The process of picking a new well site is nearing an end. In December 2024, the Board chose a team of three engineering firms led by Cannon Engineering to compare three alternative locations. Shareholders will have access to the report, expected to be completed “in the next few weeks.”
The Cannon report will be a comprehensive analysis of technical feasibility, environmental and neighborhood impacts, construction and operations costs, and costs of mitigating offsite impacts. The costs of pipes to get water to the Crestview system, utility connections, and an emergency generator will be included, as will the costs of restarting the Treatment Plant at Reservoir 3 (because it is expected to be necessary for two of the sites). Cannon will not choose a preferred site but will present the results in a fashion that enables the Board, Staff, and shareholders to do their own comparisons.
Candidate locations are 191 Alviso, 640 Fairway, and Las Posas Country Club near Fairway and Center School Road. The 191 site is owned by Crestview, and negotiations for the other sites are nearing completion. The first two sites are within 600 feet of private septic systems, a situation that led to denial in 2022 of Crestview’s application for a permit at 191 Alviso. To try resolve that issue, shareholders within 600 feet of 191 Alviso or 640 Fairway have been invited to meetings on May 28 and 29 to review and comment on a draft “indemnity agreement” in which Crestview agrees to pay any and all incremental costs that may, in the future, be imposed on septic systems because of the existence of Well #7.
The methods by which shareholders may comment on the Cannon report have not been announced. Crestview Watch suggests shareholders may wish to contact a Board member or Business Manager Ann DiMartini if they want meetings or other input opportunities before the Board’s June 24 meeting at which a decision is expected to be made.
The Cannon work has so far cost $166,952.50. Separately, MKN Associates is studying options for improving Crestview’s existing system and its links to Calleguas Municipal Water District, which supplies imported water seasonally and in emergencies. This includes an emergency generator at Reservoir 2 for the pump that boosts water up to Reservoir 3, the option of converting the disinfectant system to chloramines (instead of chlorine) to make Crestview’s well water compatible with Calleguas water, and some other changes as to which Crestview Watch does not yet have details; nor do we know when the MKN report is due.
(Updated 5/23/25 to show there are two meetings, on May 28 and May 29, instead of only one meeting on May 28 and three engineering firms instead of four.)
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Thank you for explaining the process involving our water system.