Water Project

At Lowaters we have carried out a rainwater harvesting project, the aim of this was to replace our reliance on mains water therefore making us more environmentally friendly and also giving us better security from potential shortages in the future or pipe bursts.

This project has involved building a 7 million litre reservoir, installing a collection system on the nursery to collect all roof runoff with a network of pipes and pumps to move water around - in keeping with our ISO 14001 certification we have chosen to use biological cleaning methods and are using a gravel filter and Iris beds coupled with a highly aerobic system to remove pathogens and ensure the water is suitable for application to the nursery. We also hope that we will see some long term benefits to the crop from improved water quality.

As part of this Charles Carr – Nursery Director was appointed as SEEDA water champion to research the possible benefits and ways to capture water. Please download the full report as a PDF or contact us to request a copy.

There will also be an open day held at Lowaters nursery looking at water on September 28th 2010, this will be chaired by Andrew Colquhoun with other speakers including John Adlam, The Environment Agency and SEEDA.