Water ornamental, non-edible plantings with the captured AC condensate, the public library near Bay City, TX.

The captured water has run over an aluminum or copper coil and through a metal drain pan before it ever reached the container, so it can carry metals and biofilm; it is not potable and it never goes on anything edible. Applied by hand to the ornamentals and non-edible bed already receiving the overflow, it is real, free water on exactly the days a rain barrel would be empty, since condensate flows hardest when it is hot and dry.

Where

the public library serving Bay City, TX 77414 (Matagorda County; best-estimate location near the town center, exact address not confirmed; branch name and hours to be confirmed with library staff) · 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

photo of watering ornamental plantings + written non-edible confirmation + container level before/after + GPS

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

Level

entry

Open until

2026-09-13

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. Draw water from the catch container, never from the primary drain line, using a watering can or hand-dipped container. Confirm with library staff how which plantings are ornamental versus food-bearing is currently handled, then act.
2. 2. Apply the water only to ornamental, non-edible plantings (established shrubs, non-fruiting trees, ornamental beds), never to any vegetable, herb, or fruit-bearing plant.
3. 3. Water at the base of the plant, not overhead, and confirm the container's level drops as intended, supporting the seasonal-empty schedule.
4. 4. Photograph the watering and the plantings receiving it, and confirm in writing that no edible planting received this water.

What counts as done

• Written or recorded confirmation from library staff
• Photo of the water being applied to ornamental, non-edible plantings
• Written confirmation that this water was applied only to non-edible, ornamental plantings and never to any food crop
• Container level recorded before and after

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Water Efficiency. Water efficiency is the quiet discipline of wasting nothing indoors. The EPA's WaterSense program sets the marks: how many gallons a minute a faucet should pass, how to find the leak that runs a toilet all night, how a household's water bill tells a story. Mastery looks like an auditor who can walk a home in an hour and find every hidden gallon. The skill is built one fixture at a time, which is exactly what this packet asks: measure one flow, find one leak, record one truth about where the water goes.