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Arlington - Agricultural and Equestrian Drinking Water Supply Service
Arlington Packaging Ltd. provides a specialized service to ensure a consistent water supply for agricultural and equestrian needs, particularly during interruptions in regular water service. This service caters to the crucial requirement of livestock water consumption, which varies by species, season, and life stage. For instance, a dairy cow drinks up to 120 liters a day, with an average UK dairy herd consuming around 25,000 liters daily. Similarly, chicken farms demand significant water volumes for both drinking and temperature control. Arlington's service, known as the Boomerang Box, includes mobilizing appropriately sized tanks—either full or empty—based on client requirements. These tanks can be replenished as necessary during supply events, and once normal supply resumes, Arlington arranges tank collection. The Boomerang Box comes with an active tracker for efficient resource management and asset recovery, ensuring a hassle-free experience for utility companies.During a water supply interruption most attention will turn to human water requirements, however the agricultural and equestrian community will be mainly focussed on their livestock. Animals also need to consume water both to stay productive and to stay alive. The quantity depends on the species, the season and the stage of life of the animal.
A dairy cow will drink up to 120 litres a day meaning a the average UK herd of 205 animals will consume 25,000 litres per day.
A chicken farm can also consume very large volumes of water both for the birds to drink and to control the temperature of the hen houses.
A horse or non-dairy cow will need about 40 litres per day and a pig upto 10 litres per day.
Many water dependent farms will have boreholes and holding tanks but many will not and often the bulk of water company resources are used servicing the supply requirement.
The Arlington livestock supply service is an end to end service for utility companies to service their livestock water requirements during supply events.
Once we have been connected with the customer, we can liaise regarding time scales, volume, access, loading requirements etc.
We can mobilise the appropriate transport with tanks either full or empty in the volumes required. Where required we will organise to keep these tanks supplied during the event keeping in direct contact with the customer to ensure best use of resources. Once the event is finished and the customers are returned to normal supply, we will arrange collection of the tanks. Once initiated you, as a water provider, can leave the rest to us.
This fire and forget solution we call the 'Boomerang Box' is now supplied with an active tracker. This means we will now assume responsibility for recovery of the assets and any losses will be our responsibility not yours.