WATER CATCHMENT AREAS IN SCOTLAND 277 
acres of arable land, 300 acres of hill pasture and moor, 
and 100 acres of plantations. Of the total area, the town 
owns 150 acres. The water is filtered. 
VI. PertH (East) AND ForFar COUNTIES 
Gathering grounds, 50,935 acres, supplying ten local 
authorities. 1500 acres owned by one local authority. 
The Kirkcaldy District of the County of Fife, in which 
Kirkealdy, Dysart, and Kinghorn Burghs are not included, 
will be supplied with water from two gathering grounds in 
the Ochil Hills in Perthshire. The river Farg catchment 
area, on which a reservoir is being built, contains 1437 
acres, at 550 to 1000 feet elevation. The Slateford Burn 
catchment area adjoins the last, and comprises 1166 acres, 
at 650 to 1200 feet altitude. The water will be taken 
from the Slateford Burn to the Farg reservoir by a 24-inch 
pipe. None of the land is owned by the Council except 
about 100 acres required for the site of the reservoir. On 
the Farg area there are 200 to 300 acres of arable land, 
the rest being rough pasture. The Council intend to divert 
the sewage from the four existing farm-steadings; but 
measures for preventing contamination of the reservoir are 
troublesome on account of the divided ownership, as there 
are twelve proprietors on the Farg area. There is little 
arable land on the Slateford Burn area, most of it being 
rough pasture. The engineers are of opinion that the afforesta- 
tion of the Farg gathering ground would be desirable, in 
order to secure the purity of the water supply; but it is 
very doubtful if the County Council could face the expense 
of acquiring the whole area for this purpose. Meanwhile. 
compensation is liable to be paid to proprietors who may 
be injuriously affected by any restrictions imposed under the 
Water Act for the prevention of pollution. See W. C. Reid, 
in Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers, vol. 194, p. 6, Fig. 3 (1914), 
for rainfall and map, here reproduced, of the Slateford and 
Farg areas. 
