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Student needing feedback for class project! Please help! :D

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  • FarmergeddunFarmergeddun Posts: 229
    waterbutts wrote (see)

    Crikey, Farmergeddun, there's a website for everything, isn't there? Incredible!

    I don't think there's anything you can't find on t'internet if you look hard enough image

    If you asked the Mrs she would say that rainwater collection and irrigation systems are my latest favourite fad.  

    We have had many, many issues surrounding water on our allotment site and I'm trying to become self-sufficient.  My plan is to have a drip feed system on the plot by next year so that if we ever have a weather spell like this one again (fingers and toes crossed) I can be sure that I won't run out of water.  Otherwise I have to be at the plot at stupid o'clock to fill one plastic drum every two hours due to the lack of water pressure.  Not to mention the availability of a tap and that people steal hozelock tap adapters.

  • some plastics go brittle out in sunlight and u end up turning up to a very wet garden when they crack on u. at this time of year u end up filling them with a hose rather than re-useing rain water but all in all a great idea as u can place them as close as u like to your plants meaning less walking back and forward with a watering can to your nearest tap. some councils will supply u with a butt for a small charge it may be worth u contacting them to find out some more stuff like prices and the number sent out in a year - showing you haw affective it has been in your local area. Good Luck and keep up the College work it pays of in the endimage

     

  • Grandma TGrandma T Posts: 29

    Hi Liz I have three water butts. I top up the small pond with most of the rain water, to prevent larve being laid in the butts I put a finely woven fabric over the open top securing it tightly before putting the lid on. If manufactures fitted or at least provided this fabric it would be helpful. Good luck with your project.

     

  • Hi Liz,

    I have a 240 litre waterbutt collecting rain water from my shed and green house. I've had it for around 15 years and never had any major problems. The tap broke after a couple of days but the retailer replaced it for me free of charge. It's got a lid so blockages are seldom a problem but easily cleared with an old bottle cleaning brush tied securely to a cane 

    The best thing about it is that I don't have to carry a full watering can the length of the garden. The worst thing is that the flow is lower than mains pressure water so the watering can takes longer to fill. At the time I installed it we were charged for water usage based on the rateable value of the property (we are on a meter now)so I can't say what difference it made to the bill but there is obviously a saving being made.

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