Earlier this year we were contacted by Leeds & District Allotment Gardeners Federation who were undertaking several shows in the coming summer and wanted to feature water as part of their stand. In particular the federation wanted to look at alternatives to utilising mains water. We were more than happy to assist them having undertaken several [...]
Earlier this year Jonny was approached by Darlington Borough Council Environmental Health to ask if he was able to undertake a talk to the Environmental Health working group. The group consists of several environmental health officers from across the North of England and the Council were keen for a presentation and full walk through of a system [...]
Borehole water is an ideal use for garden and horticultural irrigation as it provides year-round water to your garden absolutely free from your own private borehole. A common misconception amongst homeowners is that boreholes are exclusively for industrial use or there are lots of hidden charges for extracting the water. The only cost is the [...]
In 2014 we installed a brand new borehole at a large holiday park in Cumbria. Due to the size of the park, the business only had enough cash reserves to move half of the campsite onto borehole water. The remaining half was left on a mains supply. Fast forward to 2016 and we were contacted [...]
At Dales Water we take health and safety very seriously and throughout the year provide training to our staff on machinery, plant and general safety procedures. The most recent course, delivered by HACS training in Harrogate, was for safety during the use of abrasive wheels. Our drilling and maintenance team use angle grinders on a [...]
A recent job saw Dales Water tasked with taking a large food production site off mains water and onto a borehole supply. Based outside York the site in question used vast quantities of mains water to produce products for the vegetarian sector at their meat free plant. Whilst mains ‘did the job’ it fell short [...]
We recently worked a new domestic borehole installation in the North of England which saw our team drill a brand new 46 metre deep borehole to modern specifications and fit out all the required infrastructure to supply a single property with running water. The job came about due to a problems with a pre-existing supply. [...]
We have recently invested in new tracking system for our fleet of vehicles. The system brings many benefits including reducing wasted time and lowering fuel costs but primarily it gives us a greater ability to mobilise to sites quickly. With the new system we constantly know where all our vehicles are anywhere in the country. [...]
At Dales Water we are frequently contacted by home-owners who have taken on rural properties to renovate that make use of a spring or a borehole water supply. In this post we focus on spring water supplies in this context. Springs are used throughout the Yorkshire Dales and one of the most common problems we run into [...]
We recently completed a significant new borehole water supply for a chemicals company in Lancashire. The site had a test borehole constructed by a third party but were concerned that the proposal that had been put forward was not correct and asked Dales Water for a second opinion. After giving our verdict we were asked [...]