General Manager’s Report

Dear Shareholders, The Holidays are here and so is the cold weather. We have had a little rain and snow, and some lower temperature days, so please remember to winterize your cabin. Our Infrastructure Improvement Project is progressing nicely, with water main, and new service box installation going on at Russell Dr., David Lee and…

Dear Shareholders, Our Infrastructure Improvement Project is going along nicely with the installation of new water main and fire hydrants on Russell Drive and David Lee Road. This work will greatly improve our fire protection here in Blue Lake Springs. October Water Usage Usage since May of this year has been lower each month compared…

Dear Shareholders, Fall is here and I want to remind everyone to winterize. Colder days are coming soon and the last thing anybody wants is to come up to frozen or broken pipes. USAGE Water usage was down in September in spite of a good turnout for the Labor Day holiday: Here are the numbers.…

Dear Shareholders, Our USDA Infrastructure Improvement Project has started, with our Contractor Mozingo Construction “potholing” (locating) our old mains in preparation for trenching and installation of the new mains. We have information on our website. Please check it out. August Usage August usage was down from last year. This makes the fourth strait month that…

Dear Shareholders, We are into August, and it’s certainly not the typical August like we are used to. The air has been thick with smoke for weeks with so many fires around us. We dodged a bullet last week with a small fire in Blue Lake Springs that was put out quickly by our excellent…

Shareholders: On Thursday, June 28th, the Blue Lake Springs Mutual Water Company Board of Directors approved 2 resolutions that relate to our USDA Infrastructure Improvement Project. These resolutions allow me to sign the Notice to Award the project to Mozingo Construction Co. Inc. Mozingo can then get the required Bonds and Insurance needed for the…

Dear Shareholders, The weather is starting to heat up as we approach Summer. Some of you may already be watering your plants and starting up your irrigation systems. Please check them for leaks and timer failure. If you plan to add a new irrigation system, please contact the office so we can check it out…

Dear Shareholders, We are all hard at work here at BLSMWC getting ready for our USDA Water Distribution System Improvement Project. The Long Range Planning Committee is working on crunching the numbers needed for the bidding process. Our engineers, MC Engineering are working on an addendum to the completed Plans and Specifications, to clarify issues…

Dear Shareholders, Precipitation totals are climbing for the year due to much needed rain in March. Hopefully this rain will give the pine trees enough sap to fight off the bark beetle attack that is sure to come this year. March Usage March usage was higher than previous years. Here are the numbers. 2013 3,066,000…

Dear Shareholders, We are finally seeing some precipitation after a couple of dry winter months. It may not be enough to get us back to normal for the season but we’ll see. I’ll break down the usage numbers for February. February Usage 2013 3,157,000 gallons 2014 2,974,000 2015 2,480,000 2016 2,993,000 2017 3,007,000 2018 3,286,000…