Grant for sinking a well

Siamsa Sessions

Hi all,

A neighbor here sunk a new well for water at his dwelling house and got a €2k grant for it coz the house is over 7 years old.

Is there a similar grant for sinking a well in a farm if the existing one is over 7 years?

Thanks

whelan2

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Hi all,

A neighbor here sunk a new well for water at his dwelling house and got a €2k grant for it coz the house is over 7 years old.

Is there a similar grant for sinking a well in a farm if the existing one is over 7 years?

Thanks

If mains water is passing by your gate you are not eligible

wiggy123

same, if mains is within a certain distance from you...not get grant..

Water John

The farm aspect is commercial and not entitled to a LA grant. Not sure if you can claim partial grant if the new well is supplying both the dwelling and farm. Would think so. Depends on the reason for the new well.
I think it's 75% of the cost, subject to a max for a house supply. This is, because domestic water is provided to the majority via mains and this is paid for out of the taxes paid by all. This is a balancing of fairness. Group Water Schemes benefit under this also.

Wiggy, correct, least cost option would apply.

degetme

Hoping to build a dwelling house this year and i had taught of sinking my own one for the new house but was thinking of taping into farm supply till the seven years are up and sink a well then for dwelling house with grant if still there. No mains or group water scheme near by. Would this idea work out?

Water John

The water would have to be deemed unsuitable for human consumption (non potable) and not redeemable. Engineer of LA might not buy that.

degetme

Water John wrote: »

The water would have to be deemed unsuitable for human consumption (non potable) and not redeemable. Engineer of LA might not buy that.

Farm water supply is not potable for the bord bia but were drinking it away with 30 year's and no harm so far

Water John

Don't think, your the first to try this. Worked in this area, years ago. What I have seen in some counties is to have two/three family members use one well and set themselves up, as a Group Scheme. The cap on the grant is much higher per house this way.

Siamsa Sessions

Water John wrote: »

Don't think, your the first to try this. Worked in this area, years ago. What I have seen in some counties is to have two/three family members use one well and set themselves up, as a Group Scheme. The cap on the grant is much higher per house this way.

This could be an option for us as two family members have their own dwelling houses 200 yards from our house. Would it be an issue if we supplied the farm also with this new supply?

Only one of the three houses has a supply over 7 years old, the others were built in 2012 and 2017

Water John

Only one of the 4 connections is commercial in that case. If you wanted to upgrade for some reason, it would work. I would put a UV lamp inline, a very simple safety against infection. Change lamp, once a year and scour well and line with chlorus.

Siamsa Sessions

Water John wrote: »

Only one of the 4 connections is commercial in that case. If you wanted to upgrade for some reason, it would work. I would put a UV lamp inline, a very simple safety against infection. Change lamp, once a year and scour well and line with chlorus.

Thanks a million for the info.

Last question: does the location of the well matter? That is, does it need to be within a certain distance from the grant-eligible house?

In our case, there’s an unsuccessful well beside the grant-eligible house (too low-lying and terrible quality, despite several salt-type filters). My house is on higher ground and so a much better location for the well, but it’s 200m from the house that’d be applying for the grant.

Water John

No, and would use water samples analysis to back it up. I had very high iron, drilled 200 metres away and perfect water.