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The Waterfront Prevent Cold Air from Penetrating the Wall Cavity
REMEMBER TO WINTERIZE PIPES EL DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2020 1. Insulate all accessible pipes using pipe insulation (this can be found at your local hardware store). 2. Keep all exterior entry, exit and overhead doors to unheated spaces closed as much as possible during the winter months. 3. Ensure that all cracks, holes, and other openings on the exterior walls are sealed tightly with caulk or insulation to The Waterfront prevent cold air from penetrating the wall cavity. Solar Projects Update Save on Sewer Bills Year Round 4. If you have rest rooms, kitchens, or service rooms with water sources located on exterior walls, it is likely that the plumbing for these systems is located inside the exterior walls. Or, if you have piping coming up through the floor The residential sewer over an unheated room or unheated crawlspace under your building, it is likely there is plumbing exposed to freezing commodity charge is based January July weather. on what we call the “winter February August March September 5. During extremely cold weather let all faucets drip to prevent freezing of the water inside the pipe and if freezing does quarter average” or the water consumption during April October occur, to relieve pressure buildup in the pipes between the ice blockage and the faucet. The pressure buildup is the May November the winter months. actual cause of bursting pipes. Using cold water will save on your electricity or gas bill. June December If you experience a burst pipe, first turn off the water supply to your house (the shut-off valve is usually next to your For billing cycles 1, 2, 3, or water meter). -
45.00 Through the Year to Determine Drought Stage Conditions
WATER, continued from page 3 EL DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2012 How do you plan for water use for the future? You’ve mentioned that there is a pretty stringent educational and licensing requirement of those employees who work as In order to keep pace with increasing water demands, EID water system operators. Can you tell me what is involved? prepares master planning documents that look to the future growth in demand and the needed supplies and infrastructure The Safe Drinking Water Act requires all employees who work to meet those demands. EID is nearly finished with the latest as water treatment or distribution operators be certified. In plan update, the Integrated Water Resources Master Plan, California, the Department of Public Health is the certify- which lays out the plan for the near-term and to buildout of the ing authority. Certification is issued in five levels. Level one is The Waterfront District service area. entry level and level five the most advanced, depending on the amount of education, specialized training and experience an When the season gets off to a slow start in terms of precipi- applicant has as well as the size and complexity of the water tation, are you concerned about drought? What does the system they work for. EID’s water system is rated at the high- District do to prepare for a drought should there be one? est level for complexity and population served and thus requires EID has a drought preparedness plan in place to respond to staff be certified at the highest levels. -
Nature's Wonderland!
Nature’s Wonderland! Sponsor Advertisers ii Live and Play in Pollock Pines... Sponsor Advertisers Nature’s Wonderland! iii Table of Contents Special Mention Sponsor Advertisers ii, iii Bamboozled xiv Photo Credits vi Blue Sky Day xiv CEDAPP Membership vi Blue Steel xiv Welcome Letter vii CERT xiv History of Sly Park viii El Dorado Fire District xiv Oktoberfest x Kendra Carroll Band xiv Gold Sponsors xiii Lookin’ Back xiv Silver Sponsors xiv Ray Nutting, Supervisor xiv, 26 Pony Express xv Invitational The Windfall Classifieds xiv 2010 CEDAPP Awards xvi Sportsman’s Hall xiv Community Events xvii Calendar Waste Connections xiv County Listings xviii Wells Fargo Bank xiii Advertiser Pages 1 - 22 Notes 23 - 24 Advertisers Index Coupons 25 - 26 A Helping Hand xiii, 12, 25 Pollock Pines Library 27 A to Z Automotive LLC 1 CEDAPP Information 28 Able Electric 5, 6, 25 Service Organizations AVON 3 Boy Scouts 20 Barr Excavating 6, 9, 21 CEDAPP 20 Breaker Glass Co., Inc. 1 Dogwood Garden Club xiv, 20 Business Strategy 13 El Dorado Co. Chamber 20 C & T's Restaurant 17, 18 Girl Scouts 20 Clowser's Critter Care 15 PP/Camino Comm. Ctr. 20 Complete Floor 8 Rotary Club 20 Creative Home 12 Teen Ambassadors 20 Crystal View Station 9 Advertisers Index Advertisers Index Crystalview Notary 13, 26 Riebes Auto Parts 1, 2, 26 Dee's Send Out Cards 9 Roberts & Company 4 Dramatics Hair Studio 2, 10 Rusty Nail Saloon 2, 3 Edward Jones 7 Safeway v El Dorado Irrigation 22 Shear Excellence 3, 10, 25 Fifty Grand Steak 2, 17, 18 Sierra Blue Sky Fitness 8 Harris Tree Farm xiv, 6 Skeeters Hot Dogs 19 Healing Therapies 12, 25 Sly Park Recreation ii, 17 J&W Forestry 7 Subway 19, 25 James L. -
