Balsa

Today they start work on our "balsa", as they call a water reservoir for irrigation water, or "agua riega". We have rights for agua riega. That is necessary for the garden, but especially for the swimming pool. Drinking water is expensive here, and it is not allowed to fille a 61m ³ pool with drinking water. You may get a fine. Of 3000 €, they say. The balsa is urgent, because when the pool is ready and the gresites are stuck on, the pool must be filled within a day or two, otherwise the gresites will fall off, and everyone is very sad.

There is some discussion about the location of the agua riega conduits (big pipes of 30cm diameter), which have been built a long time ago. Today everyone has forgotten where they are, exactly. Gabriël, the local waterman says A, but the neighbor says B. Hopefully the tubes are not exactly in place of our balsa. If they are, it will be noticed, and the tube must be redirected, and it will be a little more expensive for us. (A few hundred euros.)

And we begin.

Nice.

Oops.

Hm.

The experts.