Water storage 2025

[Nicos]

I thought it might be interesting to share how much water ( so far) we have stored for the summer?

I have 4 x 1,000 litre IBCs and 5,000 litres in an underground storage tank.
Its never enough, but I’m going to try more mulching again this year and am on the look out for one more reasonably priced IBC.

How much do you tend to use and are you ready for a potential drought again this summer?

[Vince G]

Very impressive levels!

Thought I was doing well but nowhere near you. At home I've got 8 x 25L gerry cans, 2 x 200L water butts and 1 x 100L water butt.

At the lottie I've got 2 x 200L water butts.....and 2 x 5L watering cans haha.

So 1,110 litres in all.

[Penellype]

At home I have a 130 litre water butt and 3 x 70 litre dustbins, plus several other 5 and 10 litre jerry cans - probably about 450 litres in all. It is never enough if the weather is dry for any length of time.

At the allotment I have a 1000 litre IBC, 2 x 300 litre water butts, a blue barrel (120 litres?), 6 x 70 litre dustbins and about 40 litres in large plastic bottles, probably around 2180 litres in all. I only got the IBC a couple of years ago and we haven't had a drought since, but I did use about half of the water last year before it started to rain relentlessly. I suspect what I have would be enough in most normal years, but not in a month-long drought.