If you have driven by the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza lately, you know that Thousand Oaks Boulevard is a mess. The good news is that it seems to be an organized mess, and even though T.O. Boulevard reduces to one lane in either direction for part of the construction area, I did not experience a slowing or [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Water Issues'
Thousand Oaks Laying Larger Sewer Pipe
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Development, Thousand Oaks, Water Issues
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More on the Calabasas Septic Tank Raid in Stokes Canyon
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Development, History, Las Virgenes, Water Issues
I have become aware of more information regarding the raid on the historic Smith family property in Stokes Creek in Calabasas on July 8, by city of Calabasas officials and law enforcement personnel. It was first written about in the Conejo Post on August 27, in a post titled “Calabasas Septic Tank…” The Las Virgenes Homeowners Federation [...]
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Ventura Regional Sanitation District Wins Award for Biosolids Treatment
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Green, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Ventura County, Water Issues
Ventura Regional Sanitation District (VRSD) won a technical innovation and achievement award from the California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA), August 19 in Monterey. Congratulations to VRSD! A number of other sanitation districts were competing for the recognition. VRSD won for their new biosolids (sludge) treatment project at the Toland Landfill off of Highway 23 [...]
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Calabasas Septic Tank Raid in Stokes Canyon
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · History, Las Virgenes, Water Issues
Ted alerted the Conejo Post to an article in the 8-25 Los Angeles Times, about a reported raid by city of Calabasas officials and L.A. County Sheriff deputies, on a 60-acre homesite in Stokes Canyon, to investigate the owners’ septic system, on July 8. According to the article, the raid resulted in “ordering a pioneering [...]
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How is the Conveyance System?
August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Lake Sherwood, Oak Park, Santa Susana Field Lab, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Ventura County, Water Issues, Westlake Village
I spent the end of last week at a California sewage agency conference. With the sanitizing of words, it is actually called the California Association of “Sanitation” Agencies, “Ensuring Clean Water for California.” One of the most interesting sessions was called “New Strategies for Renewing Wastewater Conveyance Systems,” which means, “How are you going to take [...]
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Squares and Circles
August 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Meditations, Water Issues
Continuing an irrigation theme, does enyone know why some green, growing areas you see out of an airplane window, are circles, and why some are squares or rectangles? My assumption is that it is easier and less expensive to irrigate in a circle, but also less efficient. Post and photo by Janna Orkney. I took this [...]
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Check Sprinklers
August 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Water Issues
It is a given that we have to keep conserving water in the Conejo Valley. To take Oak Park Water Service as an example, ratepayers beat the goal of the year ending June 30, with conservation of 17% over the base year. That is 2% better than our 15% mandated goal from Metropolitan Waster District [...]
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An Election that Will be Happening
August 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Elections, Las Virgenes, Water Issues
While the Oak Park MAC will not be having an election, the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District will be. That is because incumbent Jeff Smith is being challenged by Barry Steinhardt for the LVMWD board seat for Division 5, that includes Agoura Hills. Jeff is designated as an aerospace manager on the ballot and Barry [...]
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Take a Tour and See how Wastewater is Treated
August 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Lake Sherwood, Las Virgenes, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Water Issues, Westlake Village
If you live in the Triunfo Sanitation District or Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, you are invited to a tour to see partnership’s wastewater treatment and composting facilities in Calabasas. I know that a first thought about such a tour might be that it would be boring, but that is not the case! It is interesting [...]
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State Water Project and Postponed Water Bonds
August 14th, 2010 · No Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Development, Green, Water Issues
When I fly north out of either LAX or BUR, I look out my plane window for the State Water Project canal, bringing Sacramento Delta water to thirsty SoCal. I finally realized I could take a photo from the airplane, and here it is! The air intake for the jet is on the right, and the canal [...]
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