Walter (Fallout 3)

Walter is a citizen of Megaton city who runs the Water Processing Plant. He is an old, white-haired man in a mechanic suit.

Related quests
He gives you a minor quest to fix broken pipes around Megaton when you ask "What needs to be done around here?". Once finished with that he would then like you to bring him any Scrap Metal you find along your journey. He will give you 10 caps per piece, or positive Karma and XP if you refuse to take the caps.

Loot

 * Lead Pipe
 * RobCo Jumpsuit
 * Any Scrap Metal you have given him

Appearances
Walter appears only in Fallout 3.

Bugs

 * There used to be an issue where Walter (along with other named Megaton residents) would disappear from the town. This has been corrected in the latest patches (not confirmed on PC version 1.5. Walter was in an outworld place but not dead, so I could move him back in the world with help of the console).
 * Walter will also wander around in the airplane structure on the roof of Lucas Simms' house, which is accessible through a trap door in the ceiling. He might fall from this area while attempting to return to the water processing plant, meeting his demise on the pipes below.
 * If you go behind him and step around him a bit you can actually "drink" from him. It gives you 30 hp and +3 rads. It is seen as a crime which makes Walter attack you.
 * It is possible that after a long time, the dialogue option " what can I do to help out around here?" reappears even if you have already fixed the pipes. If you have repaired the piped, you can then say the pipes are all fixed. He will ask you to collect scrap metal, give you 200 caps and 100 XP. It is currently unknown if this bug is repeatable.
 * If you trade him more than 1000 Scrap Metal you will get paid for all, but only give 1000 Scrap Metal to Walter.