme. 
Wharfedale Rural District Council obtains its water 
supply from a gathering ground of 2560 acres at Menston, 
between 900 and 1000 feet elevation, all hill pasture, and 
moorland, without any dwelling-houses or farmsteads upon 
it. The Council owns only the water rights of the area. 
The reservoir at Four Lane Ends is at 660 feet elevation. 
Shipley Urban District Council obtains its water supply 
from a gathering ground of 1537 acres on Rombalds Moor, 
lying between 690 and 1308 feet elevation, all hill pasture 
and moor, with the exception of 2 acres of arable land and 
7 acres of plantations. There are no habitations or farm- 
steads on the gathering ground, of which only 114 acres 
are owned by the District Council. Besides filtration and 
treatment of the water with chalk and carbonate of soda to 
prevent action on lead, no other measures are considered 
necessary to preserve the purity of the water. The Grain- 
cliffe reservoir at 845 feet elevation serves for domestic 
supply, and the Eldwick reservoir at 690 feet elevation 
serves for compensation water. 
Burley-in-Wharfedale Urban District Council obtains its 
water supply from a gathering ground of 800 acres, between 
1000 and 1350 feet elevation, all moorland and hill 
pasture; and owns only 20 acres, the sites of the Carr 
Bottom, Low Lanshaw, and High Lanshaw reservoirs on 
Rombalds Moor, and of Hartley’s reservoir on the Coldstone 
Estate. The water from three of the four storage reservoirs 
is mechanically filtered; the fourth reservoir is not liable 
to contamination. No other measures are considered 
necessary to preserve the purity of the water. 
