President’s first monthly message to shareholders errs re Well #8 and redundancy.

President Frank Mezzatesta will be writing a message to shareholders on the back of every monthly invoice.  In his first one, he writes about “optimal number of wells.”  He explains that we need two working wells to produce enough water in the hot dry season to meet household and irrigation Continue reading President’s first monthly message to shareholders errs re Well #8 and redundancy.

Well #4 is offline for “a few weeks,” and Well #6 will supply our whole system.

Today we found the following notice on the Crestview website: On January 30th Crestview’s Well #4 was taken offline due to an electro-mechanical problem with the pump.  In the meantime, Well #6 is supplying water for all our shareholders with no issues.  We will need to pull the pump that Continue reading Well #4 is offline for “a few weeks,” and Well #6 will supply our whole system.

Shareholder Advisory Committee to meet December 9 to review well site selection criteria.

The SAC will have its first meeting Friday afternoon to review the Ad Hoc Committee’s draft criteria for eliminating unsuitable sites from detailed evaluation and for more detailed evaluation of remaining sites. We hear there are 21 or 25 nominated sites, but the SAC will not get the list until Continue reading Shareholder Advisory Committee to meet December 9 to review well site selection criteria.

Balloting still open, and highlights of the Annual Meeting.

You can still vote for directors until July 7.  You can vote even if you were not at the meeting, and it does not matter if you submitted a proxy.  Without your ballot, there may be no quorum and no decision.  To get your ballot, call 805-482-2001 or email crestviewwater@live.com. Continue reading Balloting still open, and highlights of the Annual Meeting.

Correcting two untruths in president Chooljian’s recent letter to shareholders

It is not true that any board candidate opposed Well #7.  Crestview was not forced to import water because a County permit for Well #7 was denied in September 2021; the cause was the board’s bad decisions about Well #4, which went dry a month earlier. Mr. Chooljian’s letter, which Continue reading Correcting two untruths in president Chooljian’s recent letter to shareholders

Well #4 is back online, and we again have the two operational wells we need.

The Well #4 pump-lowering project was completed and production started June 14. From 2007 until Well #4 went dry last August, it and Well #6 together pumped all the groundwater to which we were entitled and could easily meet our highest daily demand. They can do so again. Without Well Continue reading Well #4 is back online, and we again have the two operational wells we need.

Getting Well #4 back online is critical to Crestview’s drought management plan, but there has been another delay. 

The board has asked shareholders to reduce consumption by 20-25% immediately so that Crestview will not have to buy any imported water this year.  By avoiding imported water, we will not have to comply with State-mandated conservation measures like watering only once weekly. However, the critical Well #4 pump-lowering project Continue reading Getting Well #4 back online is critical to Crestview’s drought management plan, but there has been another delay.