Picture credits

62 of the pictures here are real photographs under free licences, cropped to fit; the other 7 are AI-generated and labelled where they appear.

• A backflow assembly mounted on a wall.: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Printed details blurred.
• A bluff at Jefferson Beach in Kingston, with bare soil on its face.: User:G310lopez, Public domain.
• Sandy bluffs on the Whidbey Island shore.: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• Broken pieces of old clay pipe.: Mustang Joe, CC0.
• A white capped pipe sticking up from a green wet lawn beside a concrete walk and gray siding.: AI-generated picture, not a photograph of a real place.
• A sewer cleanout cover.: Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0. Printed details blurred.
• A low crawlspace with wooden posts and joists, a crumpled plastic vapor barrier and brown puddled water over the ground.: AI-generated picture, not a photograph of a real place.
• Steel Lake Park.: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• Federal Way's wooded shoreline, seen from the Redondo pier.: Eben Calhoun, Public domain.
• A brick building marked with the town's name in Milton.: SounderBruce, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• City hall in Edgewood.: SounderBruce, CC BY-SA 4.0. Printed details blurred.
• An old photograph of hole 17 at Fircrest Golf Club.: JenRAdams, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• Colored utility flags in a parking strip.: z22, CC BY-SA 3.0. Printed details blurred.
• Orange locate paint on a sidewalk and street corner.: Mds08011, CC BY 4.0.
• The Fox Island Bridge from the shore at low tide.: Thorsten Lindner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• A work barge in the water off Fox Island.: Thorsten Lindner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• Ice at the foot of a downspout.: Julie Crowell, CC BY 1.0.
• Boats moored in Gig Harbor.: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
• Sunset over the water at Gig Harbor.: Aidan Brown aidanbvisuals, CC0.
• The Purdy Bridge over Henderson Bay.: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• Old pilings and a dock from the Point Fosdick boat launch.: PinchyCC, CC BY 4.0.
• A metal downspout turning under an eave.: Friedrich Haag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• A white water heater on a raised platform in a garage corner, held to the wall with two metal straps, shelves beside it.: AI-generated picture, not a photograph of a real place.
• The gas control dial on a water heater.: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• A gray foam cover on an outdoor faucet on gray siding, with frost on the grass below.: AI-generated picture, not a photograph of a real place.
• Rust-colored sediment in a toilet tank.: Rotkaeppchen68, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• Rust scale on a plate taken from a water heater.: Czarking0, CC0.
• The dock at Lakebay Marina.: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
• The docks at Camp Colman on the Key Peninsula.: CerebralTardigrade, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• American Lake on a clear day.: ECTran71, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• The arch at the entrance to Lakewood Towne Center.: Brett VA, CC BY 2.0.
• A lead water pipe exposed in a dug hole.: IntangibleArts, CC BY 2.0.
• A cast iron water meter cover in the pavement.: Axxter99, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• A meter box uncovered during a dig.: Thomas Booker (CoderThomasB), CC0.
• The two Tacoma Narrows bridges from the shore.: Bmzuckerman, CC BY 4.0.
• Browns Point lighthouse on its rocky point.: Laurie Littlefield-Wells, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• Low tide at Dash Point State Park.: ECTran71, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• A Victorian house on North Tacoma Avenue.: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
• A yellow house with palms in the Stadium district.: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• The County-City Building in Tacoma.: Chetsford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• Old City Hall in downtown Tacoma.: Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• A house on Cline Street in Port Orchard, with the water just beyond.: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
• State Route 166 through downtown Port Orchard.: SounderBruce, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• South Meridian in downtown Puyallup in autumn.: Joe Mabel, CC BY 3.0.
• A yellow house on Second Street in Puyallup.: Joe Mabel, CC BY 3.0.
• A former church, now a home, in Ruston.: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
• Septic access lids and a vent elbow on a grass bank.: Wikideas1, CC0.
• A concrete septic tank being set in the ground.: Nonztp, CC BY-SA 4.0. Printed details blurred.
• A concrete septic lid in a lawn, chained shut.: Wikideas1, CC0. Printed details blurred.
• Two round green lids set in a mossy lawn, with ferns and a mossy rock at the edge of the yard.: AI-generated picture, not a photograph of a real place.
• A cast iron sewer pipe crossing open ground.: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
• Laying clay sewer pipe in a trench in 1939.: Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission, Pike, Stuart D., 1910-1978, Public domain.
• The South Hill welcome sign at night.: Solenluver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
• The Pierce College sign on South Hill.: SouthHillEditor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• A brass valve with a red lever on a copper pipe coming through a concrete wall, with cobwebs and pink insulation above.: AI-generated picture, not a photograph of a real place.
• The Manchester marina dock on a gray day.: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
• The Olalla Community Club hall.: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
• Pop-up sprinklers running on a lawn.: Ildar Sagdejev (Specious), CC BY-SA 3.0.
• The platform at South Tacoma station.: Adam Moss from Tonawanda, New York, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0.
• A craftsman house on Tacoma's Hilltop.: Jacob Rose, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• A white historic house on Commercial Street in Steilacoom.: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
• Steilacoom's hillside homes and the shoreline tracks.: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• A grassy stormwater channel under a footbridge.: Ingolfson, CC0.
• The Chambers Bay course above the water.: Atomic Taco from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0.
• The road along Chambers Bay.: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• A shutoff valve on a copper pipe under a sink.: Tomwsulcer, CC0.
• A blue pressure tank with its pressure switch.: Andrewa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• A pressure tank and pump.: W.carter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• A blue pressure tank with a gauge and gray pipes against plywood inside a small wooden shed.: AI-generated picture, not a photograph of a real place.