2019 Water Supply
2019 WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND REPORT El Dorado Irrigation District 2890 Mosquito Road Placerville, California 95667 Presented to the EID Board of Directors August 26, 2019 EL DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT 2019 WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND REPORT This page intentionally left blank EL DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT 2019 WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................ ES-1 2 SUMMARY OF WATER METER AVAILABILITY ................................................. 1 2.1 El Dorado Hills Supply Area ....................................................................... 1 2.2 Western / Eastern Supply Area .................................................................. 3 2.3 Calculation of Water Meter Availability ...................................................... 3 3 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 14 3.1 EID Policies and Regulations Pertaining to EDU Allocations ................... 14 4 WATER SUPPLY ............................................................................................... 15 4.1 CVP Contract ........................................................................................... 15 4.2 Warren Act - Ditch/Weber Reservoir ........................................................ 15 4.3 Water Rights Permit 21112 ...................................................................... 15 4.4 Project 184 Supplies ............................................................................... -
INSIDE for Construction of Power Plants
L State Moves to Streamline Permits INSIDESince the passage of the For Construction of Power Plants Clean Air Act in 1970, and the With only one dissenting vote, proposed site, then an alternate site inform utilities and the public early by the ARB this month was a "pol- creation of the Environmental the State Air Resources Board and can be added to the original three in the planning stages for new lution banking" policy designed to Protection Agency, the battle the Energy Commission approved sites submitted to the energy power plants of the chances for provide economic incentives for I between ''ecology and econ- a sweeping new policy statement commission. acceptance-before large amounts industry to clean up the air. The omy" has taken on immense this month aimed at streamlining The new agreenient would re- of money are spent, Quinn said. proposal is a modification of the proportions. Environmental- government permit procedures for quire public agencies involved to Another proposal approached (Continued on Page 9) ists, armed with legions of power plants. 111"liti lawyers, lobbyists and their ARB Chairman Tom Quinn de- own breed of "earth scien- scribed the policy statement as "an I .'rsr»*= tists" have captured the voice effort to bring together statutes of the public on Capitol Hill into a framework that will guaran- i Qut.'/il.l/*1 and manipulated the judicial . tee airquality and still allow power /*Ift,Ol \01~01 system. plant sitings." He claims that izomil..;4 '1= 1 As overzealous env iron- adoption of the new policy will cut 11~~~ PUBLISHED TO PROMOTE THE GENERAI WELFARE OF ALL ENGINEERS AND THEIR FAMILIES mental demands become en- by six months the time needed by trenched in EPA's regulatory government agencies to review \9eL--i-,41 Jurisdiction· N. -
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Chapter
Evolution of River Flows in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys Historical Level of Development Study Technical Memorandum, Final March 2016 Prepared by MWH for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California …… Table of Contents Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................... 1 Study Approach ......................................................................................................................................... 1 Modeling Tools ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Model Validation ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Model Results ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Climate Change ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................... 9 Chapter 1 Purpose and Scope of Work .......................................................................................... 1-1 Study Approach ..................................................................................................................................... -
Biological Opinion for the Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration EIS
