Allotment water supply
Tenants pay an annual water charge as part of their rental agreement. Water is provided at most sites through standpipes.
We encourage you to construct and use water saving structures to gather rainwater. Most often this will reduce the distance you have to travel on site to collect water for your plot.
As most sites have livestock on them and need to be provided with a fresh supply of water, the water supply must not be turned off unless there is a serious leak.
Connecting to the water supply
Connections that are made into the water supply by tenants are illegal and will result in the instant termination of their tenancy.
You should only use the standpipes and taps supplied, or your own stored rainwater.
Hosepipes/sprinklers
Hosepipes can be used on allotment sites but we ask that you use these in a considerate manner.
Sprinklers are not permitted.
You can:
- Run a temporary hosepipe from the main tap to your plot
- Use the hosepipe for hand watering
As long as you:
- Make sure your hosepipe does not have any holes or leaks
- Respect that it is a shared water supply
- Do not leave the hosepipe connected for long periods of time, when you leave your plot or overnight
- Store your hosepipe neatly on your plot when it’s not being used
- Do not cause a hazard or obstruction
- Turn off all taps before leaving the plot
- Do not connect any permanent piping to a tap or mains pipe
If you fail to abide by these rules, then you are at risk of your plot tenancy being terminated.
Leaking tap/pipe
If you identify a water leak, then please try and turn the water off at the mains and report the leak to the allotments officer (allotments@lincoln.gov.uk) as soon as possible so that we can arrange to have the leaks fixed. For serious water leaks outside of office hours, please contact the out of hours number, Lincare: 03003034430