Posts by thomas

General Manager’s Report

Dear Shareholders, Spring is coming to an end, and we are heading into the hot summer months. We have plenty of water available to supply our demand. Our drought restrictions have been reduced to stage 1, which is a voluntary reduction of 10% compared to 2013 usage. So far this year, we have saved 10.5%…

LRSP Report

As reported previously, our United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Loan was approved on Dec. 27, 2016, which will provide low interest financing for our major infrastructure and water meter capital improvements to be implemented over the next 2‐3 years. In‐line with USDA requirements, the initial focus has been on locking in the Engineering/Design scope…

President’s Report

As we move into summer, I would like to stress once more for the record…CONSERVATION!!! I will keep this short and sweet as we are nearing our Annual 2017 Shareholder Meeting on June 3rd. There is a plethora of information to share with you, and I hope to see you there! The meeting will begin…

General Managers Report

Hi Shareholders, We are sure having a great spring, with some rain to help with our beetle /tree problem. The ground is saturated and the trees can gain strength to fight off infestation. If you plan on treating your trees, check with your pest control company to see if this is good time to inject…

LRSP Report

At our April Board of Director’s (BOD) Meeting, the LRPC made a recommendation to purchase additional radio read meters to replace the remaining 207 old meters still in place, which the Board approved. Combined with the 426 new meters already installed, we will now have a total of 633, all new meters. These 207 new…

President’s Message

The DROUGHT is over. According to the Governor and his Executive Order all of the former restrictions have been set aside. CONSERVATION is still OK. All of you, with a couple of exceptions, have contributed to a marvelous effort in saving water. Habits developed over the past 3-4 years should continue, as it will still…

General Manager’s Report

Dear Shareholders, Governor Brown has declared an end to the drought. We have had 2 very good rainy seasons, which we are all thankful for. I think these last few years of drought have taught us a lot about being water wise. March Water Usage (shown on the graph below) The water usage in March…

President’s Report

I am looking ahead to June 3rd, which is the date of the Annual Meeting. I mention this now to allow time to plan ahead as it will be important that shareholders attend. I mentioned in last month’s Bubbler that there would be an extended Special Board Meeting on April 8th, for our Shareholders, please…

LRSP Report

The LRPC continues to refine a proposed water rate structure for the coming years with the USDA Loan in place. As ex-plained last month, the future rate structure fees will be comprised of (1) an annual surcharge for repayment of the USDA Capital Improvement Loan; (2) a water base rate for a not-to-exceed specified monthly…

General Manager’s Report

Dear Shareholders, What a difference a few days make. This Spring like weather is really fantastic. A few days ago, it was cold, rainy, and snowy, but now it is sunny and warm, the frogs are croaking, and the ants are attacking my kitchen. This is typical weather for this time of year, and I…