About Jonathan Dalton

2nd generation of one of the founding directors 'Jonny' has approximately 12 years in the groundwater industry in various guises. Jonny worked in the Groundwater and Contaminated Land unit of the Environment Agency dealing with both regulation of groundwater abstraction licenses, then became a senior Geo-environmental Scientist for a large consulting engineers before moving on to become a director at Dales Water full time in 2009. Jonny has been involved in large water well supply projects for both sports clubs and water bottling facilities but delivers on projects of all sizes.
17 Jul 2013

Global Groundwater Levels

By | July 17th, 2013|Groundwater, News, Water Industry News|

We recently read an article regarding well water (borehole) supplies declining across the world on the Guardian's Environmental Section. The world is seeing the collision between population growth and water supply at the regional level. For the first time in history, grain production is dropping in a geographic region with nothing in sight to arrest [...]

16 Jul 2013

Using Water Storage Tanks to Effectively Manage Your Private Water Supply

By | July 16th, 2013|News, Water Well Advice|

A full private water supply installation is made up from various components including submersible pumps, headworks, control systems and in some cases, depending on the requirements – water storage tanks. Water storage tanks are often used if the borehole or spring water supply doesn’t yield enough water on demand or the borehole needs chance to [...]

4 Jul 2013

Dales Water Collaborates with Pig World

By | July 4th, 2013|News, Press|

Alongside the Water Well Journal another magazine we have delivered to our offices is Pig World, the official magazine of the National Pig Association (NPA). Having been long time subscribers we were asked by the team at Pig World to help them with an article about the benefits of a private water supply and the [...]

2 Jul 2013

The Advantages of Horizontal Directional Drilling

By | July 2nd, 2013|Drilling Equipment, News|

Installing private water supplies and drilling boreholes for our customers often involves the installation of underground pipework to deliver water from the source to the area of its intended use. Traditional methods of installing pipework can often be very disruptive and have various limitations so one technique our engineers are using more and more is [...]

20 Jun 2013

Dales Water Services on The Dales

By | June 20th, 2013|News, Press|

Last year we were lucky enough to feature on BBC Radio 5 Live and this year we have made our television debut albeit by chance as one of the Dales Water Service & Maintenance Vans featured in Episode 4 of this years series of the ITV show 'The Dales'. Now in it's third season and [...]

12 Jun 2013

Golf Course Irrigation Systems & Borehole Water Supplies

By | June 12th, 2013|Borehole Information, News|

With summer now finally arriving the good weather has two big consequences for golf courses – 1. More people playing golf which is fantastic news for them but 2. Much more water is required to look after the golf course and keep it in tip top condition when under heavy use. During the height of [...]

3 Jun 2013

An Interview With Chris Dodds

By | June 3rd, 2013|News|

We recently worked with the Water Well Journal to produce an article that looked at the UK and US groundwater industries from the view point of both a veteran water well contractor and a professional who has been in the industry shorter amount of time. Two of our directors, Chris Dodds and Jonathan Dalton stepped [...]

31 May 2013

The Correct Borehole Pump for the Job

By | May 31st, 2013|Borehole Information, News|

Selecting the correct borehole pump for your borehole is very important and quite often, usually to detrimental effect, something that is not given the time, consideration and effort that it requires. Selecting the Best Borehole and Booster Pumps We have significant in-house experience of specifying and installing the correct pump for the particular situation, whether [...]

13 May 2013

Dales Water work with the Water Well Journal

By | May 13th, 2013|News, Press, Water Industry News|

Late last year we were lucky enough to have one our pictures featured on the front cover of the Water Well Journal which is a very popular industry magazine published by the National Groundwater Association in the USA. This time we've gone one step further and collaborated with them to produce an in depth feature [...]

3 May 2013

New Borehole Drilling Video

By | May 3rd, 2013|Drilling Equipment, News, Videos|

Here's some recent footage of a borehole drilling project we worked on along with a few pictures taken from the drilling site. What does the video show? In the clip above our drilling rig has drilled to a depth of 50 metres where it's encountered sandstone geology. This particular borehole is an example of an [...]