The Board of Directors of the Palmdale Water District will discuss and consider adoption of its proposed 2014 Budget at their regular Board meeting on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 7:00 PM.
The Board of Directors of the Palmdale Water District will discuss and consider adoption of its proposed 2014 Budget at their regular Board meeting on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 7:00 PM.
Two new Directors were sworn into office on December 11, 2013, Director Joe Estes, division 2 and Director Vincent Dino, division 5.
The District will be starting another project that will replace approximately 10,000 feet
of old and deteriorated water mains in the area of 20th St. East and 22nd St. East between Avenue Q and Palmdale Boulevard. The work will begin the first part of December and continue for about 5-6 months.
The Palmdale Water District has been talking about “Before the First Drop “since the beginning of 2013. We turn on our faucets and behold clean, clear, water! The facts are water is becoming more expensive, and the reliability of supply is forever changing. Approximately 50% of our water comes from the Delta region in Sacramento traveling down the California Aqueduct and into Lake Palmdale.
On October 23, 2013, the Palmdale Water District Board of Directors approved a resolution that modifies the existing Capital Improvement Fees and adds a Water Supply Fee component.
There are a number of things to do in the garden during fall season and there are many native plants that can be planted at this time. Ceanothus, toyon, and other native shrubs with their deep, dense roots make excellent choices for erosion control. Plant bulbs that thrive in this climate such as anemones, daffodils, ranunculus, and South African babiana.
The Palmdale Water District is proposing to establish a “Water Supply Fee” that will provide funding for the acquisition of new water supplies to support new development. The Board of Directors will be considering this proposed fee at the September 25, 2013 regular Board meeting. New development will pay the proposed Water Supply Fee to provide the water for their projects. Existing customers will not be charged.
he Palmdale Water District Board of Directors, at the regular board meeting, on August 29, 2003, announced the winner of the “Before the first Drop” campaign survey drawing.
Some twenty years ago, Palmdale Water District started working with the US Forest Service to manage sediment in Littlerock Reservoir. Sediment (rocks, gravel, and soil) has been washing down from the San Gabriel Mountains, above the dam, since the Dam was completed in 1924.
On Friday June 28, 2013, Governor Edmund G. Brown urged Californians to make July “Water Smart Month.”