Water Saving Kits

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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Still no Snow…

This morning is very overcast, so I checked the weather forecast in the hope that rain or snow was expected to arrive, but alas, I see no rain or snow in the immediate forecast.  Here is what is predicted for the next week.

Today, mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

  • Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. East wind around 5 mph.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. East wind around 5 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
  • Saturday: Night Mostly clear, with a low around 41. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the evening.
  • Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 56. West wind around 5 mph.
  • Sunday: Night Mostly clear, with a low around 42.
  • Monday: Sunny, with a high near 58.
  • Monday: Night Mostly clear, with a low around 44.
  • Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 60.
  • Tuesday: Night Mostly clear, with a low around 47.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 63.
  • Wednesday: Night Mostly clear, with a low around 48.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 60.

While this weather is certainly enjoyable and makes for easy winter living, it is not helpful in easing our drought conditions.  We are hoping that rain and snow fall in February and March will make up for the extremely dry January, but if they do not, we will be considering going back into Stage 1 Conservation.  Stage 1 is voluntary compliance.  Customers are asked to conserve, when possible, the amount of water used to that amount necessary for domestic and business purposes.  Hopefully, everyone who lives in Pine Cove is already doing these things.

Fix leaky plumbing, prevent irrigation runoff, refrain from washing down sidewalks, driveways and parking areas and avoid sprinkling unplanted areas for dust control.  Customers will be encouraged to utilize wood chips to mulch around all plants and trees in order to minimize outside watering.  An added bonus is that the wood chips you mulch with will gradually compost and feed your plants and trees and improve the soil, thereby enabling it to retain water better.

We will be monitoring the water situation very closely and will take whatever measures we deem necessary in order to continue to provide water to the customers of Pine Cove.  Getting in the habit of conserving as much water as possible will ensure that we all will have what we need down the road.  We all have our part to play and we hope we can count on you to play your part!

Wood Chips

Wood chips provided free of charge to Pine Cove Water District customers.

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Office Closings

Just a quick note to remind everyone that the Pine Cove Water District will be closed on Monday, January 20th in honor of Martin Luther King Day.  We will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, January 21st and 9 a.m.  If you have a water emergency, there will be someone on call.  You can call the office and listen to the recorded message or call 951-294-8282, which is our emergency number.  Remember, this number is for true water emergencies only.  Please wait until Tuesday to call about an other water issues.  Our normal business hours for next week will be Tuesday through Friday, from 9 am until 4 pm.

Martin Luther King

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Where’s Winter?

As you may have noticed, the weather has been unseasonably warm and sunny for several weeks now.  While it is pleasant and enjoyable, it certainly isn’t typical January weather.  Where is the rain, the cold and most importantly, the snow?  These warmer temperatures are encouraging plant growth that should not be happening for 3 or 4 months yet.  I noticed yesterday that my daffodils are popping up.  Hopefully it is going to get cold soon and most importantly the moisture will arrive.  We do not need another dry winter, that is for sure.

We Want Snow!!!!!

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Board Meeting

Our first board meeting of 2014 is fast approaching.  It is on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 10 a.m. sharp.  As per usual, our board meetings are always held on the second Wednesday of every month.  The public is always welcome to attend and we would encourage everyone to attend a meeting when they are able.  They are very informative.

The meetings are held in the board room here at the water district office, which is located at 24917 Marion Ridge Road.  Just follow the sidewalk by the newspaper shelter straight back and enter through the door on your right.  That will bring you right into the boardroom.  If you have any questions prior to the meeting on how to find us, just give us a call at 951-659-2675 and either Becky or Vicki will be happy to give you directions to the office.

Hope to see you there!

board meeting audience

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Belated Happy New Year

Sorry for the delayed New Year’s greeting, but I have been under the weather.  So better late than never.  Everyone here at the Pine Cove Water District hopes that all of our customers had a wonderful holiday season and will have a happy, healthy and blessed 2014.  May all your dreams come true!

Happy New Year to Everyone!

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Holiday Hours

Christmas is almost upon us!  We will be open normal business hours on Monday and Tuesday, December 23 & 24th.  We will be closed on Christmas Day and the day after, December 25 & 26th.  We will resume normal business hours on Friday, December 27th.  Our normal business hours are from 9 am until 4 pm, Monday through Friday.

We do have someone on call 24 hours a day, should a water emergency occur.  That number is 951-294-8282, but remember, this number is for emergencies only.

Everyone here at the Pine Cove Water District wishes all of our customers a very merry holiday season and a new year overflowing with blessings!

Jerry Holldber, Becky Smith, Vicki Jakubac, Jerry Johnson., Jeremy Potter, Stitch the dog & Gracie the cat

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