Shareholders Discussing Crestview Mutual Water Co.
Treasurer Laurie Bennett reported to the Board on March 22 that she has arranged to have our large deposits at Pacific Western Bank moved into insured certificates of deposit under the FDIC’s CDARS or IntraFi program, as of March 23. General Manager Robert Eranio is working with Community Bank … Read more
General Manager Robert Eranio briefed the Board January 23 on what he called “phenomenal” conservation performance by shareholders. In October through December water production was 15.6% below our conservation goal (despite two massive water leaks by customers in October). Customer leaks are down from 33,000 gpd to 21,000 gpd, apparently … Read more
Rain is forecast in Camarillo six of the next ten days. Let’s turn off our irrigation systems for at least two weeks. Water Crestview does not pump this winter will be available in August and September when we will really, really need it. Do it yourself right now–or have The … Read more
Two shareholders had leaks totaling about 10 acre-feet (3.26 million gallons) during 18 days in October and one day in November. At current Tier 3 rates of $15.50 per 1,000 gallons, they will owe Crestview up to $50,000. The general manager told the board that the leaks were on the … Read more
Camarillo is forecast to receive 1.5 inches of rain starting Sunday evening and continuing through Tuesday. Our general manager has warned that we need to reduce our water use by an additional 10 percent in the current water year or suffer draconian water use restrictions imposed by imported water suppliers. … Read more
We can expect daytime highs in the mid-70s or below for at the next six months. Also, the warm parts of the days will be shorter and the nights longer and cooler, putting less stress on the landscaping. So, why not cut your lawn cycles back to 60% now–and cut … Read more
Tier 1 will increase from 4,000 gallons per share per month to 8,000. This will lower our monthly bills because we will get more at the Tier 1 rate of $4.00 per 1,000 gallons and less at the Tier 2 rate of $8.10 and the Tier 3 rate of $15.50. … Read more
In recent years, local groundwater has supplied 70-80% of Crestview demand, and the rest was imported. This year, because of the severe drought, we need to rely solely on groundwater and import nothing. We can achieve this if–averaged across users and months–we use only water in Tiers 1 and 2.… Read more
The general manager reported to the June 30 annual meeting that demand has been reduced only 18% versus last year—short of the important 20-25% reduction goal. The FY 2022 budget contains $36,000 to achieve the necessary demand reduction, but only $666 had been spent by April 30. (Reports for May … Read more
We must reduce consumption a little more to avoid very severe restrictions and financial penalties imposed by our imported water supplier. At least 90% of Crestview water is used outdoors. This excellent University of California publication explains how to keep your lawn healthy with less water: