We tracked every repair across our 140 wells for a full year. The parts themselves were rarely expensive — a new hand-pump seal costs a few dollars. What actually costs a community is the delay: a well that sits broken for three weeks while someone tries to source a mechanic.
That’s the entire logic behind the repair fund: pre-train two local caretakers per well, pre-stock common parts at a regional hub, and cut the average repair time from weeks to a single day.