Belmont Terrace Mutual Water Company

What Happened?

Usually, Boil Water Notices are issued because of a pipe break that causes the water system to lose pressure. Most pipe breaks are due to development or construction projects. There is a possibility that low water pressure inside the pipes could allow contaminants to enter.

How Will We Let You Know?

We use some or all of the following notification methods, depending on the size of the affected area. We hand deliver notices door to door, or leave a small sign near the driveway, as well as post large signs at entrances to the affected area.

What is the Health Concern?

It is possible that there are harmful bacteria in the water after a pressure loss. Although waterborne diseases are extremely rare, they can be serious. The risk is higher for infants, the elderly, and persons with immune deficiency disorders.

What Do You Do?

Disinfect water used for drinking (including pets!), cooking, brushing teeth, rinsing contact lenses, shaving, and making ice. Use one of the following methods:

• Boiling. Boil water vigorously for two (2) minutes after it reaches a full boil.
• Chlorine Bleach. Use only unscented liquid chlorine bleach (granular bleach is poisonous!). If water is clear, add 2 drops of bleach per quart of water (8 drops per gallon). If water is cloudy, add 4 drops per quart (16 drops per gallon). Mix well and let stand for 30 minutes.
• Purification Tablets. These are available at drug stores or camping outlets. Follow the directions on the package. Tablets become less effective with age, discard or replace after one year.
• Or use bottled water.

What Do You Do After the Discontinue Boil Water Notice?

Flush the water out of your distribution lines. Start with an outdoor faucet furthest from your meter and flush all outdoor faucets. Run hot water through each indoor faucet until you notice a change in water temperature. Remove the aerator before flushing kitchen and bathroom sink faucets. Run enough hot water to flush the hot water heater.

If you have an automatic ice maker, empty the ice tray several times to ensure that the line to the ice maker is flushed.

If Water Service is Disrupted for More than 12 Hours

Turn off all appliances that draw water, such as ice makers, hot water heaters, heat pumps, etc., to prevent damage.

Your water heater is a potential source of drinking and cooking water if you have not used hot water since the pipe break. Turn off the incoming water valve and power to the water heater. Water may be drawn through the valve at the bottom of the heater. When water service is restored, make sure the tank has refilled before restoring power to the heater.

Do not use swimming pool water for drinking or cooking.

If your toilet works, but you do not have running water to refill the tank, use pool water or other non-disinfected water, and minimize flushing. If there is no way to refill the tank, you can line the toilet with a plastic garbage bag. After use, tie the bag tightly and store in a secure container, such as a garbage can with a tight lid, for later disposal.

If you have Questions feel free to contact us,  we will reply as soon as possible.

Operator  – Bruce Petersilge  707 820-7787
Operator – Debby Turner 707 820-7633

The water will come back on to the houses before we are done flushing.  Please do not use the water.  We are flushing the lines to make sure that no contamination has entered them.  No Water until 6:00 pm ( we should be flushing hydrants by then.)

What you want to do:

1. turn hose bib on in the front yard to release air
2. Then go to the back part of the house and flush out through the farthest hose
3. Run water through each house outlet to make sure not air (1-3 minutes)

State Public Health has issued a mandatory Boil order for any water consumed.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

The best laid plans did not come to be.  The water main shutoff on Tochinni Street did not shut off.  SO we have had to shut the whole neighborhood off from water.   IF you have water now you may not for long.  All the houses on Bella Vista some on Daniel are already out of water.  SO sorry.  If you are home the best thing to do is to shut off the water to the house.  I will post again when you can flush your house lines.  Bruce and I will be doing a typical flush of the hydrants BEFORE you will want to flush your house.

Sorry  for the disruption we will have it back online as fast as possible.

We will still need to conserve even though we will be flushing the hydrants.

Thank you for your patience.

Today we flushed the super chlorinated water out of the temporary water line.  We created a container that removed the chlorine at the bottom of the flush line.  Sample is at the lab and will be tested to make sure it is bacteria free and ready for human consumption.

Bruce samples the Chlorine level while flushing the temporary water line

Debby & Jean working on final segment of temporary piping

Today Debby, Rich, Jean & Bruce finished connection to the Fire Hydrant on Tochinni Street.  Pipe is super chlorinating for a 24 hour period.  Tomorrow we will flush & take sample to the lab.

Jean Helping Deb & Rich	Rich Helps being the muscleman

Today and tomorrow, block captains are contacting their neighbors to inform them about the mandatory Water Conservation Notice needed for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, next week.  Get to know them, they are neighbors that are volunteers that help us during emergency times.   A BIG Thank You to all of you.

Friday, February 17th, temporary piping will start to go in.  There will be road barricades on the side walk and on the street in front of the fire hydrant on Tochinni Street starting Sunday, February 19th  They will stay there until the project is over.

Use your water this weekend.  Next week during the week we want to Conserve as much as possible.

Thank you,  Debby, Bruce, and the Belmont Terrace Mutual Water Company Board

The final phase of upgrade project is slated to start work on Wednesday, February 22, 2012.

We will NEED help from everyone in the Terrace to conserve water.

Please no outside watering; no laundry and as low of water usage as possible.  IT is possible that low pressure will be experianced during this piping exchange.  I will post here about the Progress in the evenings.