Water

[Brief version published April 26] Community Services District staff is working with developer John Sullivan to try to reach agreement on the water needed for his hotel project after a design-build proposal for a water treatment plant was ruled out by CSD. Sullivan, a Murietan, had proposed to design and build the plant -- instead of the usual competitive bidding process -- but board President Jerry Pasek told a recent workshop on the project that bidding is required under state law. Read more »

This geyser, photographed by Bill Gengler, erupted in mid-afternoon Wednesday on the 8th hole on the De La Cruz Drive entrance to the Fairways.  It's believed to have been a broken Country Club irrigation pipe.

With only a scant quorum of directors on hand, the Community Services District board of directors on Wednesday covered a few topics and emphasized the financial significance of an upcoming workshop on the construction of a new water treatment plant. Read more »

The Community Services District board let a proposed DUI enforcement policy die for lack of a second to a motion Wednesday, received the annual Security Department report and heard General Manager Ed Crouse deliver a history of the district's water treatment operations. Crouse provided perspective on negotiations for expanding the water treatment plant and challenged Murieta Gardens developer John Sullivan’s claims that his project is entitled to water. Read more »

A hotel proposal that has generated positive community reaction seems headed for disagreement as the developer faces off with the Rancho Murieta Community Services District over water availability. The CSD maintains water will become available for the 83-room hotel as part of a financing agreement for a $6 million expansion and rebuild of the existing water treatment plant. The developer claims the Murieta Gardens development is already entitled to water and sewer service, with the existing plant able to meet the project's needs. Read more »

The Rancho Murieta Community Services District is lowering the level of Laguna Joaquin this week in preparation for resetting the basin's drain valve Friday. Once the valve work is complete, the CSD will begin refilling Laguna Joaquin.  If you have questions, contact Paul Siebensohn, the CSD's director of field operations, at 354-3700.

At its meeting Wednesday, the Rancho Murieta Community Services District responded to concerns the Rancho Murieta Association board expressed the night before about the CSD’s proposed DUI vehicle-stop policy. The board also took further steps on its water-shortage contingency plan. Read more »

[News brief and blog published July 18] At its meeting last week, the Rancho Murieta Community Services District board of directors moved forward on water issues that included plans for a well, and learned a policy allowing Security patrol officers to make vehicle stops may be in the works. The directors voted to initiate foreclosure proceedings on an undeveloped parcel on the South because the landowner is delinquent in paying Mello-Roos bond obligations. Read more »

An announcement from the Community Services District about a water pressure problem in the upper part of Murieta North: "This morning, the District experienced a water pressure drop in Units 3 and 4, due to a malfunction in the control system of the pump station. The issue has since been resolved and staff is working with the control system manufacturer on a long term solution. We thank you for your understanding and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused."