Amador County – The Amador Water Agency this week announced it has set a series of informal meetings to discuss the future challenges to be faced in the Central Amador Water Project service area.
District 3 AWA Chairman Don Cooper and District 4 Director Robert Manassero will be hosting the meetings, set primarily in coffee shops throughout the Upcountry. Agency staff announced the series of meetings and said Upcountry water customers are invited to attend and meet with their water directors.
AWA General Manager Gene Mancebo in a release Monday said “Upcountry water customers will have the opportunity to meet with Amador Water Agency Directors and staff to discuss the challenges facing their water system at a series of informal meetings in April.”
He said Directors Manassero and Cooper “are holding meetings at Upcountry restaurants and coffee shops to get feedback from customers on how to address the most pressing issues on the Upcountry water system.”
He said about 40 times a year, the Upcountry water system breaks down. The service area is known as the Central Amador Water Project, or CAWP. Mancebo said the “aging and failing water system suffers from electrical and mechanical failures, computer and communication problems, and power outages. The pumped system is also subject to ever-increasing electric costs – currently about $300,000 per year.”
Mancebo said Cooper and Manassero “hope customers will take advantage of the drop-in, small group discussions to learn more about the upcountry water system, the current challenges facing it, what options are being considered, and how to participate in decision-making for the system that needs to happen soon.”
Meetings are scheduled for multiple dates and locations, beginning with a 9-11 a.m. meeting at Blue Moon Café in Pine Grove on Tuesday, April 5, then later that day, from 1-3 p.m. at Mace Meadow Restaurant in Pioneer.
A third meeting is 10-11 a.m. Thursday, April 7 at Sue’s Gold Country Coffee in Pine Grove, then later that day, from 1-3 p.m. at Blue Moon Café. Mace Meadow Restaurant hosts another meeting 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 12.
On Tuesday, April 19, Sue’s Gold Country Coffee hosts a meeting from 10-11:30 a.m.; and Blue Moon Café hosts another meeting, from 1-3 p.m.
The last scheduled meeting is from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 at the Buckhorn Veterans Memorial Hall in Buckhorn.
Additional information on the Central Amador Water Project system will be mailed to customers in their April CAWP water bill and will be available at the agency website at amadorwater.org.
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