Leak fixed

 The leak in the plumbing has been fixed. The water from the leak did not appear on the surface because pea-rock had been used as fill, and therefore, served as a holding tank. The leak happened because of a split where a junction was made with the existing pipe. Blame was talked about but the phrase it didn't leak before but now it does was repeated. Our monthly water bill was always the same prior to the new plumbing so the leak is "new". It is mostly rectified. Accidents happen and there is no point in dwelling on it.😌