To All Patrons:
At around 3:45 PM this afternoon, the Grouse Meadows Booster pumps were primed and pumping water with restored power from Avista. The District believes that we now have power restored to all District pumping stations in the system, and the pumps are operating.
There are still water service outages in the Bonanza area, as Big Sky, our contractor, has been working since this morning on excavating and laying 450 feet of replacement main pipe along Kitty Lane. The Board had convened an Emergency conference call meeting this morning at ~7:30 AM to approve replacing the large section of the two inch main pipe on Kitty Lane. We opted for this strategy instead of a spot repair since the main along that stretch of road has been repaired numerous times and continues to be a chronic trouble spot, and will most probably continue to split in the coming months with the change in seasons. This will not be the permanent fix, but should hold us until the upgraded replacement is done as part of the Bond Project scope which has to be approved by DEQ.
We began initial sample collecting for testing, today, to begin the process of qualifying the water we are producing as meeting all requirements for potable water.
Again, wanted to mention that we have received a generous donation from one of our Patrons of almost a whole pallet of cases of drinking water. We would like Patrons to forward to us the addresses of Patrons who are home-bound, cannot drive, or may have difficulty getting to the Fire Station, as we have had some volunteers who will drive out to deliver a case to them. Please email us this information to: custserv.kcwd1@gmail.com as soon as possible.
DAILY REMINDER! DO NOT DRINK ANY WATER COMING FROM THE SYSTEM AT THIS TIME UNLESS YOU HAVE BOILED THE WATER FOR AT LEAST ONE MINUTE.
THE WATER, AS SUPPLIED, CAN BE USED FOR ALL NON-POTABLE USES INCLUDING TOILET FLUSHING, LAUNDRY, SHOWERS (DO NOT DRINK!), AND LIVESTOCK.
THE DISTRICT WILL NOTIFY PATRONS WHEN THE WATER PRODUCED BY THE SYSTEM HAS TESTED AS BEING SAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
