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FORESTS, WOODS, AND TREES 



The Pittenweem and the Anstruthers Joint Waterworks 



obtain their water supply from a catchment area of lOVO 

 acres, situated on Kellie Law, Carnbee Law, and the ridge 

 of lower ground eastward, between 177 and 500 feet eleva- 

 tion. The Committee own only the sites of the reservoirs 

 on the gathering ground, which is practically treeless and 

 mainly arable. It includes Gordonshall farm and Carnbee 

 village and farm, the sewage of which is carried off in a pipe 

 system and falls into the main burn below the waterworks. 



St. Andrews obtains its water supply from three catch- 

 ment areas, which are situated in Cameron parish, at no 

 great elevation above sea-level. The Burgh Surveyor has 

 supplied me with the following particulars : 



The total area, 2906 acres, which is partly arable and 

 partly under pasture, has thus no less than 13 farm-stead- 

 ings and 52 habitations upon it. The means taken to 

 prevent pollution of the water are : fencing of the streams 

 and reservoirs ; providing water-troughs for stock ; separate 

 drainage for farms into septic tanks and cesspools ; sedimen- 

 tation in the reservoirs, and careful filtration. The Council 

 have merely water rights over the greater part of the area, 

 the only portion owned being 180 acres at Cameron, 100 

 acres of which are under water, the remaining 80 acres 

 being almost fully planted with trees. See W. Watson, in 

 Proc. Inc. Assoc. Municipal and County Engineers, vol. 33, 

 pp. 239-242 (1907). 



Newburgh obtains its water supply from Loch Mill, with 

 a gathering ground of 900 acres, at about 700 feet eleva- 

 tion, without habitations or farmsteads, and comprising 500 



