Have you ever thought about the benefits of having your own private water supply? Our handy little graphic gives you an overview of why tapping into borehole water can benefit you as homeowner or your business: The Benefits of Having Your Own Private Water Supply - An infographic by the team at Dales Water Services [...]
If you rely on a borehole water supply either for domestic or commercial use then keeping it maintained is extremely important. With regular borehole maintenance check-ups you can not only extend the working life of the borehole but also maintain its efficiency and borehole yield. Top Tips for Maintaining Your Borehole 1. Don’t try to [...]
Legionella bacteria was in the news quite frequently last year, see the recent BBC articles here on their website so we'd thought we'd take a quick look at the bacteria itself, why it's dangerous and how you can protect against it... What is Legionella bacteria? Legionella bacteria are naturally occurring bacteria that occur water courses [...]
A lot of businesses and homeowners think they have to rely on a mains water company to provide their properties or factories with running water. They don’t. Anyone is entitled to drill a borehole / water well on their land and abstract up to 20, 000 litres (20 cubic metres, 4,000 gallons) per day free [...]
When researching a borehole for your property or business you might have come across the term Artesian Well, but what does it actually mean and how is it different? Firstly, artesian groundwater is the same as any other type of groundwater the only difference is how it gets to the surface. An artesian well is [...]
Here at Dales Water we recently worked on the decommissioning of a borehole dating back to the 1960’s that had fallen out of use and was no longer required. It’s always nice to see old pieces of infrastructure in place that have stood the test the time and were still capable of bearing water right [...]
Ensuring that you’re private water supply is well maintained is one of the most important aspects for keeping your water infrastructure running smoothly. There’s no point spending good money on a borehole and pump installation to then let it slowly degrade over time and then have to fork out for a large repair bill. Like [...]
Sometimes in our job you see some nice old pieces of infrastructure. We recently saw just such an example of an old borehole that we were being asked to decommission properly in accordance with environmental regulation, probably dating from the 1960's or 70s, not especially old but nice to see none the less. We thought [...]
A confined space is a place which is substantially enclosed (though not always entirely), and where serious injury can occur from hazardous substances or conditions within the space or nearby (e.g. lack of oxygen). - HSE. This includes locations where boreholes and wells exist which, in particular, historically were constructed at the base of deep [...]
We have now officially returned to work, although we have been on call throughout the Christmas period. We would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. This is now the time to think about your new private water supply project for the next year, whether this be borehole drilling, adapting and improving your spring [...]