Biological Opinion for the Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration EIS and Its Effects on Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho Salmon, Sacramento River Winter-run Chinook Salmon, Central Valley Spring-run Chinook Salmon, and Central Valley Steelhead Consultation Conducted by: National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Region October 12, 2000 -17442- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmaspheric Admlnililtratian NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE Southwest Region 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200 Long eaoch, Calffomia 90802-421:3 F/SWO:DRR OCT J 2 2000 Michael J. Spear Manager, CalifornialNevada Operations Office U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2800 Cottage Way, Suite W-2606 Sacramento, CA 95825 Lester A. Snow Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region U.S. B:ureau of Reclamation 2800 Cottage Way Sacramento, CA 95825 Dear Messrs. Spear and Snow: Enclosed is the National Marine Fisheries Services's (NMFS) biological opinion addressing the preferred alternative described in the October 1999 Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration draft Environmental Impact StatementIReport (TRMFR DEIS), responding to your June 6, 2000, request for formal consultation (and enclosed June 5, 2000, biological assessment) regarding the: effects of the proposed restoration program on listed salmon and steelhead, and reinitiation of the 1992-1993 consultation concerning Central Valley Project operations, in accordance with section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Based on a review of the TRMFR DEIS, the Trinity River Flow Evaluation (TRFE) Final Report, and other available information, NMFS has concluded that implementation of the TRMFR DEIS preferred alternative is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of Southern OregonINorthern California Coast coho salmon, Sacramento River Winter-run chinook salmon, Central Valley Spring-run chinook salmon, or Central Valley steelhead. -
THE FOLSOM POWERHOUSE NO. 1 1895 National Historic Mechanical
THE FOLSOM POWERHOUSE NO. 1 1895 National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark The American Society of Mechanical Engineers September 12, 1976 FACTUAL DATA ON AMERICAN RIVER DIVISION The American River Division, a part of the Central Valley Project, provides water for irrigation, municipal and industrial use, hydroelectric power, recreation, and flood control through a system of dams, canals, and powerplants. The Division includes Folsom and Sly Park Units, both in operation, and Auburn-Folsom South Unit in construction stage. FOLSOM UNIT consists of Folsom Dam, Lake, AUBURN-FOLSOM SOUTH UNIT, authorized in and Powerplant, Nimbus Dam, Lake Natoma, and 1986, will provide agricultural and municipal and Nimbus Powerplant on the American River. The industrial water supplies for Placer, El Dorado, Folsom Unit was added to the Central Valley Project Sacramento, and San Joaquin Counties, together with by Congressional authorization in 1949. hydroelectric power, flood control, fish protection, and new recreational facilities. Principal features of the Unit will be Auburn Dam, Powerplant and Reservoir, FOLSOM DAM AND FOLSOM LAKE. Folsom Dam, the Folsom South Canal, and Sugar Pine and County below a drainage area of 1,875 square miles, was Line Dams and Reservoirs. constructed by the Corps of Engineers and upon completion was transferred to the Bureau of AUBURN DAM presently under construction will Reclamation for coordinated operation as an integral be a 700-foot-high, concrete thin arch structure, with part of the Central Valley Project. The dam has a a crest length of 4,000 feet. The dam will create the concrete main river section with a height of 340 feet 2.4 million acre-foot Auburn Reservoir. -
Nikola P. Prokopovich Papers
http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4199s0f4 No online items Inventory of the Nikola P. Prokopovich Papers Finding aid created by Manuscript Archivist Elizabeth Phillips. Processing of this collection was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program. Department of Special Collections General Library University of California, Davis Davis, CA 95616-5292 Phone: (530) 752-1621 Fax: Fax: (530) 754-5758 Email: [email protected] © 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Inventory of the Nikola P. D-229 1 Prokopovich Papers Creator: Prokopovich, Nikola P. Title: Nikola P. Prokopovich Papers Date: 1947-1994 Extent: 83 linear feet Abstract: The Nikola P. Prokopovich Papers document United States Bureau of Reclamation geologist Nikola Prokopovich's work on irrigation, land subsidence, and geochemistry in California. The collection includes draft reports and memoranda, published writings, slides, photographs, and two films related to several state-wide water projects. Prokopovich was particularly interested in the engineering geology of the Central Valley Project's canals and dam sites and in the effects of the state water projects on the surrounding landscape. Phyiscal location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite. Repository: University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections. Davis, California 95616-5292 Collection number: D-229 Language of Material: Collection materials in English Biography Nikola P. Prokopovich (1918-1999) was a California-based geologist for the United States Bureau of Reclamation. He was born in Kiev, Ukraine and came to the United States in 1950. -
