Water Paddock UtilityPrivate testingFor rural homes and small farms on tank water
Know how many days of water are left.
Ring the carter in time.
Dip the tank, tap in the mark on the stick, and Water Paddock tells you the litres you can actually draw, how many days that lasts with the stock and the household on it, and the last day to ring the water carter. It learns your real use from your dips, allows for a hot week, rain on the way and the fire water you keep back, and works with no signal. Everything stays on your phone: no account, no cloud.
A$14.99 once. No subscription. Works offline.
- Litres you can use, from one dip of the stick, above the outlet.
- Days of water left, and the last day to ring the carter.
- Cattle, horses, sheep, goats and the household, at rates you can change.
- Your real daily use, worked out from two dips.
- Hot weather, rain on the way and fire water kept in reserve.
- Your own carters: call, or text them a message with your address.
- A leak test, a chlorine dose for your tank, and tank size from a tape.
- Works with no signal. Every byte stays on your phone.
What it does
The guess at how long the tank will last, the carter who's booked out a week, and the morning the trough's dry.
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Dip it, see it
Tap in the wet mark on your stick, or step it up and down 5 cm at a time. It shows the litres you can draw above the outlet, how full the tank is, and a gauge with the outlet and your reserve marked on it. Taps within the hour count as one dip.
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What you really use
Head counts for cattle, horses, sheep, goats and the people in the house, with daily rates from Agriculture Victoria's stock water guides that you can change. Or let your dips speak: two dips at least 18 hours apart give your real daily use, and it can plan with that instead.
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Order the truck in time
An order-by date from your carter's notice, how much room is in the tank, and when a full load will fit. Call your carter from the app or send a text that's already written, with your name and directions. Mark it ordered and it shows when the truck's due.
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Heat, rain and fire water
Switch on hot weather and the stock drink about 40% more. Put in the rain forecast and it adds what your roof will catch. Keep a reserve, like water for the fire pump, and it plans as if that water isn't there.
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Find a leak
Turn everything off, dip last thing at night and first thing in the morning. It works out how many litres went overnight, what that comes to over a day, and where to look: trough floats, pipe joins, green strips along buried pipe, and the tank's own tap and base.
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Chlorine dose for your tank
Liquid pool chlorine, granular pool chlorine or plain household bleach, worked out for the water in your tank, following NSW Health's rainwater tank advice. In millilitres or grams, and in cups and teaspoons.
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Every tank on the place
Round, square, or straight from the maker's litres per centimetre. Measure around a round tank with a tape and it works out the size. Set the outlet height and the roof that drains into each one.
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Loads and spend
Add a delivery and it goes straight into the tank. It keeps how many loads you've had this year, the litres bought and what you've spent.
A look inside
Real screens from Water Paddock, for a made-up farm.
How it works
Set up your tanks
The size, the outlet height and the roof that fills it. Or measure around it with a tape.
Dip the tank
Tap in the wet mark on the stick. It saves as you go.
Count what drinks
Stock and people, or let two dips work out your real use.
Ring the carter in time
Before the order-by date, with the text already written.
Pricing
One price, paid once. No subscription, and it covers your household on up to three devices.
Water Paddock Utility
A$14.99 once
The whole price, paid once and never again — no GST on top, no renewals, nothing to cancel. Every update is included. Pay by card through Stripe; your licence key comes in the receipt email.
No free trial
See it first right here
The screens on this page are the real app, so you can see exactly what you're getting before you buy.
Where your data lives
- Your tanks, dips, carters and deliveries are stored in your browser on your phone
- There is no account, no database and no sign-in
- Texts to your carter go from your own phone's messages app
- A backup is a block of text you copy, and paste back on a new phone
- Unlocking sends only the key, to check it
What it isn't
- A tank sensor. It knows what you dip and what you tell it, and works out the rest.
- A carter directory. You add your own carters; it doesn't sell water or take a cut.
- A water test. The chlorine dose kills germs; it can't tell you what's in the water. If you're unsure, ask your local public health unit.
Put it on your phone
Water Paddock is a web app that installs like a normal app. No app store needed, and it works out in the paddock with no signal.
iPhone or iPad
- Open Water Paddock in Safari.
- Tap the Share button.
- Choose Add to Home Screen, then Add.
Android
- Open Water Paddock in Chrome.
- Tap the three-dot menu.
- Choose Add to Home screen or Install app.
Laptop or desktop
- Open Water Paddock in Chrome or Edge.
- Click the install icon at the right of the address bar.
- It opens in its own window from then on.
Questions
How accurate is it?
As accurate as your dip and your tank's size. The litres come from the tank's measurements, so a careful dip on level ground is what matters. Days left start from the daily rates you set; once you've dipped twice, at least 18 hours apart, it can use what you really drew instead.
Where do the stock water figures come from?
Agriculture Victoria's drought feeding guides: about 80 litres a day for adult dry cattle, 35 for grazing horses and 6 for adult dry sheep, and around 40% more in summer. Goats are 8 litres, from Tenterfield Shire's stock water guide. Every rate can be changed to suit your stock.
Does it know any water carters?
No, on purpose. You add the carters you use, with their load size, price and how many days' notice they need. Until you add one, it allows five days.
Does it work with no signal?
Yes. Once it's on your home screen it runs fully offline. Nothing in it needs the internet.
Can I have more than one tank?
As many as you like: the house tank, the stock tank, the shed. Each has its own size, dips, use and deliveries.
Is there a free trial?
No. It's A$14.99 once, and the screens on this page are the real app. One purchase covers up to three devices in your household.
Water Paddock is nearly ready.
It's in private testing now. This page will update when it opens, or register your interest and you'll get one email when it does.