274 FORESTS, WOODS, AND TREES 
to take an additional supply from Craigencat Burn, with 
154 acres of catchment area. The gathering ground has 
one farm and one shepherd’s house upon it, but no special 
precautions are taken except that the water is filtered. 
Mr. A. Lumsden, the Burgh Surveyor, considers the 
greater part of the two gathering grounds to be suitable 
for afforestation. 
Burntisland obtains its water supply from the Cullaloe 
reservoir, with a catchment area in the valley of Dour 
Burn, 1200 acres, between 300 and 500 feet elevation. 
The gathering ground comprises 1000 acres of arable 
land and 200 acres of woodland, none of which is owned 
by the Town Council, except the site of the reservoir 
and a margin around it, varying from the width of a few 
feet to about 50 yards. The reservoir is now divided by an 
embankment into two distinct parts. The south bay, 
receiving pure water from the upper reaches of the Dour 
Burn, supplies the town; while the north bay, fed by 
somewhat impure water from the Cullaloe Burn, supplies 
compensation water to the lower riparian owners. The 
Council have no control over the gathering ground, which is 
reported to have a population of 150 persons; but the 
sewage from three farms is led clear of the domestic supply 
reservoir and the water is filtered. ‘The average annual 
rainfall taken over a period of 23 years is 31°94 inches. 
Kirkcaldy and Dysart Commissioners obtain their water 
from Drumain, Harperlees, and Holl supply reservoirs; and 
in addition there are the Ballo and Arnot compensation 
reservoirs. The total catchment area is 3922 acres, ranging 
in elevation from 645 to 1712 feet, namely, to the top of 
West Lomond Hill. Of the whole area, the Commissioners 
own 1654 acres, all hill pasture and moor, except 20 
acres of arable land and 55 acres of plantations. The 
remaining 2268 acres are moor and hill pasture, except 
66 acres of plantations. ‘There are 20 persons resident in 
six dwelling-houses on the gathering ground. Practically 
all the sewage is carried past the reservoirs, or, alternatively, 
