182 FOEESTS, WOODS, AND TREES 



Fulwood Urban District Council obtains its water supply 

 from an upland surface of 330 acres on Beacon Fell, Goos- 

 nargh, between 500 and 872 feet elevation. It is all hill 

 pasture and moor, with one farmstead upon it. The Council 

 owns 300 acres. The water is not filtered. 



Carnforth District Waterworlss Company obtain their 

 supply from the Swarthbeck Stream at Over Kellet, where 

 there is a storage reservoir, with a catchment area of about 

 400 acres, between 360 and 422 feet elevation. The Com- 

 pany own only 3 acres of the area, which comprises 60 

 acres of arable land, 280 acres of hill pasture and moor, and 

 60 acres of plantations. There are 3 habitations on the 

 gathering ground, and no special measures are taken against 

 contamination. The water is filtered. 



Preston obtains its water supply from two catchment 

 areas, both in Lancashire, aggregating 5465 acres in 

 extent : 



1. River Hodder Watershed, 4765 acres, comprising 

 Langden Valley, 3795 acres, between 525 and 1707 feet 

 elevation, and Hareden Valley, 970 acres, between 47 1 and 

 1500 feet elevation. 



2, River Ribble Watershed, Longridge Fell, 700 acres, 

 comprising Cowley Brook area, 300 acres, between 620 and 

 1016 feet elevation, and Dean Brook area, 400 acres, 

 between 600 and 1125 feet elevation. 



The areas are not owned by the Corporation, who have 

 only acquired the water rights. There are no plantations 

 of trees in the Langden or Hareden Valleys ; but in Cowley 

 area there are 130 acres, and in Dean area 250 acres of 

 plantations. The water is filtered. The watersheds are all 

 moorland, without habitations, except one house in the Dean 

 Brook area, the drainage of which is specially dealt with. 



Colne obtains its water supply in part from the river 

 Laneshaw, about three miles east of the town, with an 

 upland gathering ground on Emmott Moor, 780 acres in 

 extent, at 660 to 143 U feet elevation. The Corporation 



