Posts by BLSMWC

President’s Report – July 2016

The Board meeting in July included a report by MC Engineering. This is the firm that is assisting the water company in the pursuit of a long term, low interest loan from the US Department of Agriculture, to cover a great portion of needed infrastructure improvement. Recalling that a portion of the water piping network…

President’s Report – June 2016

Summer will be here in a week or so… Summer means the heat is coming and as a general rule, we use more water. You are probably tired of reading about water use but I have to remind everyone that CONSERVATION is still OK. Yes, we had a good to better than average winter, and seemingly…

General Manager’s Report – June 2016

Dear Shareholders, Thanks to all who came out to our Annual Meeting on June 4. Our water supply is up and ready as we head into the Summer months. Production/Consumption I will break down our production numbers for you. Well Production May:         1,686,000 gallons. CCWD Water Purchased:    1,843,000 gallons. The…

General Manager’s Report – April

Water usage has continued to decline in March, compared to previous years. March has always been a low  usage month for us, but we are below all years, going back to 2005. This shows we are all watching our water use, which is a good thing to do, in spite of a better winter. The latest…

President’s Report – April

Every month for the past couple of years, I have mentioned the importance of WATER CONSERVATION. We have all made an admirable effort and the savings has showed. Even though we have had substantial amounts of rain/snow the focus on that effort must continue. We have all developed ways to conserve and save. Let’s all…

President’s Report – March

As the saying goes – March has come in like a lion. I read that water users in California have increased their daily usage. I would assume that is connected to the rainfall. Everyone is encouraged to continue the good habits engineered and learned over the past 2-3 years and continue to CONSERVE. What is the worst than…

General Manager’s Report – March

Dear Shareholders I hope everyone is enjoying the rain and snow we have been getting this season. Let me give you the numbers for February. Water usage February 2016 = 2,993,000 gallons 2015 = 2,480,000 gallons 2014 = 2,974,000 gallons 2013 = 3,157,000 gallons As you can see, the usage was higher this year than…

President’s Report

We have had some snow and rain and it all contributes. How much? Too early to tell as the snow has yet to melt and there is more rain and snow coming. I know the drought is not over and I wish the media would stop telling me so…but the media has to talk about something. A…