Mains water supply on allotments.

[bikermike]

just a thought, could you get an extraction licence from the nearest watercourse?

[1Bee]

Ours is a parish council site, too. Mains water, included in rent. We're on a water meter, so I suspect we may be asked to pay more next year. Most veg growers don't water in a normal year, but the hen pens on over 50% of the site obvs need regular fresh water. Stand pipes every 3 plots or so. This year people have used hosepipes, but usually most just use the odd watering can if they need to.

[treepixie]

We have standpipes and water troughs all feed from a bore hole, I think it worked out cheaper to install the pump than to pay water rates

[Jay-ell]

As far a I can remember with a borehole you can extract up to 20000 litres a day without special licence. Once you hit that mark you're going to have to get a licence from some gov office or other.

How many plots are there on your site?

[treepixie]

Around about 40, but not all are being used

[bazzaboy]

How many plots are there on your site?

Small number, Jay-ell, only a village. I think there's 26 officially but some have been combined, some divided, several overrun and vacant, it's all a bit casual.... If token rents were increased there'd probably be howls of disapproval. I did investigate the borehole option a few years ago (there's a relatively local company specialises in such technicalities for farmers etc) but it was way beyond our means and would probably be more now. It rained a bit today, hurrah, that's the answer!

[bazzaboy]

Around about 40, but not all are being used

So vacancies, treepixie! We have allotment vacancies too which seems extraordinary when I read some sites have 10 year waiting lists! Part of my mini-campaign for mains water is some services might encourage others (another reason is I'm fed up carting it down there!)