Metered water - how much do you use?

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VioletSky

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Metered water - how much do you use?
« on: April 10, 2010, 09:34 »
We have a brand new allotment site, which is a field divided up into 30 plots measuring 50 feet x 20 feet. There are also 4 half-plots.

Plot-holders are encouraged to have sheds and waterbutts.

We're fundraising for a water supply. A borehole/well is too expensive, but a few troughs on a metered supply is possible. But we need a rough idea of how much water we're likely to use before we can apply for the funds. Which is where I start banging my head, because as we haven't had a summer up there yet, I have no idea how efficiently we can use water. Arrrgh!!

So...
1) Are any of you on metered water supplies?
2) If so, how much does your allotment site use?
3) It would be really useful if you also say how many plot and how big the plots are.

Thanks!!

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pairofacres

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Re: Metered water - how much do you use?
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2010, 11:05 »
No idea on usages but, judging by the amount of water already being pumped out of the borehole on our site by tenants, I'd suspect that sinking a bore would most likely work out far cheaper in a relatively short space of time? I think nothing of pumping 20litres at a time and end up going back for more if we've had a dry spell.

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Slowgrind

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Re: Metered water - how much do you use?
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2010, 11:09 »
What's the cost of a borehole?

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Re: Metered water - how much do you use?
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2010, 12:21 »
Dont look into the cost, its a very boring subject.  :D
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VioletSky

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Re: Metered water - how much do you use?
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2010, 15:16 »
We looked at boreholes and it's much cheaper to get a mains pipe put in, but I need to figure out how much we'll use before I apply for the funding. Impossible, I know :(



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