Introduction

Wash water from washing down horses, including products used for washdown, contains potential pollutants, and can pollute water resources if allowed to go into stormwater drains or watercourses.
 

Wash water from washing down horses, including products used for washdown, contains potential pollutants, and can pollute water resources if allowed to go into stormwater drains or watercourses.
 

Suggested actions are:-

• Locate wash down areas where wash water cannot enter watercourses or stormwater drains. This could be done on well grassed areas that are well away from watercourses etc where the wash water is fully absorbed into the ground.
• Consider using shampoos or products that are biodegradable.

Note that some local councils may have requirements for the wastewater to go into a sump, septic system or closed evaporation trenches - so you should find out what your Council requires.
 

 

 
Locate wash down areas where wash water cannot enter watercourses or stormwater drains.

 

Links

• Land Management Program advisers: www.amlrnrm.sa.gov.au/services.html
• Horse SA: www.horsesa.asn.au
• Hoofprints - A manual for Horse Property Management - J. Foyel, Primary Industries SA. Agdex 461/10
• Managing Horses on Small Properties - by Jane Myers. Landlinks Press available through CSIRO publishing or Horse SA: www.horsesa.asn.au
• Horse Sense - Landlinks Press or from Horse SA www.horsesa.asn.au
• Check the websites from your State department of agriculture for additional books and fact sheets