2011 for the Year Ended December 31, 2011
El Dorado Irrigation District 2011 For the year ended December 31, 2011 Placerville, California Mission Statement The El Dorado Irrigation District is a public agency dedicated to providing high quality water, wastewater treatment, recycled water, hydropower and recreation services in an environmentally and fiscally responsible manner. 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 El Dorado Irrigation District Placerville, California www.eid.org Prepared by the Finance Department Cover photo: An autumn photo of Silver Lake taken by Andrew Price, an EID Consultant. Silver Lake is in Amador County, just off Highway 88. This reservoir holds 8,590 acre-feet of water and is on the South Fork of the American River. Silver Lake Dam was originally built in 1876. The lake and the dam were acquired by the District as part of Project 184. Table of Contents 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Introductory Section Letter of Transmittal ............................................................................................................................................... i Map of Major Water and Wastewater Facilities ............................................................................................. ix Awards and Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................... x Government Finance Officers Association Award ............................................................................................... xi Directors, -
Uma Hinman Consulting Team
Upper Feather River Integrated Regional Water Management Plan Statement of Qualifications Photo: exploreplumascounty.bigfishcreations.com April 2014 Uma Hinman Consulting Team Leah Wills Independent Consultant Uma Hinman Consulting PO Box 1251, Cedar Ridge, CA 95924 4/10/2014 Mr. Randy Wilson, Planning Director/Co-Manager Plumas County Flood Control and Water Conservation District 555 Main Street Quincy, CA 95971 RE: Integrated Regional Water Management Plan Update Services Dear Mr. Wilson, Uma Hinman Consulting is enthusiastic about this opportunity to provide the enclosed Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) to assist the Plumas County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (District) and Regional Water Management Group (RWMG) in their efforts to update the 2005 Upper Feather River (UFR) Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Plan. The enclosed SOQ is submitted on behalf of a highly- qualified team of consultants including Uma Hinman Consulting, Leah Wills, Deer Creek Resources, ECORP, PMC, Plumas Geo-Hydrology, California Indian Environmental Alliance, Sierra Institute for Community and Environment, and SWALE Inc. Our Team interprets this Project as an integrative and collaborative planning effort, supported by science and local knowledge. In response, we present a Team led by land use and water resource planners, and backed by a highly skilled group of expert geographers and cartographers, scientists, socio-economists, Tribal outreach and water resource experts with extensive knowledge of the Feather River watershed and the people who call the Upper Feather River Basin home. Additionally, we have taken great care to bring together firms and individuals both local to the Plumas area and those who have extensive experience in the watershed. -
Central Valley Project, Folsom and Sly Park Unit, California
The Central Valley Project The American River Division The Folsom and Sly Park Units The Auburn-Folsom South Unit Wm. Joe Simonds Bureau of Reclamation History Program Denver, Colorado 1994 Reformatted, Edited, and Reprinted: January 2010 by Brit Storey Table of Contents Table of Contents..............................................................1 The American River Division ....................................................2 The Folsom and Sly Park Units.............................................2 The Auburn-Folsom South Unit ............................................3 Project Location.........................................................3 Historic Setting .........................................................4 Project Authorization.....................................................7 Construction History .....................................................8 Folsom and Sly Park Units ..........................................8 Auburn Folsom South Unit .........................................16 Post Construction History ................................................20 Settlement of Project Lands ...............................................22 Uses of Project Water ...................................................23 Conclusion............................................................25 About the Author .............................................................26 Bibliography ................................................................27 Manuscript and Archival Collections .......................................27