Borehole water sample

Suckndiesel

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Newtownards
Got a borehole sample taken and showing slightly high ph, manganese and iron, will it be fine for cattle to drink without causing problems or would it need treated?
 

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Truenorth

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Mixed Farmer
Don't know fully but would think it will be fine.
We are on a borehole also. Was told over 20 years ago ours was ok for cattle. But might affect fertility. Was and still 5% or less not in calf.
 
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vantage

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Livestock Farmer
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Pembs
Mate has a borehole and the water is literally like orange squash! All the parlour walls are brown, but doesn’t seem to affect his cows.
 

BrianV

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Dartmoor
Mate has a borehole and the water is literally like orange squash! All the parlour walls are brown, but doesn’t seem to affect his cows.
We have a similar borehole & before long the water runs orange as the ochre colours the water in the troughs but it never seems to do the cattle any harm.
 

Suckndiesel

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Location
Newtownards
The water supplies firm we deal with talked about putting on a couple of media filters to sort the iron, manganese and ph but I assume that was to bring it up to public drinking water spec. Was going to be around £2300 to do that but we hadn’t planned to drink it ourselves , it’s just for cattle
 

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