| Southern Rural Water is warning landowners that they must stick to the conditions of their bore licence.
The corporation has investigated a number of complaints recently about domestic and stock bore water being used for commercial purposes.
Domestic and stock bores can only be used for certain purposes, including water for the house, a kitchen garden and watering pets, cattle or other stock.
“They cannot be used to provide water for dairies, piggeries, feedlots, poultry or any other intensive stock enterprise,” said Manager Groundwater and Rivers, Craig Parker.
“Neither can they be used for any sort of commercial purpose including irrigation or commercial water supply.
“Commercial bores are metered, which allows us to keep a careful watch on the amount of water being used in each area and manage the resource so that it is shared fairly.
“Anyone who is using domestic and stock use for commercial purposes is bypassing that system, which is unfair to everyone else doing the right thing.”
Southern Rural Water encourages anyone with concerns about inappropriate domestic and stock water use to phone 1300 139 510.
It should be noted that groundwater is not treated, and is not always suitable for humans. Anyone using it for human or stock consumption should have it tested first.
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