CSD

Under a "worst-case" scenario considered by Community Service District committees,  water, sewer and security rates will be going up in the 2010-2011 budget and probably over each of the next five years. In addition to increased costs for everything from dam inspections to chemicals, the district is dealing with unexpected repairs caused by aging infrastructure and budgeting for an overhaul of the water treatment plant in 2014, when the plant turns 40. Read more »

Testing of the Community Services District’s emergency notification phone system resumes Monday. Automatic phone calls will be made to numbers that weren’t reached during last week’s test to determine which phone numbers are valid and which aren’t. Read more »

The Community Services District started testing the new emergency notification system Tuesday morning. Security Chief Greg Remson said mid-morning that some Murietans were confused by the call, which is just a test.  There's more information about the test here.

The Rancho Murieta Community Services District held the first in a series of workshops last week to meet a state mandate to reduce water use 20 percent by 2020 and to update the community’s water master plan. In the coming months, the CSD will look at the effect of climate change and drought scenarios on the reliability of the community’s water supply and consider ways the community can use water more efficiently. Read more »

The small electrical fire that occurred at the North Gate a week ago was caused by a portable space heater being plugged into battery back-up equipment, according to Security Chief Greg Remson. The electrical draw exceeded the capacity of the equipment and melted a plug, Remson told the Rancho Murieta Community Services District board at its monthly meeting Wednesday. The board also heard Security's annual report on its operations. Read more »

The Community Services District will conduct a test of its new emergency phone system on Tuesday, contacting all of Rancho Murieta to inform neighbors about the system and giving instructions on how to update and add contact information. Read more »

A three-day test of the Community Services District’s automated emergency notification system will take place this month. The CSD will use the system to alert residents and businesses by phone when there is a public safety emergency -- drinking water contamination, evacuations, missing children, fires or floods, law enforcement emergencies, chemical spill or gas leak, or other emergencies. The phone calls will provide a recorded message with information about the emergency.  Read more »

The boards of the Rancho Murieta Association and the Community Services District set goals in January. But unlike the RMA’s goals to move forward with remodeling the North Gate and improve the cable system, the CSD’s goals won’t be achieved this year. Instead, the CSD is looking at developing a five-year financial plan that takes into account aging infrastructure, a state mandate to reduce water usage, and regulatory requirements that increase the district’s reporting and compliance responsibilities for sewer maintenance and storm drainage. Read more »

The presentation of an independent peer review of infrastructure planning for the water and wastewater needs of future development took place at the Rancho Murieta Community Services District board meeting Wednesday before a small audience of development critics and county officials. The peer review examines water, wastewater and drought planning studies the CSD prepared between 1990 and 2007. When the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors authorized the review in September 2007, it was described as a possible beginning for a master plan update that would determine how many new homes Rancho Murieta could accommodate. Read more »