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Sun 7 Apr 2019 8:34PM

Community co-ordinated water delivery

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The Nest site does not have running mains water available to Nestlings. Similar to last year, some volunteers are co-ordinating water delivery from a local company for camps & individuals.

Community Effort & Leave No Trace

This serves as both Communal Effort and also towards our Leave No Trace principles minimising waste, as the water will be delivered in 19 or 13 litre bottles which are then re-used, as well as making it much more convenient for people to not have to bring their water individually.

Prices

  • 19 Litre bottles for £6 each.
  • 13 Litre bottles for £5 each.
  • Water Pumps for £12.50 each.

These are the same prices as last year, with the additional 13 Litre option added to help with carrying the bottles around site since they have a handle.

Also anyone who bought a pump last year can consider them an investment since the will be re-usable again this year, although please ensure they are properly cleaned first.

How to Order

We are now ready to collect orders and receive payment here: https://bit.ly/NestWater2019
If you tried ordering before and got an error we can now accept payment by Monzo.me, UK Bank Transfer and PayPal.

Deadlines!

  • Submit Order: 11pm Sunday 12th May
  • Payment: 9am Monday 13th May

Delivery

The supplier has informed us that for an order of this size we will need a midweek delivery as we had last year. If you can, please stagger your order using both deliveries it will help us and our supplier massively.

The midweek delivery is currently set for Thursday 23rd, but we are negotiating to see if it can arrive on Wednesday 22nd to minimise disruption. We shall keep you posted.

Alternatives

  • Buying water in bulk and recycling the plastic.
  • Using the spring water at your own risk.
CH

Corinne Hitching Thu 11 Apr 2019 2:04PM

Most travel stores or maybe pharmacies have water testing kits. We could def grab a couple

CH

Corinne Hitching Thu 11 Apr 2019 2:06PM

Northface store maybe?

CD

Charlotte Davis Fri 12 Apr 2019 4:11AM

There were no queuing issues last year. Most people seemed to fill large containers and decant later.

S

Simon Thu 11 Apr 2019 2:46PM

One of my camp members knows people who work in water testing professionally and is going to get in touch with them regarding what is best practice in these situations.

We're happy to take on the task of looking into what tests need to be done, ordering them and doing the tests. Depending on how much this costs, we might ask for contributions from other people who think this would be worthwhile.

A

Amandasm Fri 12 Apr 2019 1:00PM

Excellent. Panravia is definitely interested in the results

S

Simon Wed 1 May 2019 7:24AM

Given Cass' facebook post that Alex is testing the water, we will no longer be doing this.

SB

Stephen Brannigan Wed 1 May 2019 7:33AM

Can you please link me to this post? I can't find it, and the water being properly tested is a huge development on this subject!

GS

Gemma Smith Wed 1 May 2019 7:36AM

Simon, for clarity, do you mean you're no longer taking on the water testing (as opposed to no longer ordering the water delivery)?

S

Simon Wed 1 May 2019 7:50AM

@gemmasmith Yes, that's what I mean.

@stephenbrannigan see Case's facebook post (if you are on facebook)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/204762193401063/permalink/478248642719082/

ME

Martin Evans Wed 1 May 2019 7:59AM

Er, Case's excellent post doesn't actually say that. And punctuation is important.
For those who can't find the post or are not on Facebook:
Option 5: Drink from the spring. Risks from this fall into three basic categories: Heavy metals and minerals, bacteria and viruses and protazoa and oocysts. Alex is testing for the first two and will let us know the results. Filtering will take out most minerals (excluding nitrates which are water soluble. I tested for them last year and it was well within safe limits. They are only really an issue for small children). Purification tablets or UV (after filtering so the water's clear) will kill viruses or bacteria. If both of these are within safe levels you don't necessarily need to do anything. Unfortunately the third category is rare but can be incredibly serious. Protazoa and oocysts are parasites and hibernate in forms that cannot be killed by UV or iodine, and the test for them require filtering 1000 litres of water. They can be removed using 1 micron filters (not all filters are made alike, read the labels!). Incidences are rareish (<500 cases of Cryptosporidium and ~1000 cases of Giardia each year in the South West), and it is worth noting that the water supplies properties on the estate without filtering. Risks are slightly higher because some of the land above the spring is used for sheep grazing.
If you are going this route, be informed. I can point you at some filter suppliers, or people are welcome to run water through our filter rig (down to 0.5 micron with UV). Rigs cost about £300. I can highly recommend roller water tanks - last year Aldi had them rather cheap.

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