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639 and 1159 feet elevation. An adjoining catchment 

 area of 190 acres could be taken in if desired, but it is 

 not used at present. The Town Council have merely the 

 right to impound the water, and own only 4j acres of land 

 adjoining one of the reservoirs. The gathering ground is 

 under grazing, and there is little chance of its cultivation 

 or of the water being polluted. It would certainly be of 

 great advantage, I am informed, if the hill on which the 

 reservoirs stand could be planted, but the Town Council 

 have no rights in the land which would enable them to 

 facilitate the planting thereof. 



The Falkirk and Larbert Trust obtain their supply of 

 domestic water from a catchment area on the Denny and 

 Kilsyth Hills, 2150 acres in extent, and between 700 and 

 1480 feet elevation, all upland pasture under sheep and 

 cattle grazing, with only one habitation at the lowest point, 

 and, in consequence, no danger of contamination. The 

 water is passed through sand filters. There is also a catch- 

 ment area of 1145 acres for compensation water on the 

 Touch Hills at 1170 to 1430 feet elevation, covered 

 with heather and peat and under sheep grazing. The 

 Trust have only water rights over these two catchment 

 areas. 



Bridge of Allan Water Company, a private Company, 

 supplies the town with water from the Wharrie Burn and 

 the Cox Burn, which are led into the Cox Burn reservoir, 

 about a mile and a half from Bridge of Allan. The 

 Company owns only the site of the reservoir, and has 

 not supplied any details regarding the acreage or nature 

 of the catchment area, which is situated in a well-wooded 

 district. 



Grangemouth obtains its water supply from a gathering 

 ground of 2300 acres at the head of Bannock Burn in the 

 Denny Hills, about 5 miles south-west of Stirling, and 

 between 553 and 1442 feet elevation, reaching its highest 

 point at Earl's Hill, and with a northerly exposure. The 



