Anyone can start here · the Office Lane corridor near the Lost Hills Family Resource Center, Lost Hills, CA 93249
Check whether an Office Lane household's water bill is a real burden, the Office Lane corridor near the Lost Hills Family Resource Center, Lost Hills, CA 93249.
Fund it for $90. Proof lands onchain when it's done.
$90 proposed
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- Proofdocument-only self-reported bill-burden intake + GPS + fixture-inventory tag + ranked follow-on list
- Open until2026-10-19
- Levelentry
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What the work involvesCalifornia's water-affordability crisis lands hardest on unincorporated disadvantaged communities like Lost Hills, where farmworker households already stretch a low income across rent, food, and a fixed water bill, and no household-level record exists of which taps here could use a low-flow fixture swap to cut that bill.
How this work is done
A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.
Bring
- flow-rate measurement bag + timer
- toilet dye tablets
- moisture meter
- GPS / address
- camera
- tablet / data sheet
Steps
- 1. Confirm the address; get a staff escort; photograph each fixture group.
- 2. Measure flow rate at each faucet/shower with the bag-and-timer method; record gallons per minute (gpm).
- 3. Test each toilet for leaks with a dye tablet (wait 10 min, check for color in the bowl); record flush volume.
- 4. Inspect fixtures, meters, and irrigation for visible leaks/drips; note each.
- 5. Read the water meter with all fixtures off; note any movement (indicates a hidden leak).
- 6. Rank WaterSense fixture upgrades + leak repairs by estimated water/cost savings.
- 7. Record flow rates, leak results, meter check, ranked measures, and photos into the proof record; sign.
What counts as done
- Self-reported monthly water-bill amount and household size recorded (household consent, no account access)
- GPS / address confirm
- Fixture-inventory tag (low-flow already installed | standard-flow, swap needed)
- Ranked list naming the follow-on low-flow-fixture job for each household, with a note on water-affordability assistance program eligibility
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.
What is promised, and what is not.
Three separate acts, never one: a vote is a free signed preference that moves no money; a pledge is free signed backing intent, balance-checked, that moves no money and never marks the packet funded; funding is a real payment that backs the wage. Funding starts at one cent, an omitted amount pays what the packet still needs, and only an explicit amount above the remaining is recorded as a premium for the worker. Money settles only on accepted proof. An agent can fund it in one x402 call: POST /nurture/fund {"workId":"WORK_1788549484523_5oullk1","funderWallet":"0xYOU"}.
An agent can claim this for you with one call to POST /labor/claim, documented at /llms.txt.
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