Dear Member:
1,2,3-TCP
As we noticed you last month, our well has been found to be
contaminated with 1,2,3-TCP. This
chemical compound was an ingredient in a nematicide produced and sold by Dow
Chemical and Shell Oil Company. Your
board of directors believes that these companies are responsible for this
contamination. We have retained counsel,
Robins Borghei LLP to seek recovery of damages and cost of remediation for our
well water. We will keep you informed of
developments.
September Weather
September daily high temperatures averaged 1 degree above the normal 91 degrees for the month although it seemed warmer. Average low temperatures were also right at normal 61 degrees. We did receive a few drops of rain during the month, just enough to need a car wash. Average rainfall for September is .24". Smoke and harvest dust did create some extraordinary sunsets.
New Neighbors
Trevor and Megan Barbeau purchased the home formerly owned by Chris Moi and Kryss Speegle. They just moved in with their two young children. Welcome to the neighborhood.
Propane
If you responded to the propane poll, results will be coming this week.
Pipeline Construction
This month, the City of Fresno will begin initial construction activities on the Kings River Pipeline project in our area. Over the next month, you will begin seeing construction equipment, crews, traffic control and intermittent lane closures along Belmont Avenue.
More than 13 miles of six-foot-diameter pipeline will be constructed along Belmont Avenue, from the Fresno Canal #3 crossing of East Trimmer Springs Road to Armstrong Avenue, and north along Armstrong Avenue to the SESWTF at the intersection of Armstrong and Olive avenues. Work is anticipated to take place Monday through Friday during the daytime from October 2016 to January 2018; however, construction days and hours may change.
During construction, you can expect traffic impacts and road or lane closures. Detours will be implemented during pipeline construction, but access for local traffic will be maintained for all residents and businesses along the closed road. During construction, the project team will work to minimize inconveniences associated with traffic, construction noise, dust and debris, and large construction equipment. The pipeline will be constructed in phases, so only short segments will be impacted at any given time along Belmont Avenue.
For more information, please click here.
Watering Rules
Please water only three days per week, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. If you have a seasonal adjustment on your sprinkler controller, you should look to dial it back to the 40% level. Be sure and reset your sprinkler controller after the power outage last week if the battery backup is not working.
Water Conservation
Water usage was seasonally down in September to 70,000 gallons per household, 2% worse than the target, and 1% worse than last year. For the year, we are worse than target, 4%, and 2% worse than last year. Usage was much better than August. The cost of electricity to pump our water was 16% over budget for the month of September and is now 29% over budget for the year. Click here for a larger view.
This is already the 5th wettest water year in 25+ years for California
The pipeline construction has begun. I will forward information and updates from the city on progress and road closures as I receive them. 
We hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving and will have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 
The Drought Outlook: Over Half of the U.S. is Dry
Water usage was again seasonally down in November to 34,800 gallons per household, however, it was 7% worse than target and 44% worse than last year. For the year, we are now worse than target and last year by 4%. Click here for a larger view.
Propane
