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ground at 700 feet elevation, comprising 35 acres of arable 

 land and pasture, and 75 acres of wood and moorland, 110 

 acres in all. 



On the catchment area of the Auchendores and Leper- 

 stone reservoirs, which are contiguous, there are several 

 farm-steadings, the drainage of which is diverted past the 

 reservoirs by a pipe drain. There are arable fields adjoining 

 the reservoirs ; but the possible contamination from these 

 is not considered very serious. The Town Council possess 

 only the water rights over the two gathering grounds, and 

 have no control as to how the land is to be used. 



The District Committee of the First or Upper District of 

 the County Council of Renfrew obtain their water supply 

 from two gathering grounds. The Carmunnock Works, 

 which include three reservoirs, are situated on the Highflat 

 Burn in Carmunnock Parish, Lanarkshire, and have a 

 catchment area of 500 acres, at 565 to 691 feet elevation, 

 none of which is owned by the Committee except the 

 sites of the reservoirs. The area, on which there is one 

 farm, is made up of 20 acres of water, 440 acres of 

 arable land, 25 acres of plantations, and 15 acres of hill 

 pasture. The Bennan (or Binend) Loch gathering ground, 

 in Renfrewshire, comprises 275 acres, at 840 to 960 feet 

 elevation, of which 85 acres under water are owned by 

 the Committee. The remainder, 190 acres, is hill pasture, 

 privately owned, and without any farmsteads. The Com- 

 mittee also own 70 acres, the site of Lochcraigs reservoir, 

 not yet constructed. This reservoir will have a catchment 

 area of 405 acres, at 805 to 895 feet elevation, all hill 

 pasture, privately owned, and with only a shepherd's cottage 

 upon it. 



Paisley obtains its water supply from three catchment 

 areas, aggregating 7746 acres in extent. . (1) The collecting 

 ground of the Camphill reservoir, 4257 acres, between 600 

 and 1584 feet elevation, lies on the hills of northern 

 Ayrshire, and is fed by the burns at the head of Rye Water 

 from Camphill to Black Law and Irish Law. It is mostly 



