General Manager’s Report

Dear Shareholders, The month of January has been a disappointment in terms of snow and rainfall, but we still have a couple of months to go. We are not anticipating adding drought restrictions for 2018, but we will be monitoring our usage, and comply with State Water Resources Control Board guidelines. Wells Water Levels The…

Dear Shareholders, I am filling in for our General Manager Dave Hicks this week and am happy to do his Bubbler Report in his absence. All the staff here at Blue Lake Springs Mutual Water Co. wishes all of you a Happy New Year and look forward to 2018. Wells Report: Our well levels are…

Shareholders: All of our staff here at Blue Lake Springs Mutual Water Co. wishes all of you…Happy Holidays. Wells Report Our well levels are holding strong at 154 feet above the pump intake for well #3, and 767 feet above the pump intake for well #4. We are keeping our well engineers, Luhdorff and Scalmanini,…

Shareholders: I would like to thank you all for your attending the Town Hall Meeting on Saturday, November 11th.  Your suggestions, questions, and input were appreciated. I hope that the Board, Staff, and Engineering firm were helpful and informative. If you have any questions regarding the meeting, please call the BLSMWC office at: 795-7025, you…

Dear Shareholders: Fall is a great time of the year here in Blue Lakes, and I hope everyone is enjoying the color changes and the cooler weather. We used a little less water in September than last year, thanks to everyone for continuing to be “water wise”. September 2013 4,885,000 gallons 2014 3,834,000 2015 3,315,000…

Dear Shareholders: Summer is over and we are moving into fall. I can report that for the months of June, July, and August, the usage was lower this year by 2.6% compared to 2016. In 2016 we were under Stage 2 of our Drought Action Plan, and this year we reduced restrictions back to Stage…

Dear Shareholders, I hope everyone is enjoying summer up here in Blue Lakes!! Our water supply is looking great for the remainder of the summer. As always, thank you for your conservation efforts. Here are the usage numbers for July. Usage July 2017 6,296,000 gallons 2016 6,109,000 2015 4,343,000 2014 5,873,000 2013 7,992,000 As you…

Dear Shareholders, Summer is here along with blazing hot days and cool nights. Our wells are humming along pumping water, and CCWD has plenty of water to sell. Here is a run down of the June usage numbers: Usage June 2013 5,738,000 gallons 2014 4,532,000 2015 2,908,000 2016 4,225,000 2017 4,062,000 You can see that…

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%…

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…