Why Choose Sustainable Water Management?
Overall we wanted to deal with water better and through appropriate changes, develop a whole-farm approach to water conservation, improve awareness with all staff, and create a progressive approach for the farm as a whole. Objectives included: • Investigate water usage and ideas for efficiency as part of a sustainability study • Identify weak areas of water efficiency and resolve them • Take advantage of potential benefits and new opportunities for efficiency • Identify and adopt cost-efficient solutions • Establish everyday good practice, e.g. continuous monitoring for leaks at water troughs by staff • Treat all of our waste water sustainably • Create a resource for Biodiversity • Generate wider sustainability benefits We knew that our actions had to bring about positive results and we aimed to achieve very low impact on wider issues. We actually generated several important wider benefits associated with ‘cycling’ of water through the treatment systems, and conservation of water.
