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April Billing

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April billing is going out next week. If you get emailed bills, you may have already received yours.

This months mailed billing includes a note to our newer residents/reminders for some that have been here a while as well as a SAVE THE DATE for our CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BBQ. Click here to read the full Spring Newsletter.

Effective 2/1/2022, the bi-monthly minimum increased to $77.00 for two month billing period, excluding any water usage. Water usage is billed as follows:
$7.00 per thousand gallons from 0 to 7,500 gallons
$9.00 per thousand gallons from 7,500 to 15,000 gallons
$11.00 per thousand gallons over 15,000

Water bills are mailed around the 1st of the Billing Month (even months). All bills are due and payable by the 1st of the following month (odd months). Any bill not paid by the due date will be termed delinquent and subject to a $15.00 late fee and/or termination. If shut off, a reconnect fee of $75.00 will be charged, in addition to the current amount due, to re-establish service.

There are several ways to pay your bill. ACH Auto Draft is a free service; the payment is automatically taken out of your bank account (filled out form required). You can log on to your account online, and pay with a Visa/Mastercard/Discover, or E-check. To register your account online, you will need your account number, and the Municipality Code which is PineCoveWDCA. Go to www.pcwd.org and click the “Billing” tab and the Payment option link. Next, click on the www.ub-pay.com link and register your account from there. You can come into the office and pay by check, cash, or card (one person at a time). Call with a credit/debit card (Please note that there is a convenience fee of $3.00 per hundred dollars charged if using a credit card). Drop payments thru the slot on the front door or mail a check or money order.

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DO’s and DON’Ts of Water Conservation

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Reposted from February 15, 2015

DO wash full loads of laundry and dishes ONLY to spread out wash cycles.

DON’T hand wash your car.  Instead, take it to a car wash, where recycled water is used.

DO look for leaky faucets and running toilets.  Repairing a dripping faucet can save up to 150 gallons of water a week.

DON’T leave the sink running while brushing your teeth.  Install a bathroom sink aerator to slow the flow of water.

DO purchase water saving shower heads.  Or come into our District office, and we will give you a conservation kit for free!

DON’T take long showers.  Keeping showers under 5 minutes can save up to 1000 gallons of water per month.

DO store water in the refrigerator instead of letting the tap run for cool water.

DON’T use the toilet as a waste basket!

DO collect water used to rinse fruit or vegetables, and use to to water your plants, both inside and out. 🙂

DON’T keep water conservation tips to yourself!  Share, share, share!

DO aim to do at least one thing per day to conserve water.

 

And ALWAYS turn your customer valve off when leaving your mountain home.

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Pine Cove Area Clean Up

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Pine Cove Property Owners Association with cooperation from Pine Cove Water District is hosting a trash clean up day.

On Saturday, September 25th from 9am – 4pm, you can bring your trash to the large bin located at the PCWD Dutch Flat Facility on 25384 Franklin Dr. (follow the signs off Highway 243).

FOR PINE COVE RESIDENTS ONLY. Proof of Residency required (example: a water bill).

*NO CONTRACTORS PLEASE*

This bin will take household trash, yard trash and a small amount of construction debris.
NO chemicals, tires, or large appliances.
There will be a tractor available on site to help with heavy items.

Free curbside pickup will be available that day BY APPOINTMENT – Call Andy at 505-603-3672 on a first come first serve basis.

Pine Cove Clean UpDownload
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Mulch and Wood Chips Available

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Thinking gardening time is just around the corner? Just in time for spring cleaning, the PCWD offers free mulch and wood chips to its customers. If you are interested in either wood chips or mulch just come on by the Dutch Flats location anytime. Both are great for gardening, holding in moisture of soil and they make a nice added touch to spruce up your yard or potted plants.

You must bring your own materials to gather or shovel and haul the mulch or wood chips away. If you are planning on gathering a large amount on your own, please let us know in the office as we want to be sure there is enough for everyone.

If you need a larger load of either call the office and we can deliver a dump truck load for $125 delivery charge.

APRIL SPECIAL
Get a dump truck load of WOOD CHIPS for ONLY $75.00
Our deliveries are around 9 cubic yards and you just need to indicate where to leave the pile.

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Conserving Water

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With the most recent storms, snow and rain have helped increase the amount of ground water that we can pump into our wells. However, it takes a while for the new water to be pumped and processed into clean drinking water so conserving is always a great thing to do to make sure we have continued water in the dry season.

According to energy.gov Americans use between 80-100 gallons of water each day. Where is all of this water going? One of the biggest contributors is the bathroom.

Toilets – Do you know your toilet’s water usage? If it’s an older model, it could be using up to 6 gallons of water per flush. The federal standard is 1.6 gallons per flush. Even low flow toilets need to be looked at for age and leaking*.

Shower – Federal regulations say that showerheads cannot exceed 2.5 gallons of flow per minute. Using a low flow shower head* can help reduce water usage as well as energy/propane from heating.

