Do you have restrictions on how much water you can use?

[PrivateJack]

Hi all,

Can I ask if you have any restrictions on how much water you use at your livery yards?
I’m thinking restrictions regarding soaking hay all day and rinsing, the number of baths a week, etc?
So, do u have any restrictions and if so what are they?
Thank Q!

 

[On the Hoof]

Our yard is on a water meter but the only restriction is to not use a hosepipe when washing down or bathing horses unless going to a show/competition. Oh and not to hose horses legs in winter but that’s a mud fever prevention as much as water saving. When I change horses water the old water is used for hay soaking along with rain water collected to try and minimise using the tap although I’ve never been asked to do this.

 

[sarahann1]

No, no restrictions on the yard I’m on.

 

[JFTDWS]

No restrictions, just don't leave the damn thing running all day by forgetting about it! I wash my mare off virtually every day after work, and the highlands often at this time of year too. I don't soak hay or wash legs in winter though (for mudfever reasons), but last autumn I went mad pressure washing all the stables, so it all evens out!

 

[Sussexbythesea]

We don’t have any restrictions and I’ve never been on a yard that has. I’d hate to be on a Yard that did if the supply was mains water. I’d rather the livery charge was set to accommodate any normal usage.

 

[Leo Walker]

Nope. I pressure washed the carriage the other day and when I can be bothered I'm going to do mine and the YOs car with it as well.

 

[JJS]

No, none, but then we don't really have any rules or restrictions at all!

 

[Kat]

We aren't allowed to wash cars or trailers using the yard hose but that is it.

 

[Quigleyandme]

I was at a livery yard on Dartmoor where the owner was getting concerned about the water bill and asked us to cut down usage wherever possible. There was a fast flowing stream through the property and a waterfall where it exited a wall before running under the concrete yard and into a field. A bit of guttering made a spout from the waterfall and water buckets filled and hay soaked for free from that day forward. I now have my own yard and sunk a bore which I think must have paid for itself in the 12 years I have used it. The added bonus is that in winter when all the pipes have frozen I can disconnect the pipe and pump water directly out of the ground and it is tepid rather than freezing cold.