the great leak (common's water)

at the moment it looks like there was no one great leak from the commons water system.

what there was a series of smaller leaks and a spring with less rainfall than usual on the hay hills that drives st. james's well from there the water goes down to a large tank and then distributed out along various lines. 

the level in this tank was found to be very low. 

it was thought that there had been a major leak (most probably at the places where plastic and metal join because this is difficult to achieve) but there was no obvious sign of it on the common (a dirty great damp patch for example). 

however as the individual lines and houses were turned back on one by one no major leak appeared (there was no sudden and continuous  loss of water in the tank). 

the trick will be to continue to monitor water levels in the tank.

horsemouth suspects there is no one great leak, there's just lack of rainfall on the hills and more demand (but time will tell). 

he will moderate down his watering of the garden. many of the plants are established. the skies perpetually promise rain but so far have not delivered. 

horsemouth is up early (for no discernable reason). 

it was good to meet everybody and to have a common purpose. 

following that horsemouth got in swift zoom beers with howard (two beers fursty ferret).