Dig Deep has Water!!

Water has finally arrived at Dig Deep. The site will be transformed this summer because of this and we expect bumper crops of healthy, well-fed vegetables.

Big thanks to Thrive Homes who paid for the installation and also our fantastic volunteer team from BRE who dug the trench, designed the system and fitted the tap and fittings. They also came back on the day to help us celebrate the switch on. Thanks guys!

Holly from the Watford Observer was there to record the switch on and here's what they had to say:

"Water flowed for the first time in a South Oxhey allotments on Thursday (January 31) thanks to the efforts of volunteers.

The Dig Deep project - a partnership between Three Rivers District Council, Ascend and Farming for All – saw a new mains supply connected to allotments off Kilmarnock Road.

A working party from Watford company BRE dug and laid a water pipe and four staff members will each give a half day every month to assist with the expansion of the site.

The site already has a rain water collection system but the mains supply will prove particularly important in summer months, Ascend says. The project was funded through a grant by Thrive Homes who will also fund the installation of a new 800 litre rainwater storage tank later this year."

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/10202345.Ascend_allotment_in_South_Oxhey_gets_water_supply/