Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The Challenges of Infrastructure


Most of our biggest challenges revolve around maintaining our infrastructure. Combine salt water, mud, leaves, and bird input/output and you have a challenge. We have to keep things washed down and ship shape, but that mean moving a lot of water around. Salt water and pumps have a hard time co-existing.


This photo shows a 2HP washdown pump that been in service for a little over a year. It's time for a overhaul (if possible) or replacement of the motor.


We talk about the wonder and rewards of helping wild creatures stay strong and build their flocks... but much of the work has to do with things as prosiac as pumps. That's why it costs us over $1000 a day to keep it running!

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