A few days ago, I got reminded to check how my sprinklers were performing, when I noted the sprinkler head in the photo no longer extends high enough over the gazanias to have the water reach a dwarf lemon tree a few feet away. A gardener’s work is never done! So, I looked over the rest of the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'California drought'
Checking Sprinklers
June 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · California, Conejo Valley, Oak Park, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Uncategorized, Water Issues
Tags: California drought·California State Water System·water conservation
Water Talk
December 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, Green, Oak Park, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Water Issues
Water rates in Oak Park are rising again in January, which is the second part of a rate hike that started in September. I sit on the Triunfo Sanitation board that owns Oak Park Water Service. We decided to raise rates twice to cover first the 17% rate hike from our supplier, Calleguas Municipal Water [...]
So Water Rate Tiers Don’t Bring Tears
September 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · California, Conejo Valley, Green, Las Virgenes, Oak Park, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Water Issues
The public water districts that I know, have all recently instigated new tiered water rates, with each usage tier having a higher rate than the previous one. This is in response to the water crisis in California. Here in SoCal, as you know, the Metropolitan Water District has cut back allocations to member districts at least 15%, [...]
Tags: California drought·Conservation·Las Virgenes Municipal Water District·Triunfo Sanitation District·Water Rates
This is Your Irrigation System: Pay Attention!
August 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Green, Triuinfo Sanitation District
That is the message I feel that my sprinkler system is giving me. For all the time I have lived in my Conejo home, until this year, I was basically oblivious to to how much I was watering, and whether or not pipes and emitters were in good shape. No more! Now, with the 15% mandatory reduction required [...]
Tags: California drought·water conservation·Water Use Restrictions
A Plea to Reduce Water Use
July 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Triuinfo Sanitation District
Please see my Letter to the Editor in The Ventura County Star today., 7-9. Go to: http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/09/no-headline—ob7eclets09/ That page shows all the letters. To find the one I wrote, scroll down to the heading, “Reduce or Pay.”  A similar post appears in the Conejo Post, titled, “The Heat is On…” The letter and post talk [...]