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A water extraction point in a watercourse. There are a lot of river stones that can be seen from which the watercourse appears from. The abstraction point is below the river stones.

Alternative Watering episode 1 – Papa pump

Alternative Watering episode 2 – Solar and pasture pumps

Alternative Watering episode 3 – RAM pump

Case Study: Hardens Farm – Using a RAM pump to provide alternative watering for grazing livestock

Case Study: Hardens Farm – Using a RAM pump to provide alternative watering to grazing cattle

John Anderson farms at Hardens Farm which lies within the Lower Tweed Priority Catchment. The farm steading is located at 200 m above sea level, has a weak main supply with fields that rise to 300 m which are located a distance of 900 m from the steading in two different directions. In order to provide an alternative watering source for grazing cattle, John installed a RAM pump system.

Liming – An island perspective

Boxed Produce fact sheet

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