Pitch Watering

Was at Harewood House yesterday,and large sections of the lake are devoid of water,its going to take rainfall of biblical proportions to get things back to how they were in the spring.

 

Hopefully a wake up call to sports to conserve water better.
Rainwater could and should be stored and used to water the pitch, flush the toilets in the stands etc
As a nation we're not great at conserving a natural resource - mainly because we usually get so much of it.
But as global warming becomes more of a reality with each passing day, the need to start conserving water will become a necessity.

 

I think we can all agree that a smooth and proper playing field is more important than a few bodies of water.

The rivers and lakes can wait til the Autumn rainfall, Newport County at home can't

 

I understand the concern but we have this scenario every few years wait till the autumn rains and we will be awash again

 

I thought sports facilities were totally exempt Rod?. My lawn died in 14 days and is now after another 14 days…patches of soil are all over ( East Anglia) . They surely would kill off the season for most clubs without watering natural grasses? Neighbours at two sides of me are using sprinklers. I refuse to. , ironically they used sprinklers after theirs had gone yellow…and they are still yellow! That’s a waste!

 

Underground tanks…a giant version of my water buts. Just look at roofing at football grounds that water could be captured from?

 

The issue is that hot dry summers, like this one, are going to become more and more the norm rather than the exception.
Hence why both personal and commercial use of water needs to be conserved.
We moan about the rain in this country, but we need to stop taking it for granted that we'll have water whenever and however we want it.

 

The amount of money I will be making during the ban will be unreal.

Might give a air freshener to every customer during the water ban.

 

I haven’t washed my car for a month, and wouldn’t take it to a car wash if it was totally free for a year. It needs no explanation .

 

Drove down Canal road about an hour back and every car dealer was watering the cars on the lots this morning, doesnt look like local businesses in that area are too worried at the minute. Not sure if there is any reserve tanks under VP for the sprinkler system? But having tanks like FGR do seems a sensible way forward for the first weeks of the season.

Never know, we might have something like that in place under the pitch already. If not and the FA made a regulation for grounds to have a water reserve for times like this, would it be a costs to the clubs to install? Or the ground owners if the club dont own their own grounds?

 

When the club announced the link up with the university the club said that part of the deal would see the uni advise on the shift towards becoming carbon neutral. I wonder if that environmental remit will extend to water use?

 

"It is estimated that it takes 20,000 litres of water per day to maintain a football pitch in the English Premier League, enough to fill a small swimming pool."

https://www.aquatechtrade.com/news/water-reuse/how-water-efficient-is-the-premier-league/