Bathroom faucets* – If you turn off the water while brushing your teeth*, you can save up to eight gallons of water per day.

*The FREE Water Saving Kit at the PCWD office includes:
Toilet leak detection tables – FDA-certified, non-toxic dye tablets used to detect leaks in toilets.
Earth Massage 1.5 GPM Showerhead – two-setting massage spray showerhead.
Bathroom Faucet 1.0 GPM Aerators – half the flow, twice the power. Commercial grade aerators for the home.
Ask to add in a 3-min sand timer to help with teeth brushing time.

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FREE Milkweed Plant Seeds

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Be a part of the solution to create beautiful Monarch butterfly sanctuary gardens.

PCWD is proud to be a supporter, grower, and protector of the Monarch Butterfly society. As such, we have purchased milkweed seeds (common variety Ascelepias syriaca) and are happy to distribute them to our customers while supplies last.
These milkweed seeds are the key to our monarch’s survival and will grow almost anywhere. If you have availability to plant these 8-12″ apart in 1/2″ of moist light soil in a sunny, well drained spot, come on in to get your seeds!
Milkweed takes 3-4 weeks to germinate and 60 days until it’s full grown. Plant as many seeds as you can: one caterpillar will eat 20-25 leaves!

Here’s a great article from Garden Design all about growing milkweed for Monarchs: https://www.gardendesign.com/plants/milkweed.html.

Thank you for helping save our endangered butterflies…
… one milkweed at a time.

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Free water saving kits available at PCWD

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PCWD offers free water efficiency kit to all our residents! The Water saving kits will continuously assist you in your efforts to conserve our precious water .

Kit includes:
-High-Efficiency Showerhead, saves money by using up to 75% less water than traditional showerheads.
-Dual Spray Swivel Aerator, offers a 360 degree swivel and has two spray options.
-TWO Bubble Spray Bathroom Faucet Aerators, designed to accommodate most bathroom sink faucets.
-Leak Detector Dye Tablets Kit, used to identify leaks in toilet tanks.
-Flow Meter Bag, helps determine the flow of showerheads and faucet aerators.
-Water Conservation wheel is a great educational tool that contains valuable water saving procedures. -Installation Instructions for easy home installation.

If you are interested in one of these efficiency kits for your home stop by get one or as many as you need for your mountain home.

We also have some ice cream here for our customers to cool down with while the weather heats up. Just some of the many ways we like to show our appreciation to our Pine Cove community.

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Mulch and Wood Chips Available to PCWD Customers

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Thinking gardening time is just around the corner? Just in time for spring cleaning, the PCWD offers free mulch and wood chips to its customers. If you are interested in either wood chips or mulch just come on by anytime the piles are located just past the office outside the yard fence. Both are great for gardening, holding in moisture of soil and they make a nice added touch to spruce up your yard or potted plants.

You must bring your own materials to gather or shovel and haul the mulch or wood chips away. If you need a larger load of either call the office and we can deliver a dump truck load for $100 delivery charge.

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Water Saving Kits

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With this winter’s lack of moisture, comes the reality of having to conserve water.  While this should be an ongoing way of life, here on the hill, the weather we are having, or the lack of it, seems to effect how much we think about water conservation.

In an effort to boost your conservation efforts, we are providing a few items to our Pine Cove Water District customers, FREE OF CHARGE!  That’s right.  Stuff for free.

For your outside areas, we have compost you can add to your soil to improve it.  We also have wood chips that you can put on your garden to help retain moisture.  The wood chips will eventually decompose and turn into compost as well, there by improving your soil as well.

We also have water saving kits by Niagara Conservation available free of charge to any Pine Cove Water customer.  These are great kits and include the following items:

1 Earth Massage 1.5 GPM showerhead with a two setting massage spray showerhead.

1 Kitchen Swivel 1.5 GPM Aerator with dual spray functionality, with wide spray radius and water pausing on/off valve.

2 Bathroom Faucet 1.0 GPM Aerators that deliver half the flow, but twice the power.  These are commercial grade aerators for the home.

1 Toilet Water Saver (Fill Cycle Diverter)- This patented water saver takes excess water from the bowl and diverts it to  the tank to reduce water consumption.  (This is NOT a flow restricting device.)

Toilet Leak Detection Tablets that are FDA certified, non-toxic dye tablets used to detect leaks in toilets.

Water Conservation Wheel that provides useful ways to conserve water around the house.

Flow Meter Bag.  The kit bag doubles as a flow meter to identify water wasters throughout the home.

This is a pretty good deal considering it is free of charge.  So stop by the office any time during normal business hours and pick up your water saving kit.

We also have our famous blue bird houses back in stock.  While they don’t help you save any water, they do provide shelter to our little bird friends here on the hill.

Our office is located at 24917 Marion Ridge Road and we are open Monday thru Friday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. So stop by today and get your free stuff!

 

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