“There are few wells of good water in Ayr. The water in general is strongly impregnated with lime, and the supply is defective. Strangers find it unpleasant, and I believe horses which have not been used with it are apt to suffer when it is given them to drink.”
Mr. A. Cochrane and Mr. W. J. Thomson, surgeons, of Arbroath, state—
“That the town is well supplied with hard water, but that an abundant supply of soft water might be brought into the town with very little expense from a spring in the neighbourhood.”
The Return from Renfrew states that—
“A plentiful supply of water may be had from the street wells, and also from a burn which runs close to the town.”
Dr. Henry Douglas, of Dunfermline, says—
“They are very inadequately supplied with water for these purposes.”
The return from Kirkwall, states—
“That water is supplied at public wells: there is no scarcity of water, but it is somewhat hard.”
Dr. W. B. Ross, of Tain, in reply to the question whether the town is properly supplied with water? says—