NPI Water Storage Tanks

Class of Action:

Water Quality, Grassland management

Winterage, Grassland

Payment Rate:

€798.66/ storage tank

Note: The most up to date specifications are available on the dedicated ACRES / ACRES CP website under Non Productive Investments – Click Link Here

About This Action:

NPI Water Storage Tanks:

Provides water storage in fields where there is no piped supply and no reliable natural water source.

Why?

Supplies water troughs in areas without a piped or reliable surface water supply.
Helps you to increase your score and possibly your payments through improved grazing management.

Supply at least 1 new mobile water storage tank at least 2,500 litres capacity.

For the full details on requirements for this action you should read the Dept. of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s Specifications for Non Productive Investments.
You can find them by clicking here.

Additional Guidance

Keep the tanks at least partially full. The weight of the water will stabilise them and stop them from being blown over in the wind.

Good Locations:

Lands where a piped or surface water supply is not available

Poor Locations:

Where a piped or surface water supply is available.
Scrub or Woodlands
Near an archaeological monument

Can I put a storage tank in the farmyard?

Yes, you can collect rainwater from roofs in farmyards for supplying water troughs on nearby CP fields or on improved agricultural grasslands where the Riparian Margins Action has been implemented.

Consider This Complementary Action:

NPI Water Troughs

Payment Rate:
€290.66/ water trough