Set up a rain barrel on an Alvarado Street building's downspout.

Set up a screened, first-flush-diverted rain barrel at the 600 block of S Alvarado St in Los Angeles. Read all of it

Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $360 proposed.

Proof it takes, the deadline, the level

Proofbefore/after photos + first-flush diverter photo + GPS
Open until2026-12-25
Levelintermediate

All of it: the words, the place, the proof

Set up a screened, first-flush-diverted rain barrel at the 600 block of S Alvarado St in Los Angeles. Roof runoff from this building's cleared gutters (see the gutter job above) still just hits the sidewalk instead of the courtyard planters. The downspout is bare, with no barrel to catch the roof runoff, so the water is not collected. Confirm with the site's host before you claim: this listing names a block, not a building, and does not mean any owner asked for the work. For the payer: - Price: $360 per job, counted in rain barrels installed. - Likely payer: LADWP rebate programs, paid to the account holder after the program's pre-approval. - No license is needed while the whole job, labor and materials together, stays under $1,000 (Business and Professions Code section 7048); at $1,000 or more, a CSLB C-36 Plumbing license for any pipe connection.

Offer to pay $360. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.

What it looks like: A worker on a ladder cuts the downspout and fits a screened rain barrel beneath it at a downspout on the 600 block of S Alvarado St, catching runoff that once hit pavement.
A description of this kind of work, not a record that it happened here.
Where: a downspout on the 600 block of S Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057. Open the map
Pay: $360 proposed
This job is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price, not money held for the worker. 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: before/after photos + first-flush diverter photo + GPS
This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.
Level: intermediate
Open until: 2026-12-25
Posted by: 0x034F…6c89
The creator wallet. Its signature is what approves proof and settles the wage.

Safety, read before you claim

After the crew's safety orientation, no other special training is needed, but the owner or manager must consent to the placement. Never leave the barrel without its screened lid (mosquito prevention) or let overflow run toward the foundation; employer provides water, shade and cool-down rests.

The full safety list for this job:

With owner consent, set the barrel on a level pad built for 450 pounds, strap it, screen every opening and label the spigot. Cut a downspout only from a ladder you are trained on, wearing cut-resistant gloves and eye protection; stop if it is sewer-tied.
Never leave a filled barrel unsecured against tip-over. The pad or stand must be firm and level and strong enough for about 450 pounds (a 55 gallon barrel). Close the lid, and label the spigot 'not drinking water' in English and Spanish. Keep the overflow path away from the foundation and the walkway. Stop if the downspout ties into a sewer or underground pipe. Water weighs about 8 pounds a gallon, so a 55 gallon barrel is roughly 450 pounds and a 200 gallon tank about 1,700: tip-over crushes people. A stand is blocks or a pad set level on firm ground, never loose soil beside a foundation. Roof runoff carries zinc, copper, bird droppings and grit: it is for watering plants at the soil, never for drinking, cooking, filling a pool or washing food. A barrel with open water breeds mosquitoes in days: fine mesh on every opening, a snug lid, and a child-resistant lid where children are near. Overflow goes to a garden or lawn several feet from the foundation, never onto a neighbor, a sidewalk or toward the building.
Start with the crew's safety orientation to the plan before work (Title 8 section 3203).
Outdoor work: water, shade, rest breaks, watch each other (Title 8 section 3395).
Check the air quality index; at 151 or more the crew is told and offered respirators (Title 8 section 5141.1).
Ladder training and a ladder set on firm level ground before any downspout work (Title 8 section 1675).
Gear, Title 8 sections 3385 and 3384: safety-toe boots for a filled barrel or cistern, which is heavy and can tip or drop; leather gloves for pinch points and rough fittings.

How this work is done

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

Bring

level
cut-resistant gloves and eye protection
tin snips or hacksaw
ladder
labels in English and Spanish

Steps

Obtain two things in writing before any work: the owner's or manager's consent for this work at this address, and, when an LADWP rebate pays for it, the rebate pre-approval (SoCal WaterSmart) with the pre-approval photos taken as the program asks. Work done before the pre-approval can be ineligible, so the start waits for it. Write both at the top of your proof.
Confirm owner or manager consent and record the Alvarado Street location by GPS.
Photograph the bare downspout before work.
Set and level the stand first on a firm, level pad, then place the barrel empty, then fill it.
Dry-fit and mark the first-flush diverter from the ground first. Cut only after the owner confirms the downspout is not tied to a sewer. Use a ladder with a spotter, cut-resistant gloves and eye protection; cut once and deburr. Install the diverter on the downspout ahead of the barrel.
Strap the barrel to the wall or a post while it is empty, and route the overflow away from the foundation and clear of the walkway.
Label the spigot and the barrel non-potable, in English and Spanish, with a picture.
Photograph the installed screened barrel, diverter and overflow route.
Submit the before/after photos and GPS proof.

What counts as done

Before photo of the bare downspout
After photo of the installed, screened barrel
First-flush diverter and overflow-routing photo
Photo of the level on the pad with the barrel empty, the strap, the screened lid and the overflow route.
The owner's consent.
The fill test: a hose run into the downspout, with no one up a ladder holding it.
Site record: the exact site's name and street address, and the contact who agreed to the work
Consent: the owner's or manager's written consent, naming the address and the work, dated before the first photo.
Pre-approval first: the LADWP rebate program's pre-approval or reservation number and date, from before any work, or the words 'no rebate' when none is claimed.
Completion matches the pre-approval: the pre-work photos taken for it, and the completion measurements (barrel count and gallons of storage) that match what the program approved.
Sign-off: the owner or manager signs off the finished work in writing, and LADWP's completion review accepts the record when a rebate pays for it. Write who signed and the date, or the date you asked.
Photos: take the before photo and the after photo from the same point (stand where the first one was taken and match its frame), each with its GPS point and its date and time.
Label: photograph the barrel's label or receipt (make, size) and write the installed quantity: barrel count and gallons of storage.

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.

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