WATER CATCHMENT AREAS IN SCOTLAND 261 



Town Council have only control over the water rights, and 

 do not own the catchment area, which is under sheep 

 grazing, there being practically no trees. There is one 

 small farm -steading and a shepherd's hut on the area, 

 but no special measures are taken to prevent contamina- 

 tion of the water, which is not filtered, as the risk from 

 these two buildings is very slight. Mr. D. A. Donald, the 

 engineer in charge, is convinced of the desirability of Corpora- 

 tions securing full ownership of water catchment areas. 



The Eastern District Committee of the Stirling County 

 Council obtain their water supply from the Buckieburn 

 reservoir in St. Ninian's parish, with a catchment area of 

 934 acres of hill pasture, partly peaty and partly loamy 

 clay, at 800 to 1150 feet elevation. The gathering ground, 

 which is without habitations, farm-steadings, or plantations, 

 is not owned by the Committee. The water is filtered. 

 The annual rainfall in the 10 years 1907-1916 varied 

 from 49-08 to 67-11 inches. 



Lanarkshire Middle Ward District Waterworks supplies 

 an area of 281 square miles, including 14 parishes, but 

 excluding the burghs of Hamilton, Motherwell, Wishaw, 

 Airdrie, and Coatbridge. There are three sources of supply : 

 Glengavel reservoir, 8 miles south of Strathaven ; Logan 

 and Dunside reservoirs, 8 miles south-west of Lesmahagow 

 on Logan Water ; and the Camps area, 3^ miles E.N.E. of 

 Crawford village. The Camps area, 6800 acres, of which 

 about 4400 acres are between 1500 and 2141 feet eleva- 

 tion, 1200 acres between 1250 and 1500 feet, and 1200 

 acres between 980 and 1250 feet, is all owned by the 

 County Council, who are now carrying out a scheme of 

 afforestation, involving ultimately the planting of 2426 

 acres. See pp. 27-32 for full description. 



The other catchment areas — Glengavel gathering ground, 

 3820 acres, between 839 and 1556 feet elevation, and the 

 Logan and Dunside areas, 2200 acres, between 1018 and 

 1712 feet — are privately owned, but the County Council 

 control the full water rights. It is not proposed now to 



