Observe the recharge and capture sites serving the Memphis Sand aquifer and the Mississippi River, Memphis, TN.

Water put back is the only kind that stays. Find the recharge basins, spreading grounds or stormwater capture basins nearest Memphis, walk their public perimeters, and record for each whether it is wet or dry today, how much of the floor is covered, whether the inlet is clear or blocked, what is growing in it, and the reading on any public gauge or staff plate. Where the place has no engineered recharge site, say so plainly and observe the nearest public stormwater capture basin instead, naming what it is. Tennessee well permits and the local board's production permits is the frame; the basin floor is the evidence.

Where

public streets, community parks and river bluff overlooks, Memphis, Shelby County, TN · 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 — recorded, and readable any time at vealth.net/labor/credit/(your wallet). You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

GPS and dated photo per basin, a wet or dry call with the covered fraction, inlet condition, and any public gauge reading

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

Level

entry

Open until

2026-12-01

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.

Bring

• GPS phone and camera
• measuring tape and a marked stake or grade rod
• shovel, mattock, rake and a wheelbarrow for the planting rung
• stiff brush, wet vacuum and clean joint aggregate for the permeable surface rung
• a marked container and a stopwatch for the timed pour
• hi-vis vest, gloves, and the 811 locate ticket before any digging

Steps

1. 1. Confirm authority before anything else: the owning agency named, the written permission in hand, and for any digging an honored 811 locate ticket recorded with its number and date.
2. 2. For an observation packet, walk the public perimeter of each basin and record a GPS waypoint and a dated photo, a wet or dry call with the fraction of the floor holding water stated as an estimate, the inlet and outlet condition, and any public staff gauge reading transcribed with its units. Do not enter the basin and do not touch an inlet structure.
3. 3. For a bioretention packet, find where the water already arrives, size the basin to the roof or pavement area it will take, and mark the polygon before cutting. The water must arrive the way it already arrives: no pipe is cut, joined or re-routed.
4. 4. Shape the basin no deeper than 12 inches, loosen and amend the floor, set a stone splash pad at the inlet, and set the overflow so a storm larger than the design leaves on the path it already used.
5. 5. Plant regionally native deep rooted species at spacing, mulch to the specified depth without burying the crowns, and photograph from the same two vantage points used before the work.
6. 6. For a permeable surface packet, run a timed pour at a marked spot before touching anything: a measured volume of water, the seconds to drain, both written down. Then sweep and vacuum, hand clear the joints of packed fines, top up with the specified clean aggregate, and repeat the timed pour at the same marked spot.
7. 7. Prove the outcome rather than the effort: for a basin, a photograph showing drawdown within 48 hours of the first fill; for a permeable surface, the before and after pour times side by side.

What counts as done

• A GPS waypoint and a dated photo from the public perimeter of each basin, with the operating agency named or marked unknown
• A wet or dry call per basin with the fraction of the floor holding water, estimated from the photo and stated as an estimate
• Inlet and outlet condition: clear, partly blocked or blocked, with what is blocking it
• Any public staff gauge, marker or posted reading transcribed with its units, or marked none present

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.