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water is filtered, and " the ground is examined to see 

 that there are no dead sheep lying on it. Nothing else is 

 required." 



Penrith Urban District Council obtains its water supply 

 from Ha wes water Lake, with a catchment area of 7 5 acres, 

 between 1383 and 2300 feet elevation, all hill pasture and 

 moorland, grazed by mountain sheep only, and without 

 habitations or farmsteads. Filtration is not necessary. The 

 Council owns none of the catchment area. 



Kendal has a water catchment area of 300 acres, at 

 Benson Knott, the storage reservoir being Fisher Tarn, 2|- 

 miles east of the town. The area, of which 60 acres are 

 owned by the Town Council, lies between 700 and 1000 

 feet altitude, and is " upland moorland, with some grazing 

 and arable land, free from habitable houses and farms." The 

 water is not filtered. See Trans. Liverpool Engineering Soc. 

 xxiv. (1903). 



Millom Urban District Council obtains its water supply 

 from (1) Whicham Beck, with a gathering ground of 686 

 acres on Swinside Fells, between 275 and 800 feet eleva- 

 tion, and (2) Stoupdale Beck, with a gathering ground of 

 372 acres on Whitcombe Fells, between 400 and 1280 feet 

 elevation. Of the total area of 1 5 8 acres, the Council owns 

 117 acres adjoining the storage reservoir at Baystone Bank, 

 Whicham, which comprise one sheep farm of 1 2 acres, 100 

 acres of hill pasture and moor, and 5 acres of plantations. 

 The sewage of the farmhouse is diverted into a cesspool, 

 frequently emptied. The rest of the gathering ground, 941 

 acres, is rough rocky mountain pasture. 



South Westmorland Rural District Council obtain their 

 water supply in part from an upland surface of 500 acres 

 at Lupton, where there is a reservoir. The water is not 

 filtered. Information about ownership, etc., has not been 

 obtainable. 



