Dewhold

Water you control: test it, store it, treat it — notes from a retired well tech

Outages

An overview of what commonly breaks or stops working in water systems when power fails, temperatures drop, or dry spells set in.

  • Failures During Outages, Freezes, and Droughts

    I’ll admit something first, because it cost me a winter. Years ago, when the first hard freeze came early, I left a garden hose screwed onto the frost-free bib by the barn and forgot it. The valve body split inside the wall, quiet as you like, and I didn’t find it until the thaw, when…