IDYLLWILD WATER DISTRICT

FEBRUARY 2012 NEWSLETTER

IWD Mission Statement - To provide reliable water & sewer service in a safe, cost effective & environmentally sound manner in accordance with the community needs.

“PRECIPITATION - SO WILL IT RAIN”? – Those who have lived on the Hill may remember similar dry weather and a “miracle March” that brought abundant precipitation and snow. Our customers understand how important it is for us to receive rain and snow to maintain our groundwater supplies.  IWD has an Emergency Water Conservation Plan in place should we have a situation that requires us enter into a Water Conservation Stage 1, 2 or 3 to manage our water demands.  Last year was a “wet” year, so we get the benefit of existing water supplies.   We appreciate all of your conservation efforts and your concerns regarding our local water supply. Currently, this year’s water supply is in good shape. IWD’s Foster Lake is full.  

REHAB UNDERWAY FOR DOWNTOWN WELL (NEAR VILLAGE CENTER DRIVE BRIDGE) – This has been a good production well with good quality water. IWD’s well service contractor will investigate what is needed to restore the well back to its original production. We scheduled a color video of the entire well casing. This video will help us verify the condition of the existing well casing. This casing pipe has perforations to allow water to flow into the well.  IWD’s well improvement program maintains wells in good condition for a well life of 75 years.  This well should have another 50 years of operation left.

WATER SYSTEM GATE VALVE EXERCISING PROGRAM – IWD employees are setting up traffic signs for operating water system valves. The procedure for each of our 420 gate valves is to inspect the valves and, if needed, clean out any dirt and rocks. The employee operates each valve by opening and closing the valve several times. In some cases this procedure may cause a little discoloration in the water for a brief time. To date we have completed nearly half of the valves.  We have located one valve that will need repairs. We appreciate it when you slow down while passing our employees who may be performing this work in the middle of the street. Depending on good weather and available time we should complete this program within a few months.

The IWD office will be closed February 20^th for President’s Day.  If you have an emergency, please call 951-659-2143 and an operator will contact our on-call personnel. If you have a payment, there is a drop box in the parking area.

                                       Our next board meeting is February 21^st at 6:00 PM – please join us.