Amador County – Amador Water Agency on Thursday urged Central Amador Water Project customers to immediately conserve water due to runoff of rain from heavy storms. The extra water filled a backwash storage pond at the Buckhorn Water Treatment plant to within a 2-foot “freeboard,” or within 2 feet of overflowing the dam’s spillway. Customers of the CAWP are along Highway 88 from Mace Meadow to the Irishtown/Clinton Road intersection, and along the upper Ridge Road area below Pine Grove. The agency will provide a retraction for the conservation request as soon as the water level is within state requirements. Interim General Manager Gene Mancebo said the request for conservative use was part of a required “spill contingency plan” to use when the freeboard is breeched. He said a reduction of water use would mean that less water would have to be treated and therefore run through the backwash system. If the water level did not drop, the agency next would be forced to haul away the backwash water in trucks. AWA must store and reuse backwash water used in the treatment process. The request for conservation would affect any Central Amador Water Project customers getting treated water from a public system in the Upcountry. It affects both retail and wholesale customers. The residential areas include Pine Grove, Mace Meadow, all of Pioneer, and Jackson Pines. Mancebo said the water level in the backwash pond “can’t encroach any closer than 2 feet from the spillway.” The first step is to conserve water and lower water usage, which already is at a low time of year, due to winter. He said the less people use water, the less water goes into the backwash pond. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thursday, 11 March 2010 17:00
AWA Urges Water Conservation in CAWP
Amador County – Amador Water Agency on Thursday urged Central Amador Water Project customers to immediately conserve water due to runoff of rain from heavy storms. The extra water filled a backwash storage pond at the Buckhorn Water Treatment plant to within a 2-foot “freeboard,” or within 2 feet of overflowing the dam’s spillway. Customers of the CAWP are along Highway 88 from Mace Meadow to the Irishtown/Clinton Road intersection, and along the upper Ridge Road area below Pine Grove. The agency will provide a retraction for the conservation request as soon as the water level is within state requirements. Interim General Manager Gene Mancebo said the request for conservative use was part of a required “spill contingency plan” to use when the freeboard is breeched. He said a reduction of water use would mean that less water would have to be treated and therefore run through the backwash system. If the water level did not drop, the agency next would be forced to haul away the backwash water in trucks. AWA must store and reuse backwash water used in the treatment process. The request for conservation would affect any Central Amador Water Project customers getting treated water from a public system in the Upcountry. It affects both retail and wholesale customers. The residential areas include Pine Grove, Mace Meadow, all of Pioneer, and Jackson Pines. Mancebo said the water level in the backwash pond “can’t encroach any closer than 2 feet from the spillway.” The first step is to conserve water and lower water usage, which already is at a low time of year, due to winter. He said the less people use water, the less water goes into the backwash pond. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Latest from
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