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completed, comprised in all six reservoirs (one of which, the 
highest and smallest, has been abandoned), with a total 
gathering ground of 31,946 acres, at an elevation varying 
from 500 to 2000 feet. Full particulars of the entire 
scheme were given by Mr. E. Sandeman, M.Inst.C.E., in 
Proc. Inst. C.E. vol. 194, pp. 22-35, with map (1914); in 
Trans. Inst. Water Engineers, xvi. pp. 71-75, with map 
(1912); and in a paper read at the Institution of Civil 
Engineers on 9th April 1918. The watershed is described 
by H. H. Arnold-Bemrose, Derbyshire, p. 21 (1910). 
Chesterfield Gas and Water Board obtain part of their 
water supply from a gathering ground at Linacre, with 
three storage reservoirs, 1333 acres in extent, between 470 
and 1000 feet elevation. The area, of which the Board 
only own 84 acres, comprises 50 acres of arable land, 1027 
acres of hill pasture and moor, and 172 acres of planta- 
tions. There are habitations and farm-steadings upon the 
area, and no special precautions are taken to prevent 
contamination of the gathering ground. The water is 
filtered. 
Chesterfield Rural District Council obtains its water 
supply from two catchment areas: 
Press gathering ground, 500 acres, between 700 and 
1000 feet elevation; all arable land, with a few dwelling- 
houses and farmsteads upon it. 
Barbrook gathering ground, 1030 acres, between 1000 
and 1200 feet elevation ; all hill pasture and moor, without 
any habitations or farmsteads. 
The Council owns no part of either area. No special 
measures are taken against contamination, The water of 
the Press area is filtered. 
Nantwich Urban District Council obtains its water supply 
from a gathering ground of 500 acres at Baddiley, consist- 
ing of agricultural land at a low elevation. The Council 
owns only two acres, which are willow beds and bog. The 
water, although filtered, is reported to be bacteriologically 
