Picture credits
Real photographs are credited below, with their licences. Licence terms are on each file page. 13 other pictures are AI-generated because we could not find a fitting free photograph, and they carry the caption "AI-generated picture" where they appear large; on the home list they show as small thumbnails with no caption.
Photographs (24)
Close view of a black and white striped Aedes aegypti mosquito on a green leaf. Aedes aegypti on leaf.jpg, Wee Hong, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Water meter and pipework at the foot of a garden wall among pots, in black and white. Water meter, Oranjestad Aruba.jpg, Ginelly.Q, CC0. Cropped and made smaller.
Misty green hills and scattered houses at Christiana, Manchester. Christiana.jpg, Christina Xu from Cambridge, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Water running from a metal downpipe onto a concrete splash board beside a wall. Downspout (43647598595).jpg, oatsy40 from London, CC BY 2.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Tub spout thick with white and brown scale from hard water. Hard Water Calcification.jpg, Bbypnda, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Single-storey house with a gable roof, veranda and steps among garden plants at Half Way Tree. House at Chelsea Av. Half Way Tree, Jamaica 1988.jpg, De Geo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Hibbert House, an old two-storey Georgian building with verandas in downtown Kingston. Hibbert House 02.JPG, Dan Livesay, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Grey upright pressure tank beside a pump on a concrete pad against a metal wall. Hydrophore and pump at sunset.jpg, W.carter, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Road junction in Lucea with parked cars and a church behind. Church Street-Willy Delisser Boulevard.jpg, Cuban Boy, CC0. Cropped and made smaller.
Wide view over Mandeville and the Manchester hills between palm trees. Mandeville-panorama.jpg, Op. Deo at English Wikipedia, Public domain. Cropped and made smaller.
Heavy grey clouds over the sea and hills at Montego Bay. Sunset Dr, Montego Bay, Jamaica - panoramio.jpg, rh43, CC BY 3.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Busy shop-lined main street in Montego Bay with overhead wires and people walking. Street in Montigo Bay Jamaica Photo Don Ramey Logan.jpg, Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Calm bay with green hills and houses behind at Port Maria, St Mary. Port Maria seafront.jpg, CaptJayRuffins, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Bay at Port Maria seen through green plants from the hill above. Port MariaHarbor20231007 121712.jpg, CaptJayRuffins, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Four grey plastic water tanks set into an opening on a tiled roof, beside satellite dishes. DZ6 2947 Rooftop view in Pattaya water storage tanks and satellite dishes tucked into a tiled roof cavity.jpg, PattayaPatrol, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Heavy orange rust running down a wall and over a metal grate. Corroded water pipe.jpg, aismallard, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Old cast-iron water fountain under a domed canopy at Savanna-la-Mar. Water fountain at Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica.jpg, De Geo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Dark inside wall of an old septic tank with crusted deposits hanging down. A Peak Inside a Septic Tank (5084945848).jpg, Soil Science from Raleigh, CC BY 2.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Green plastic septic tank access lids at ground level on a grassy slope beside a white vent pipe. Septic tank image 01.jpg, Wikideas1, CC0. Cropped and made smaller.
Round tank risers sticking out of freshly dug sandy ground with trees behind. Septic Tank (3190648345).jpg, SuSanA Secretariat, CC BY 2.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Concrete septic tank with two round lids sitting on dug earth, before being lowered in. Septic tank 1.jpg, Nonztp, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and made smaller. Parts blurred to hide names and logos.
Evacuated-tube solar water heater with a steel tank on a tiled roof, trees behind. DomesticSolarHeater SouthAfrica.jpg, Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Wrecked house with roof gone and timber and zinc sheets scattered in front of a standing white house. -ChefsforJamaica- Providing relief after Hurricane Melissa - 54899206649.jpg, World Central Kitchen, CC BY 4.0. Cropped and made smaller.
Wide area of flattened houses and debris under cloud after Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica. -ChefsforJamaica- Providing relief after Hurricane Melissa.jpg, World Central Kitchen, CC BY 4.0. Cropped and made smaller.
AI-generated pictures (13)
- Steel pot of water at a rolling boil on a small gas stove, with lidded containers behind
- White electric instant shower head on a tiled bathroom wall, with a pipe above it
- White downpipe running down a block house beside a black water tank, wet after rain
- Grey LPG cylinder with a regulator and hose, standing on a concrete floor outside a kitchen wall
- Round-dial water meter in a concrete ground box with blue pipe on both sides
- Narrow trench along a driveway with a new blue water pipe laid in it
- A tradesman's hands fitting a pipe under a kitchen sink, with a tool bag beside him
- Quiet street of small single-storey block houses with low walls and black tanks, mountains far behind
- Gloved hands holding a long-handled brush beside an empty black tank lying on a slab
- Lid lifted on a black plastic tank, beside a vent pipe capped with mesh
- Black plastic water tank on a concrete block stand beside a painted block house with a zinc roof
- Thin trickle of water from a chrome kitchen tap into a steel sink
- Covered blue drums and lidded containers of stored water beside a block house in a Jamaican yard