Spraying near a drinking water supply

[Cows 'n grass]

The spray contractor is definitely not to blame, the spring supply is not marked or visible and he had never been on this bit of land before.

 

[Still Farming]

The spray contractor is definitely not to blame, the spring supply is not marked or visible and he had never been on this bit of land before.

Landowner or person who engaged them.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

It's a fairly complicated arrangement. I contract farm it but the CFA rents the land from the daughter of the land owner of the rest of the farm.

 

[Hesstondriver]

wasn't he just spraying out washings on a piece of untreated ground ?

 

[Still Farming]

wasn't he just spraying out washings on a piece of untreated ground ?

Next to water course and catchment areas?

 

[Ukjay]

Errm, if you cannot see the spring from over the fence and it is not at all visible, what therefore is the problem

Would the spray come into contract with any water above ground, or is there a dried up recess in the ground that could indicate potential water catchment areas?

 

[Brisel]

Errm, if you cannot see the spring from over the fence and it is not at all visible, what therefore is the problem

Would the spray come into contract with any water above ground, or is there a dried up recess in the ground that could indicate potential water catchment areas?

That was my question earlier. You'd think that there would be a land drain straight into an enclosed cistern before being piped away.

 

[curlietailz]

Get the Product Label, and Safety Data Sheet, and do a COSHH assessment and Risk Assessment.
Then offer to pay for his water quality test
After that
Mark it down to experience

 

[Ukjay]

That was my question earlier. You'd think that there would be a land drain straight into an enclosed cistern before being piped away.

Something sure is strange here. Wonder if there are any photos of over the hedge area in question?

 

[David.]

Neighbour sounds like a bit of a tool if he's making a load of fuss over something so insignificant. Did he want the land by any chance?

 

[Still Farming]

Neighbour sounds like a bit of a tool if he's making a load of fuss over something so insignificant. Did he want the land by any chance?

If health risk to him and his family he may be well concerned???
Just look at the recent case of caretaker V Glysophate Company for instance ?

 

[Agriimark]

Personally i would never spray up to a hedge line. I always leave a few feet "just incase" and ask/obtain information regarding the field/fields before i even get through the gate. That said if there is no proof. Drawings etc of any water courses then act dumb. However if you knew of the spring before you sent a sprayer in and never told the operater regardless of if he asked you or not regarding any buffer zones then unfortuantly it is you're fault. How does the neighbour know? And what has he said?

 

[ollie989898]

The neighbour could be a non-agricultural sort who lives in the belief that all sprays being used today are just sarin gas in liquid form. The cost of a couple of water tests will be minuscule. Use them to diffuse the issue- catch more wasps with jam like.

 

[Ukjay]

The neighbour could be a non-agricultural sort who lives in the belief that all sprays being used today are just sarin gas in liquid form. The cost of a couple of water tests will be minuscule. Use them to diffuse the issue- catch more wasps with jam like.

For me I think that until it is known what the area looks like, it is going to add fuel to the fire to get testing done imho, because if traces of Glypho are found - then the OP is in the shite immediately.

If you cannot see any water from over the hedge, and there is no way to know there is a sub-terainian water point their etc, how is the overspray likely to get a chance to diffuse through the soil, into the water to contaminate it, if we are to believe the gumph on it - whereby it alledgedly biodegrades on contact with soil...

 

[David.]

The certain likelihood is that they will find minuscule traces of everything that has ever been sprayed in the vicinity, including HCH.
I know of a private water supply that always shows trace levels of almost everything.
Worms and Can..

 

[Ukjay]

Worms and Can..

Thoughts exactly.

 

[betweenthelines]

The neighbour could be a non-agricultural sort who lives in the belief that all sprays being used today are just sarin gas in liquid form. The cost of a couple of water tests will be minuscule. Use them to diffuse the issue- catch more wasps with jam like.

Why slag off the neighbour?

There's a very mixed response on here to the question so it seems hardly any farmers know the score, let alone a civilian.

 

[Ukjay]

Why slag off the neighbour?

There's a very mixed response on here to the question so it seems hardly any farmers know the score, let alone a civilian.

To be fair - the confusion comes from part of a story. The detail is lacking so far as to allow for various points of view, hence more questions than answers

 

[ollie989898]

Why slag off the neighbour?

There's a very mixed response on here to the question so it seems hardly any farmers know the score, let alone a civilian.

I did not mean to slag off the neighbour. I meant that a lot of people are wary of chemicals and this may stem from a lack of understanding of them and why someone might fly off the handle if they believed their water supply had just been 'contaminated' even though most of us here realise that the chances of it are extremely remote.

 

[Dan Mac]

The minimum buffer zone to streams is 5m. The buffer zone is 30- 50 metres from a spring. If the roundup gets washed into a tank or well then it will not degrade.
I think you should seek further advice and get his supply tested.
....and make sure you have a map of buffer zones before the inspection

I’m not sure this is correct
It’s true you shouldn’t spread manures within 50 m of a borehole
I don’t think there is a restriction on sprays
Sprays are restricted next to open water anthropoid zones etc
Is the water supply underground or is there water on the surface ?