Gravity Fed Water System Cattle

Gravity flow watering from ponds.

Gravity fed water system cattle.

My favourite without a doubt is a gravity fed system straight out of a water source a river a dugout a dam. And our newly established gravity fed water system is the right step for us at this time. The grazing infrastructure chapter of my book grass fed cattle provides detailed step by step calculations for calculating flow rates and water pressures for your cattle water system including how to account for pressure gains or losses caused by gravity. Yearling steers or heifers 8 gallons per day 36 l.

One key point of the kerr center livestock program s approach to water management is as much as possible to take the water to the cattle in the pasture. If it is set up right it is my most dependable and least expensive system. But you do need elevation differences on your ranch to make it work. This allows cattle to make more efficient use of forage and also minimizes the amount of ground sacrificed for lanes to and from watering points both of which reduce erosion.

It requires no pumps and no power. For sizing the water storage use the following cattle water consumption rates for cattle on pasture.