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2010 WATER REPORT

 

 Click  here for the 2010 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report for Calendar Year 2009.

NEW BOARD MEMBERS

The RFWSD is governed by a five-person Board of Directors.  Every two years the District has an election for these offices.  This year Rick Broadhurst and Linda Huntsman were elected to serve four-year terms.  This is Rick's second term on the RFWSD Board.  They will be joining current Board of Directors Brad Geddes, Nate Kaegebein and Rock Leonard.

Special Thanks
We would like to give a special thanks to our past President, Wes Powell.  He served on the Board since 2002.  We sincerely appreciate all of the leadership and time he has given to this district over the past eight years.

    SURVEY RESULTS

Thank you for participating in our Customer Survey last quarter.  We have reviewed all of the surveys carefully and are pleased to release the following results:

Overall Satisfaction                  63% Very Satisfied                     37% Satisfied             0% Not Satisfied

Statement Accuracy:                 65% Always Accurate                35 % Accurate            0% Inaccurate

Responsiveness:                     68% Very Responsive               32% Responsive       0% Unresponsive

Several of our Customers requested an explanation of our water and sewer service fees.  The water and sewer service fees are designed to cover all of the District’s fixed water and sewer expenses, and are billed to all customers regardless of usage.  Water usage is then billed starting at the first gallon of usage, and is billed in a tiered schedule to encourage water conservation. Our current water rate structure was put into place in 2007, replacing a rate structure that billed a flat service fee for water usage in the first rate block.  If you have further questions regarding this, please contact the District office at (970)945-2144.  Your customer satisfaction is important to us and we will continue to do our best to achieve the highest level of satisfaction from you. 

WATER CONSERVATION    

Irrigation water is the single highest use of the District’s water.  Over 70% of the water used by our customers during last irrigation season was for lawns and gardens.  Although the District well levels have remained constant, we will continue to emphasize the importance of conserving water.  Listed below you will find tips on how you can participate in water conservation.

• Check your sprinkler system zone by zone to make sure it is working properly and that you are not watering sidewalks, driveways or the street.  Repair any broken sprinkler heads, leaking pipes, hoses or faucets, and reposition sprinkler heads that are misaligned. 
• Water your lawn in the early morning or evening to avoid evaporation.
• Keep your lawn mower blade height on the highest setting so that the blades of grass are two inches or more  which will keep the soil cooler.  Also, leave the clippings which help retain moisture.
• Aerate and fertilize your lawn to keep the root system healthy.
• Water trees and shrubs separately from your lawn since they should not need as much watering.
• Add a layer of mulch around trees to reduce evaporation.
• Plant native or drought-tolerant grass and plants that thrive with much less watering than other species. 

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