Keep the hose end up and coiled.

A vacuum breaker on the tap protects the pipe, but the habit at the other end of the hose is what keeps a household from creating the exact backflow risk the fitting exists to stop: a hose end left lying in a bucket, a wading pool, a puddle, or dragged through standing water. Every time the hose is used, the end needs to come back up off the ground and out of anything it was filling, and the hose itself coiled clear of the ground rather than left snaking through a wet yard.

Where

resident home along US Highway 83 south of Menard, TX 76859 · Open the map

Pay

$80 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

before/after photos plus vacuum-breaker condition check plus recurring log entry

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

Level

entry

Open until

2026-08-21

Posted by

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The creator wallet. Its signature is what approves proof and settles the wage.

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Steps

1. 1. After each use, lift the hose end out of whatever it was filling, a bucket, a pool, a planter, a pet bowl, before shutting the tap off.
2. 2. Shut the water off at the tap, then bleed the remaining pressure out of the hose at the far end.
3. 3. Coil the hose off the ground on its holder, reel, or hook, keeping the end above grade and clear of standing water.
4. 4. Check that the tap's vacuum breaker, where one is fitted, is still attached and shows no cracking or damage, and photograph the coiled hose and the tap.

What counts as done

• Written or recorded permission from the resident
• Photo of the hose end lifted clear of any bucket, pool, or puddle before storage
• Photo of the hose coiled off the ground on a holder, reel, or hook
• Confirmation that the tap's vacuum breaker, where fitted, was checked and shows no cracking or damage

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Drinking Water Safety. Drinking water safety rests on hard numbers: the EPA and the World Health Organization publish exact limits for lead, bacteria, nitrates, and the rest, the line between water that is safe and water that only looks safe. Clear water can fail the test; slightly cloudy water can pass it. Only the test knows. Mastery means clean sampling habits, honest custody of every sample, and readings a stranger can trust. This packet is one correct sample or one careful reading, taken by the book. Every safe glass of water stands on somebody having done this properly.