the break room at a City of Columbus public works or parks maintenance facility, near the Colorado County Courthouse, 400 Spring St, Columbus, TX 78934 (public works, best-estimate location near the confirmed courthouse address, exact maintenance-facility address not confirmed)
Swap the washing machine's rubber supply hoses for braided ones, the break room.
The washing machine's inlet hoses here are the original rubber hoses from install. Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $25 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- Proofbefore/after hose photos + valve-closed confirmation + leak-check photo + GPS
- Open until2026-10-13
- Levelintermediate
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
The washing machine's inlet hoses here are the original rubber hoses from install. A rubber supply hose is a well-documented burst risk that can dump hundreds of gallons before anyone notices, where a braided-steel hose holds for years longer.
Fund it for $25. Proof lands onchain when it's done.
How this work is done
How this work is done
A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.
Steps
- With a City of Columbus public works staff member present, confirm both washer supply valves (hot and cold) are fully closed, then open the existing hose fittings slowly over a bucket or towel to catch any water still held in the line before disconnecting anything.
- By hand, unscrew the existing rubber hose from the wall valve and from the back of the machine, keeping the bucket or towel under both connection points.
- Hand-tighten the new braided-steel replacement hose onto the same wall-valve fitting and the same machine fitting, snug plus a quarter turn by hand only, no wrench and no thread sealant.
- Slowly reopen both supply valves, run a short fill, and check every connection point for drips before calling the swap finished, photographing the leak-free connections.
What counts as done
- Before photo of the existing rubber supply hose(s)
- Confirmation that both supply valves were closed before any hose was disconnected
- After photo of the new braided-steel hose hand-tightened at both the wall valve and the machine
- Leak-check photo taken after the valves were reopened and the fill was run
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_1789312976740_w3e4y16","funderWallet":"0xYOU"}.
Claiming is free. You sign to prove the wallet is yours: no card, no deposit, no fee. Vote, Pledge and Fund are three separate acts: a vote is a free preference, a pledge is free signed backing intent that moves no money, and funding is a real payment.
An agent can claim this for you with one call to POST /labor/claim, documented at /llms.txt.
Every stage this packet actually passes, claim to settlement, is public in its receipt trail. A stage that has not happened is not claimed.
Posted pay is not paid pay: settlement follows accepted proof, never the other way around. Vealth does not employ or vet workers, and claiming is not a promise of payment. See how proof and receipts work.
Other acts: vote, pledge, fund
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