This morning Juan and I went to inspect the broken water pipe that runs from the storage tanks to the homestsead. Yesterday Juan had done his routine inspection – every 5 to 10 days depending on the time of year – of the filter and storge tanks. He found the tanks completely empty but plenty of water coming from the spring. Checking the pipe below the tanks he found a broken pipe at a place in the line where I had placed a shut off valve some years ago.
It is both raining and snowing right now. The break is such that we have enough water at the homestead for domestic use so I plan to wait for dryer warmer weather to repair the broken pipe. After repairing the pipe I will add a valve cover box to protect the valve, and cover the rest of the pipe. I’m not sure why or how the pipe broke. Could have been a bear stepping on it, or a person stepping on it. We do get people messing with the water sytem, but it is rare.