Farm Herds Rainwater For Duck Pond

The two new ‘Elephant Tanks’ could catch enough raindrops from roofs to save the family attraction around 310,000 litres of water per year.

The project, which we have supported through a Business Partnership Fund grant of £8,400, will see each tank - when full - weigh as much as an adult male African Savana Bush Elephant.

Our money is also helping the Farm install low flow tap sensors in the bathrooms, with the potential to save around 470,000 litres more water per year.

Bryan Pass, Co-founder and Operator of Longdown Activity Farm, said:

"We strongly believe that educating our visitors will benefit us all in conserving water, which is why we are excited to share our five-year plan to reduce our current water usage by 50%.

“It is our intention to harvest water from the large roof space that we have at our disposal, which will then supply all animal drinking areas, and the flushing of the on-site toilet blocks. Watch this space".

The annual water saving is estimated at 780,000 litres of water per year, from the rainwater harvesting and the installation of low flow tap sensors.

The ‘Elephant tanks’ were installed by Ecoprod Technique Ltd. Marcus Rose, Director and General Manager, added:

"It was a great opportunity to work with a community events space like Longdown Activity Farm and see their passion for water-saving solutions. They plan to implement more going forwards, but this initial contribution from Southern Water helped kickstart the process. We look forward to working with Bryan and his team in the future".