April fools in July
Have just returned from crossways in Dorset by one of the water points appeared a water butt on a stand with a sign saying any unused water left in your aqua roll put into this for watering the plants.who can lift an aqua roll shoulder high to tip the water out .why didn’t it get put by the gutters not the staffs fault some person from head office with another idea .200 sites x water barrels and signs no wonder the sites are half full being overpriced.
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Agree with you I would have trouble with an empty aquaroll empty let alone one with water in it, think it maybe the site staff trying to save tap water but there used to be a couple of smaller water butts attached to the down pipes behind the reception and they could do the same with shower blocks and toilet blocks down pipes where possible.
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I have seen quite a few members carrying their Aquarolls to a service point before they leave the site, probably only with a few litres of water left in it, and empty it from a standing position. Perhaps site staff have witnessed the same thing? I don't think anyone would expect someone to empty a full Aquaroll like that but if there are only a few litres left why not make good use of it?
David
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It seems it’s the positioning of the water butt at Crossways which causes an issue, rather than the idea of saving water. According to the OP, it necessitates hoisting the Aquaroll up to shoulder height. 🤷🏻♂️
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With an Aquaroll fixed to a water tap on a SP it refills (to a prescribed level) as water is drawn into the van. This means at the end of the trip, the Aquaroll will have that level of water in it prior to departure.
Ive seen many a caravanner just kick the Aquaroll over on the pitch at let umpteen litres of water spill everywhere. Seems to be part of the 'leaving process', so plenty gets wasted.
I guess any idea to capture this waste would be a good one but it has to be manageable and significantly easier than kicking a barrel over.🤷🏻♂️
We don't have 'excess' water as the van doesn't get drained between trips, no point as there's never very long between them.
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I've never seen anyone kicking their aguaroll over, you won't know not having used one on a SP but it's then half full and a kick won't do it. 20 litres of water is 20 Kg and it's quite high anyway.
Also emptying water on a club pitch as you suggest litres on the pitch just isn't allowed on club sites at all, although a SP will have their own drain.
What I have seen many many times, and the way I do it, is simply to turn off the tap earlier and let the aquaroll 'empty itself' using the water for the morning then usually there's not much left. Perhaps that's just done on club sites?
In any case what you described isn't just a SP issue, those without will also have water left over to get rid of?
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Wow, I think you’d need football boots to kick over a partially full Aquaroll🤣🤣🤣
It’ll be another of these tales like MHs leaving their waste taps open as they drive off site. It may have happened once or twice and from then on all caravanners/motorhomes are assumed to do the same. 🙄
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After 30+ years of caravanning I know roughly how much water I use each day so the day before we leave I just top up the Aquaroll accordingly. If we are on a serviced pitch I remove the hose and float valve the night before departure so that the Aquaroll doesn't fill unnecessarily. When we leave there is usually very little water left in it. I usually empty this around adjacent trees or bushes, perhaps not so relevant this year but last year it was a plant saver.
An aquaroll itself weighs approximately 6kgs and so any significant amount of water left is going to be a relatively heavy and a near impossible weight to lift to any height. If it is only a drop of water left, people will not be inclined to walk all the way to the nearest water butt for such a meagre addition to the 'saved' water.
I'm all for saving water and have several water butts at home but this idea seems a bit daft to me.
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And of course the idea that MHs don't use aquarolls (and wastemasters) is untrue. It's not just a caravan thing.
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I think fresh water into the grass strips and hedges is fine but I've never seen onto the actual pitch area. I do see many taking their aquarolls to the service point to empty as been said.
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...thanks...as I said....
however, without photographic evidence......you know has it goes🤷🏻♂️
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Depends how you use an MH. Parked up like a caravan, then yes some folks do use attachables. In use nearly daily, not much point. We have onboard tanks, we gauge our usage quite accurately. Anything left when we get home is used on plants.
It’s not a bad idea really to collect any water not required. Just needs the idea to be practical in terms of ability of users.
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A polite reminder to please keep conversation on topic and friendly towards each other as per our Community Guidelines. Many thanks.
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Maybe not a kick, but a well placed foot against the upper rubber ring of a 1/2 full aquaroll will easily topple it onto it's side and so facilitate its emptying. We have seen it done often when on site, although I do not have photographic evidence to prove it, as that is not the sort of photos I take!! What I wouldn't attempt is to try and lift a half, or even quarter, full one to shoulder height just to save a (comparatively) little bit of water.
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Certainly not a kick! I'm sure you have seen it on some sites but as you don't visit club sites, and certainly not service pitches where BB posted it happens. it's rare event for me. I can say I never have seen it on the numerous SP I've been on, far easier to turn the tap off a few hours before leaving and it 'empties itself'.
If one has to do that just use the handle rather than a foot?
Also not a particularly good thing to do, spilling 20 litres of water into the actual pitch area which in a SP is usually a hard standing, and apart a waste as well.
I'm not at all sure what you're on about with photos as I never mentioned that at all?
Still each to their own, and no neither would I.
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CS it is not something I do my self, but we have used club sites often in the past, although certainly not this year, and have seen it done on all types of pitches, grass, H/S and sercviced. Not all that use the latter connect up to the mains water, as you well know, and do use an aquaroll. A number appears to have very little idea of how much water they require and subsequently end up with partially full aquarolls which require emptying prior to departure and the easiest way for them is to dump the excess water on the pitch and not bother disposing of it in a reasonable way.
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