Water

[philistine]

Our council owned site is slowly filling up with fellow allotmenteers and some of  new tennents have took on plots that are some distance away from the nearest water supply of which they pay the council
for  is there any maximium distance they should be expected to travel to get water ?

[philistine]

[saddad]

I doubt it... as many sites still don't have water. We try to have a tap per eight plots.  :-\

[Fork]

We have 24 plots on our site and 4 taps.......this all happened before my time but I believe that the council provided the pipes and taps etc and the plot holders did the work themselves.

Maybe you could ask the council if they are willing to do something.They should do something for the money you pay them unless of course,you only pay a peppercorn rent!

[picman]

We had 2 taps, for 51 plots, after repeated requests to council ... nothing...  so we bought some pipe made some lockable standpipes and extended it our selves, we were advised on a visit to another site (different borough), If you need something done ... ask the council (documented) , wait... then do it yourself.   

[Unwashed]

What does it say in the tenancy agreement about the provision of water?  I doubt there's any obligation to provide a convenient tap.

[elvis2003]

we have two taps for 37 plots,no one has ever asked for more.we are big on saving rainwater and it does the trick  ;)

[Sinbad7]

Do any sites pay their own water bills?

If so, how much a year do you pay and how many plots are on the site?

[Unwashed]

Water bills for five of the six sites in Newbury are available and apparent consumption varies considerably, though I strongly suspect the high-consumption sites have leaks as their consumption continues through the winter.  Per-pole consumptions last year were £2.05/pole, £0.41/pole, £0.53/pole, £1.62/pole, and £0.72/pole.

[Fork]

Do any sites pay their own water bills?

If so, how much a year do you pay and how many plots are on the site?

24 plots..we pay our own water bill....think it was about £240 last year.....less than what I pay at home!!!

[tonybloke]

Do any sites pay their own water bills?

If so, how much a year do you pay and how many plots are on the site?

all of our sites pay their water bills, it works out at £6.50 per plot per year

[saddad]

We reckon it works out at about £7:50pa... bills often in excess of £1000... but we are a big site with @180 plots. In a dry year our neighbouring site (212 plots) went over £2,000...  :-X

[Trevor_D]

£600 last year. 100 plots, varying from small starter plots to 15, 20 or 25 poles (but mainly 5 or 10). So, £6 per member. (And a water butt on or near every plot.)

[Sinbad7]

Thanks all for replying, it's  a great help to have some idea what the charge for water is.

So, how do you spread the cost of the bill?  Is this reflected in the rents or are plot holders asked to pay separately for their water?

It looks like our site is going to have to pay for our water and I am sure there will be moans when the plot holder with half a plot is asked to pay the same as a plot holder with a large plot.

[kt.]

So, how do you spread the cost of the bill?  Is this reflected in the rents or are plot holders asked to pay separately for their water?

Our water is all included in the rent.  Hence full rent for full plots and half rents for half plots.  Tenants whinge about rent increases but it is the water charge increases that are the main contributor to any rise.

We put in extra taps 3 years ago but had to pay for it ourselves from allotment shop funds.  I think the council contributed a small percentage of the costs but am not certain.

[tonybloke]

Thanks all for replying, it's  a great help to have some idea what the charge for water is.

So, how do you spread the cost of the bill?  Is this reflected in the rents or are plot holders asked to pay separately for their water?

water supply is metered to all of our sites. all plots are 10 rods (well, most of 'em are) add all bills together, divide by number of plots, = water charges payable per plot = £6.50 for this year (based on last years bills)

water is charged separately,  as not all sites have water supply
hope this helps?

[aj]

All our water comes from the sky. No supplied water at all.

2 of the blokeys have wells that had been dug prior to them arriving on site.

Having no water means I garden differently - I only water in seedlings and from then on it they have to cope.

Probably would be different if I didn't have clay which holds the water nicely.

[Mr Smith]

We have two taps for twentyfour allotments but only one tap can be used at any only time because  the water pressure just goes when two taps are being used, also we asked two weeks ago if the water could be turned on, needless to say the request fell on deaf ears but I do have a standpipe key in my garage, ;)

[taurus]

3 tanks between 20 plots.  Still waiting for them to be switch on  :-X no separate charge.
But its tipping it down at the moment so no need to go and water this evening  ;D ;D

[saddad]

Thanks all for replying, it's  a great help to have some idea what the charge for water is.

So, how do you spread the cost of the bill?  Is this reflected in the rents or are plot holders asked to pay separately for their water?

It looks like our site is going to have to pay for our water and I am sure there will be moans when the plot holder with half a plot is asked to pay the same as a plot holder with a large plot.

That was a bone of contention when we had a much lower rent and had to ask for a surcharge.. now the rents cover it so if you have a half plot or four you pay pro-rata..  :)

[manicscousers]

Anyone with no hosepipes but stand pipes, how do you stop people buying their own hoses and going when there's no one there?