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  1. newfoundland

    Water management and Strategies for water conservation

    I certainly would not consider my climate to be Mediterranean but temperate. As we are an island we have a maritime climate, which gives us cool wet winters and mild summers. On the east coast we are more influenced by the continental climate and are therefore a bit drier than on the west coast...
  2. newfoundland

    Water management and Strategies for water conservation

    That's very interesting. Our cattle here are Lincolnshire red, a dual purpose animal both beef and good milk yield. Only two or three acres of pasture per cow, but it is usual to bring them in for the winter when the marshes flood. A lot of hay is needed during this period. I am vegetarian...
  3. newfoundland

    Water management and Strategies for water conservation

    No I am not in Canada, but the east coast of England in the Lincolnshire marshes. Our water filtration system is made by Pozzani, quite a big arrangement of tanks housed in a pump house. The septic tank, and its drainfield is a couple of hundred feet away, not that far really. We are lucky that...
  4. newfoundland

    Water management and Strategies for water conservation

    What different lives we lead. To me water management means clearing the annual vegetation from dykes and ditches that criss cross our marshland environment. The winter rains flood the fields and everywhere is boggy until about April. The dykes are full and the pumping station on the coast...
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