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Water for filling a swimming pool?

Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 6:14am
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Hi does anyone have any knowledge or experience of filling a say 8 x 5 swimming pool with water from a tanker?  Just trying to get an idea of cost for filling a pool with water as I believe it is illegal to fill your pool with domestic "drinking" water.  I know there are companies that have tankers that will fill a swimming pool but don't know where they operate from.   Many thanks in advance.

Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 8:14am

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Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 8:14am

It’s not illegal we always fill from the tap … cheaper than tankers! We usually get a letter from Hidrogea asking to check for leaks because of the higher bill!

Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 8:27am

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Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 8:27am

crissywissy wrote on Sun Mar 6, 2022 8:14am:

It’s not illegal we always fill from the tap … cheaper than tankers! We usually get a letter from Hidrogea asking to check for leaks because of the higher bill!

Maybe I should have explained my query better, I meant filling it completely after being emptied for the winter. 

Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 9:19am

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Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 9:19am

Yes so did I !!

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Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 9:25am

I think there is a thread on here somewhere about the cost of a tanker and the cost of water through the tap.

Can't just find it at the moment.

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Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 9:36am

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Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 9:36am

Found it, from last year but might be helpful ??

Can anyone recommend: Water deliveries for swimming pool

Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 9:38am

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Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 9:38am

Roland wrote on Sun Mar 6, 2022 9:25am:

I think there is a thread on here somewhere about the cost of a tanker and the cost of water through the tap.

Can't just find it at the moment.

Ok thank you I will have a look and see if I can find it.


 The reason I mentioned the “illegal “ part was I have seen on a number of other social websites (not Facebook 😂) that individuals have had local authorities and water suppliers (mostly in Andalusia) that have had visits and some fined for using “domestic “ water. 

Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 10:46am

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Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 10:46am

We are not on mains water, so all our water is delivered by tanker. We pay €120 for 12,000 litres.

We have a 10 x 5 pool and this holds 85,000 litres, so just over €840.to completely fill!

I expect that we pay more, as we are out in the campo and there appears to be only one company with almost a monopoly on deliveries.

Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 11:08am

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Posted: Sun Mar 6, 2022 11:08am

RichT wrote on Sun Mar 6, 2022 10:46am:

We are not on mains water, so all our water is delivered by tanker. We pay €120 for 12,000 litres.

We have a 10 x 5 pool and this holds 85,000 litres, so just over €840.to completely fill!

 

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I expect that we pay more, as we are out in the campo and there appears to be only one company with almost a monopoly on deliveries.

Thank you for your helpful information.

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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 8:55am

Marksy wrote on Sun Mar 6, 2022 6:14am:

Hi does anyone have any knowledge or experience of filling a say 8 x 5 swimming pool with water from a tanker?  Just trying to get an idea of cost for filling a pool with water as I believe it is illegal to fill your pool with domestic "drinking" water.  I know there are companies that ...

 

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...have tankers that will fill a swimming pool but don't know where they operate from.   Many thanks in advance.

Good morning 

We had to empty our 8x4 pool completely after the gota Fria of 2019, cleaned it using an excessive amount of tap water and refilled it using tap water (3ft at shallow end and 6ft at deep end). Our water bill was around 280euros I’m sure😊

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