Update 7:30 PM Monday Evening:
Over last week, the system has had several unrelated failures that all contributed to the loss of water production. This has included a Cla-Val valve failure at the raw water intake, failure of the water level float in the upper clear well, and the water leaks that were repaired last week. In addition, SSF#1 (Slow Sand Filter #1) requires cleaning to increase production of filtered water. Although the failures have been fixed, the net result, with the increase in water use, is the system was not able to recover without taking additional measures.
The District trucked in potable water today to recover the lower clear well, and will do so as long as needed, in order to maintain and help recover the water system.
Please continue to turn off all outside watering, possibly until this weekend, and reduce water use to essentials, until the District indicates that the system has recovered.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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Emergency Phone Message Transcript:
Phone
Message May 22, 2023 7:45 AM
This message is
from the Kootenai County Water District No. 1 Board of Directors.
Please stop all outside watering effective immediately until further
notice, and reduce water use to bare essentials. We are experiencing a system problem and have
not been able to recover the reservoir which is now standing at five feet.
We are troubleshooting the system and have called in our controls engineer
to try to discover what is not functioning correctly, but as of this morning we
have not yet identified the problem and what it will take to recover and assure
that the system is working as it should.
Thank you for your cooperation.
As not all Patrons may be reached by this emergency call, please let
your neighbors know what is happening when you see them.
Please
check the KCWD#1 blog at www.kcwd1.blogspot.com for updated
information.
Thank you.
