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practically own none of the area, which is without any 

 plantations, most of it being " rather bare and above the 

 tree-line." The water is filtered, and in times of floods, 

 etc., the keeper of the Laneshaw reservoir turns the intake 

 down the bye-pass cliannel, so as to keep the water out of 

 the reservoir. 



Nelson obtains its water supply from two gathering 

 grounds : 



1. Catlow Brook area, east of the town, 400 acres, 

 between 943 and 1300 feet elevation, draining into Cold- 

 well reservoir, and 



2. Pendle Hill area, west of Nelson, 1100 acres, between 

 837 and 1850 feet, with two reservoirs at Ogden. 



The total area, 1500 acres, is entirely hill pasture and 

 moor, without plantations or arable land. The Corporation 

 own 137 acres, situated above Coldwell reservoir, which 

 was purchased in 1916 in order to prevent manuring of 

 the land. The water is filtered. 



Padiham Urban District Council obtains its water supply 

 from two upland surfaces, aggregating 440 acres on Pendle 

 Hill, and situated between 800 and 1500 feet elevation. 

 The area, none of which is owned by the Council, is hill 

 pasture grazed by sheep, and is without plantations or 

 farmsteads. The only precautions taken are constant 

 inspection of the streams. The water, which is not filtered, 

 is stored in the Pendle Hill reservoir. 



Burnley obtains its water supply from two gathering 

 grounds: Cant Clough reservoir, Worsthorne Moor, 1050 

 acres, between 800 and 1400 feet elevation; and two 

 reservoirs at Swinden, Extwistle Moor, 985 acres, between 

 924 and 1400 feet elevation. The total area, 2033 acres 

 in extent, is entirely hill pasture and moorland, free from 

 farmsteads and habitations ; and no part of it is owned by 

 the Council except the sites of the reservoirs. The water is 

 filtered, and no other precautions are considered necessary 

 against contamination. 



