Picture Sources

Photographs

Photos on this site come from Wikimedia Commons and other free photo libraries. Each one is used under the license its photographer chose, and the list below gives the photographer, the license and a link to the original for every photo, in picture-number order.

Photos may be cropped or resized to fit the layout. In a few, brand logos, company names or other identifying markings were blurred, so a picture illustrates the topic without pointing to a particular product or business.

Generated pictures

Where no suitable free photo of a scene could be found, such as a gauge on a hose bib or a filter on a garage wall, the site uses a photo-realistic generated picture instead. Each one carries the caption "Generated picture, not a photo of a real home" on the page where it appears, so it is never mistaken for a photograph of a real house.

Generated pictures show typical equipment and settings only. They are not evidence of how any product performs, and they are not taken from any real property in North County.

Each photograph

1. Picture 1. Young grove trees planted in rows across a dry hillside on a Fallbrook farm, blue sky above. By USDAgov, Public domain. Original file
2. Picture 4. Water meter in an in-ground meter box with the lid open. By Gayest Frogs, CC BY-SA 4.0. Original file
3. Picture 5. Backflow prevention assemblies (valves, test cocks) above ground on a concrete pad beside new landscaping. By Mds08011, CC BY 4.0. Original file
4. Picture 7. Rocky chaparral hillside rising above a row of homes in Escondido. By Z3lvs, CC0. Original file
5. Picture 9. Dixon Lake reservoir in Escondido, ringed by chaparral-covered hills under a blue sky. By Alan Islas, CC BY-SA 4.0. Original file
6. Picture 14. Small white thermal expansion tank hanging from a copper water line, label blurred. By Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 4.0. A logo or marking was blurred. Original file
7. Picture 15. Two-story home perched on a steep hillside above a fenced slope, cactus and fruit trees, in Fallbrook. By cultivar413, CC BY 2.0. A logo or marking was blurred. Original file
8. Picture 16. Close view of a water meter dial and register. By Bijay Chaurasia, CC BY-SA 4.0. A logo or marking was blurred. Original file
9. Picture 17. Inside a drained toilet tank: the flapper lifted off the flush valve seat, with its lift chain and overflow tube. By Ranch9613, CC0. Original file
10. Picture 20. Plumber working on pipes under a kitchen sink. By Flickr user rick, CC BY 2.0. A logo or marking was blurred. Original file
11. Picture 22. Drip irrigation line with an emitter running across garden soil. By Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0. Original file
12. Picture 23. Avocados hanging among the leaves of an avocado tree. By USDAgov, Public domain. Original file
13. Picture 24. Drought-tolerant garden of succulents, blue grasses and flowering groundcover in a raised bed instead of lawn. By Lights and freedom, CC0. Original file
14. Picture 29. Rotating sprinkler head spraying water over green plants. By Anton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Original file
15. Picture 101. Faucet aerator crusted with white limescale buildup. By Bbypnda, CC BY-SA 3.0. Original file
16. Picture 102. Ripe lemons hanging on a lemon tree branch. By Kuldeepburjbhalaike, CC BY-SA 4.0. Original file
17. Picture 104. Fire engine with its lights on heading down a road under a smoky sunset sky during the 2007 San Diego County wildfires. By Lance Cpl. Gabriela Garcia, Public domain. A logo or marking was blurred. Original file
18. Picture 105. View from a mountain road over a green valley of groves, ranches and rolling hills below Palomar Mountain, inland North County San Diego. By RightCowLeftCoast, CC BY-SA 4.0. Original file

Generated pictures

Pictures 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 103 were generated for this handbook with an image model and are labeled in their captions: "Generated picture, not a photo of a real home".