Note: The most up to date specifications are available on the dedicated ACRES / ACRES CP website under Non Productive Investments – Click Link Here
NPI Water Storage Tanks:
Provides water storage in fields where there is no piped supply and no reliable natural water source.
Why?
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:
Poor Locations:
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.