Punctured the irrigation mainline while along the southern edge of

Covering or protecting these pipes somehow needs to happen ASAP – incidents like this keep happening more and more often.

On the bright side, the 9 core control cable lying next to the pipe was undamaged. Also, fixing the breach was quicker and easier due to the mainline being set up as a ring split into segments by isolation valves. The valves allow damage to be contained and fixed without disabling and draining the whole system.

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