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Nothing but the best for
Horse Trust Horses
With around 100 horses and ponies in its care, the demand for water
at The Horse Trust's Home of Rest for Horses at Speen is enormous.
As well as drinking up to 12 gallons a day each, water is required
to clean out stables, wash out the stable yard and to give each animal
a regular therapeutic "bath".
Rather than abstracting this from the water mains, The Horse Trust has
been granted permission to drill its own borehole 122 metres deep into
the Chilterns limestone.
"The water is tested for purity and has passed the test with flying
colours," says chief executive and resident veterinary surgeon Paul
Jepson. "Coming from a limestone base, the water is classed as hard
although very similar in hardness to the mains Thames Water supply.
The quality is exceptionally good - on a par with the finest bottled
spring water. The purity tests cover every conceivable contaminant
including metals, agricultural residues and micro organisms. The
water is also free of chlorine and fluoride which are added to
mains water.
"In fact, it's one of the finest waters in the world," he added.
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