Amador County – City Manager Dixon Flynn this week said work has begun on the Arroyo Ditch, which a contractor believes will be a renewed water supply for the city of Plymouth. Flynn last week reported that Mayor Jon Colburn expects water to be again flowing down the ditch and into the city’s system by the middle of this month. Flynn said he had not talked to Colburn this week and heard his latest prediction. “The Mayor loves this project,” Flynn said, “so he goes every day I suspect.” The mayor has been to the site to monitor progress, and city engineer Richard Prima also has gone to the work site, along the miles of the ditch, which links the city to the Cosumnes River, on the Amador-El Dorado county border, through a system of earthen ditches, and even a bridged pipeline that crosses over another waterway. Flynn said Shenadoah Water Company has been working on the ditch for 3 weeks, since the city granted them an encroachment permit. The company has been working with a crew of 5 to 12 people, and 3 excavators, to remove weeds and rocks from the ditch in order to get water flowing again. Flynn said Plymouth City Council and the Shenandoah Water Company have “an agreement to talk about an agreement,” and the company has permission to clear the ditch with the encroachment permit. While doing so, they are working on costs and seeing who will do what in an agreement. The company can afford a bigger crew and the equipment, while the city could only afford a 2-person crew to try to keep the ditch operational. He said Shenandoah Water Company actually feels “that they could get water out of the ditch as a supply for Plymouth.” Mayor Colburn thinks Plymouth “will have water by mid-May” coming from the ditch. Flynn said the company is “prepared to spend several million dollars to do it, if we get to an agreement. And that’s a big if.” The city council took requests for proposals and the company was the best qualified, having restored rights to and water flow from another ditch, in Sonoma. Story by Alex Lane This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Friday, 08 May 2009 00:34
Plymouth City Council
Amador County – City Manager Dixon Flynn this week said work has begun on the Arroyo Ditch, which a contractor believes will be a renewed water supply for the city of Plymouth. Flynn last week reported that Mayor Jon Colburn expects water to be again flowing down the ditch and into the city’s system by the middle of this month. Flynn said he had not talked to Colburn this week and heard his latest prediction. “The Mayor loves this project,” Flynn said, “so he goes every day I suspect.” The mayor has been to the site to monitor progress, and city engineer Richard Prima also has gone to the work site, along the miles of the ditch, which links the city to the Cosumnes River, on the Amador-El Dorado county border, through a system of earthen ditches, and even a bridged pipeline that crosses over another waterway. Flynn said Shenadoah Water Company has been working on the ditch for 3 weeks, since the city granted them an encroachment permit. The company has been working with a crew of 5 to 12 people, and 3 excavators, to remove weeds and rocks from the ditch in order to get water flowing again. Flynn said Plymouth City Council and the Shenandoah Water Company have “an agreement to talk about an agreement,” and the company has permission to clear the ditch with the encroachment permit. While doing so, they are working on costs and seeing who will do what in an agreement. The company can afford a bigger crew and the equipment, while the city could only afford a 2-person crew to try to keep the ditch operational. He said Shenandoah Water Company actually feels “that they could get water out of the ditch as a supply for Plymouth.” Mayor Colburn thinks Plymouth “will have water by mid-May” coming from the ditch. Flynn said the company is “prepared to spend several million dollars to do it, if we get to an agreement. And that’s a big if.” The city council took requests for proposals and the company was the best qualified, having restored rights to and water flow from another ditch, in Sonoma. Story by Alex Lane This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
