On 4/12/07 08:50, in article ,
"Charlie Pridham" wrote:

In article ,
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Huh. We have the septic tank AND the water rates. Well, I hope they'll
drop now we've put in a borehole for the nursery! ;-)
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Should do, you are sw water as well, we have a septic tank and a well, I
think our water bill averages about £10 per quarter, most of that is the
enviromental charge, but I do have a mains connection and use a small
amount of their water each year in the mist unit (pressure is more
reliable) I know that if the pipe work on the well (or bore hole) is
above what they term domestic then they come along and stick a meter on
that! We happily are not in that situation :~)

The borehole is for the nursery use only, the house is still on the mains.
Until we put the borehole in, we were paying about £5,000 per year for
water. It cost around £8k to put in, so it won't take long to pay for
itself - unless we have another terrible summer! ;-)
Currently SWW are digging up the lanes round here to put in new water pipes
and the confusion traffic-wise is terrible. They started at the beginning
of October and said it would take 40 days - they hope to be finished by
Christmas.........
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
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