Water pump? (really basic advice required!)

[Seahorse]

There are taps provided on my site but my lottie is a fair way from the nearest one. I shall need either a humungous hose or many, many trips with cans to adequately water my crops.

However, I have drainage ditches on two sides of my plot. Can anyone advise me on some sort of pumping mechanism to utilise this? Preferably manual/low tech! I have 'Little House on the Prairie' style pictures in my head but little clue where or how to start organising this in reality

[smallblueplanet]

I'm only thinking of Westerns now, range-war stylee, but are you allowed to extract water without 'owning it' or some sort of license? *shrug

[Seahorse]

are you allowed to extract water without 'owning it' or some sort of license? *shrug

I doubt there'd be any serious objection... but given I'm an end plot and would have to carve a path through brambles to the water, it would amaze me if anyone ever noticed.

Best I don't start on whether water is something that anyone can claim to 'own' anyway!

[smallblueplanet]

Okay, there you go now!

So don't blame me when Severn Trent come round with a bill!

[Alison]

You certainly can't remove water from streams and rivers without an abstraction license.

[Seahorse]

They're literally drainage ditches - the water drains off the lotties, goes into the ditches. They don't feed from or go to anywhere else.

[zazen999]

Hi

Thanks for bringing this point up; our lottie has no water except for some foolhardyly dug wells; really makeshift and in my opinion, quite dangerous.

The council were supposed to provide water, but its taking time to 'get around to it' - so I might have to enquire whether these wells are legal.

As a Nebosh qualified H&S non-expert; I would close any construction site with them, so why is it acceptable on a lottie; with just a sheet of wood covering it???

Anyway Seahorse; can you not just use a bucket to scoop up the water?

[Seahorse]

Yeah, a bucket on a rope is plan B Just thought a pump might be a bit easier and less wasteful.

[SarzWix]

You can get a pump which is run by a drill? But whether a cordless drill would have enough power to pump much...?!
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[zazen999]

Sarah - you're a star

*runs off to look at cordless drill spec*

*runs back*

Ours is 1150 but we don't need 10m so re going to give it a go.

Worth a try for that price. I might just owe you a pint there Sarah.

[Seahorse]

That's interesting Sarah! Cheap options too.

I was picturing myself doing it all by hand

Would love to hear how you get on if you try it Zazen.

[zazen999]

We looked at 2 in Machine Mart; and the guy sucked his breath in and said no chance - not for a well.

So, we'll get one anyway and give it a go...were a bit despondent when we came out; but never mind.

the thing is, the one that looked as if it would do it didn't seem to fit a normal hose; so we need to do a bit more looking into it.

[Snadger]

Bloke at the allotments uses a one similar to this for emptying his water butt (which collects water from his greenhouse roof) into his 1000litre bulk containers. Seems to work fine!

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[zazen999]

Hmm, gone from no hope to loads of choices; guess tomorrow I'll have to look at spec.

Thanks Snadger.

[jacob marley]

A little thought that i had whilst walking with him in the corner is if it not to far from ditch to your plot is dig a hole put water but in hole then then get some spouting and fasten to some post's and have it ending over the water but (now you know why the hole)and do your trick with the bucket and rope and pour water in to spouting and gravity do's the rest if the water is not to deep in ditch dig hole in bottom of ditch and walla jacob