Build the protection box around a community roadside spring near Welch

McDowell families fill jugs at roadside springs that today are open pipes in a hillside — unprotected from runoff, animals, and road spray. A proper spring box with a sealed lid, screened overflow, and diversion channel above it protects a source that dozens of households genuinely depend on. Standard: WHO/CDC spring protection construction practice + WV rural water guidance; SDG 6. Proof: Stage photos from open spring to sealed, screened box Method (WHO/CDC spring protection construction practice + WV rural water guidance; SDG 6.): 1. Confirm the landowner or community host invitation at the named spring site. 2. Dig out around the spring outlet by hand and set the precast or block box per the host's design. 3. Fit the sealed lid, screened outlet pipe, and screened overflow. 4. Cut a shallow diversion channel with hand tools uphill so surface runoff routes around the box. 5. Photograph each build stage and the finished protected spring with GPS and date. Done when: Stage photos from open spring to sealed, screened box

Where

Host-invited community spring sites, roads around Welch, WV 24801

Pay

$110 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash. You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

Stage photos from open spring to sealed, screened box

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-09-01

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 30–60 minutes. Method of record: EPA drinking-water sampling (3Ts / LCR first-draw where lead is in scope)

Bring

• GPS-capable phone
• test kit for each named analyte (nitrate/coliform/arsenic/lead as specified)
• clean sample bottle + label
• nitrile gloves
• camera

Steps

1. 1. Navigate to the sampling point; confirm GPS is inside the posting radius; record the waypoint.
2. 2. Photograph the tap or wellhead with a legible timestamp.
3. 3. If first-draw is required, sample after >=6h stagnation; if flushed, run the tap 2-3 minutes first, then sample.
4. 4. Fill the bottle without touching the inside; cap immediately.
5. 5. Run each test per kit instructions; wait the exact develop/incubation time; read and record every value with units.
6. 6. Record coliform as present/absent after the stated incubation window.
7. 7. Enter all readings, units, GPS, time, and photos into the proof record; sign it.

If it does not match the plan

• Nitrate > 10 mg/L -> tag 'exceeds EPA MCL'; advise no infant consumption pending certified-lab confirmation.
• Total coliform present -> advise disinfection + retest; recommend lab confirmation.
• Arsenic > 10 ppb or Lead > 15 ppb -> tag exceedance; recommend certified-lab confirmation before any consumption guidance.

What counts as done

• GPS waypoint recorded inside the posting radius
• Timestamped photo of the exact sampling point
• Each required analyte recorded with a numeric value + units (or present/absent)
• Sampling type (first-draw vs flushed) explicitly noted

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.