250 FOEESTS, WOODS, AND TREES 



part of the Loch Vennachar area, has been set aside to 

 provide at a future date an additional water supply to 

 Loch Katrine for consumption in Glasgow. In view of 

 this, the Corporation in 1915 paid £30,250 to the Earl 

 of Moray, and £2250 to the Commissioners of Woods, 

 in respect of the Crown interests in the Eoyal Forest of 

 Glenfinlas, or £32,500 in all, for freehold and wayleaves in 

 Glenfinlas for additional waterworks, including obligation 

 on the part of the owners to erect no buildings on the 

 gathering ground of 9600 acres to the intended reservoir. 



The Gorbals Waterworks obtains its supply from the 

 Brock Burn, about 6 miles south of Glasgow. The water 

 is impounded into the Balgray, Ryat Linn, Waulkmill, 

 and Littleton reservoirs, situated at 296 to 352 feet eleva- 

 tion. The gathering ground, which is within the agricul- 

 tural zone, is 2560 acres in extent. The Corporation 

 have acquired only the water rights of this area. The 

 water is passed through two sets of filters. 



No proposals have been made as regards the afforestation 

 of either the Loch Katrine or Gorbals water catchment areas, 

 neither of which is owned by the Glasgow Corporation. 



Helensburgh obtains its water supply from a small 

 stream provided with a weir at 570 feet elevation. The 

 gathering ground, about 800 acres of hill pasture, extends 

 from this elevation up to 2100 feet, no part of it being 

 owned by the Corporation. There are three storage reser- 

 voirs, the water of the two largest of which is screened 

 and filtered, and of the smallest is screened but not 

 filtered. No other measures are taken against con- 

 tamination. 



Alexandria, Bonhill, and Jamestown District Council 



obtain their water supply from Glen Einlas reservoir, with a 

 gathering ground of 440 acres, entirely hill pasture, situ- 

 ated between 1600 and 2000 feet elevation. Of the total 

 area, which is without houses, farm-steadings, or planta- 

 tions, the Council own 40 acres. No precautions are 

 necessary against contamination of the water. 



