First, the good news on the water front. The borehole has now recovered slightly from its recent drop in flow rate, which means the pump has been able to fill the 12,500-litre main tank to the brim. While we have to continue being careful, it does mean I can shower every other day instead of [...]
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A bermy bunch
21 October, 2006
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Despite having a broken toe, I lurched outside this morning to continue work on our berm bulding project. A berm, in environmental usage, is a bank of earth used to slow the surface runoff of water and give it more time to soak into the ground. Berms reduce the velocity of the water, direct water to [...]
Read moreBorehole drying up again
13 October, 2006
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The Other Half and I have just come in from feeding the pigs and checking the water storage. I noticed a week ago that the water level in the 12,500-litre tank had started to fall, while checks on the borehole itself revealed that it was pumping dry faster. Today’s inspection revealed there was only two [...]
Read moreWater supply – we “must not do anything”
11 October, 2006
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An Aberdeenshire Council officer has just telephoned to talk about our private water supply, the problems we’ve had, the Private Water Supply (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and the roll-out of the grant scheme. But it was far from a helpful conversation. In fact, it was extremely annoying. To recap our situation. Our water supply ran dry [...]
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8 October, 2006
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If there’s one thing we’ve had firmly rammed home in our time on the croft, it’s the absolute importance of water. We use water for drinking, cooking, washing, flushing toilets, cleaning clothes, watering vegetables, watering livestock, painting, making mortar, cleaning and disinfecting livestock areas, in our cars, and much, much more. Having spent many years [...]
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