Category: News

The 2017 Consumer Confidence Report has been posted and will be mailed to all properties on the MHC system. Please view the file under MHC Documents here: http://www.marianheightswater.com/mhc-documents/

Some timely updates to share about our water system. Happy 4th.

Please note, this was sent by email on June 28. To keep updated in a timely way on our water system status please subscribe to receive email updates.

INVOICE & CCR

Thanks for attendees & proxies for the annual meeting. Members approved $600 fees for 2016-2017, as well as same fees amount for 2017-2018 to be invoiced next June. At my request board + members approved the next fee amount in advance – I believe it will help homeowners and buyers with clarity on our fees.

The 2016-2017 invoice is being mailed out today and fees are due by July 31.

The 2016 CCR is also included with the invoice, and is posted on the website.

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FLUSHING

CTW will be flushing our distribution system (at hydrants) tomorrow, June 29 beginning at 8:30am. This is a hygienic maintenance process to clear buildup in the system.

In recent years these flushings have not led to many reports of sediment or discoloration, but it could occur. You can run your outdoor hose for 5-10 min to clear any discoloration.

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TEMPORARY CHLORINATION

In order to avoid any positive bacteriological results this year, we are applying temporary preventive chlorination for limited periods to disinfect the reservoir, tank and mains.

Beginning on Saturday, July 1 we will apply chlorination for 7-10 days (depending on reaching desired residual in distribution system for at least 3 days) and then discontinue. During chlorination we will measure to ensure proper level and avoid nuisance.

The 2016 Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) is available for download in MHC Documents. The CCR is a DNR-mandatory report summarizing the water sample testing on our system for the previous year. Our water tested safe for various contaminants as detailed in the report. A printed copy of the CCR is included with this year’s annual invoice mailing.

As announced by email to our mailing list, the Annual Meeting is scheduled as follows:

Monday June 26, 2017 at 7:00pm at Village Hall, in the O’Neill room downstairs.

We need a quorum to conduct business. If you cannot attend, please submit your proxy vote with the reply card you will receive by mail in coming days, OR use this super easy online form and save a stamp:

Submit Your Proxy Vote Now

The form just asks for your name, email and property address, and to affirm your assignment of the proxy vote. It should take 5 minutes… probably less.

We welcome new attendees who want to learn more about the well, in addition to our usuals. The order of business is system status, approval of fees and election of board. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to reach out. Thanks.

As of 9AM on Friday, Sept 23rd our normal service is restored, with water coming from our own well and the village cross-connect closed. There is still residual chlorination at this time, but we will turn this off within a week and notify when that is ended.

A lot of work was completed without service interruption, and that is a credit to our certified operator and pump engineer, Tim Cummens, and his CTW team. I also appreciate the Village DPW team coordinating on the cross-connect, and supporting our system with the village supply. Our contractor and village professionals did a terrific job for us.

During this project we installed new monitoring capabilities which will help us detect issues earlier, to prevent some interruptions and save money on repairs. I will explain more about the new monitoring in future updates. We also completed mandatory and important service on our pump, reservoir, and pressure tank to keep safe water flowing.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and have a great weekend.

Ted

Please be advised that this week our pump contractor CTW will be performing important scheduled maintenance on our system, which could result in brief periods of lower water pressure or some air in the lines.

We are not expecting full water outage because during the work we will use our village well cross connect to provide continuous water, while our pump, reservoir and tank are undergoing maintenance. Our water pressure is expected to be lower this week during our use of the cross connect supply.

The work is scheduled to begin tomorrow morning, and will continue for at least 3 days, with regular water service restored by end of Friday if all work is completed.

The work to be performed includes:
– Pump inspection & maintenance
– Reservoir draining, inspection and cleaning
– Pressure tank draining, inspection and cleaning
– Installation of new sensors for improved monitoring

The reservoir and tank cleaning process is mandated by the WI DNR (5-year cycle) and is important ensuring a safe water supply.

If you have any questions about this process or your service please email or call the hotline at 262-212-2278.

One of our monthly total coliform tests returned positive, triggering follow-up testing; 2 of 4 follow-up tests returned positive, triggering corrective action. Importantly, the test for dangerous bacteria (E.coli) returned negative (safe).

Total coliform positive (TCP) is not unsafe to drink itself but is an indicator of conditions that could allow unsafe bacteria to occur.

As a result we taking these actions:

1. Begin chlorination right away thru the reservoir and tank for at least 2 weeks, until the end of July.

2. We need 2-sets of 2 safe samples taken 24 hours apart to consider the problem under control. These samples may be chlorinated. We will take 2 samples next week (third week of July); and take another 2 samples the last week of July. If these are all safe we may turn off the chlorinator.

3. Complete the draw-down cleanings and inspections of the reservoir and pressure tank no later than September 30, as previously scheduled.These were last cleaned on August 2, 2011.

For continued updates please call the hotline or contact me for any questions. Thanks.

Ted

All property owners and residents of the MHC water system are invited join us for the Annual Members Meeting. The is the key annual gathering at which we share information, elect the board for the coming year, and vote on the annual fees amount.

A mailing was sent by US Mail in May with a proxy vote card. If you unable to attend, or unsure, please mail your proxy vote right away to ensure we have a quorum to conduct business.

Thanks for the calls to report the low pressure / outage.

Beginning last night we had decreasing pressure, to no water this morning. The pump is running now and service is at least mostly restored, but we are still working to determine if the pump is operating normally. There could be further loss of service today if repair is needed.

We will update the hotline when we have more information.

After a little over a month of temporary chlorination, we have passed the two required follow-up samples with safe results, and today received our official notice from the DNR rescinding the requirement. Chlorination of our water has been discontinued.

We continue to regularly test our water for safety, and are required to perform 5 bacti tests in December before returning to normal monthly sampling.

We had to continue chlorination longer than originally expected, as we brought the level back up gradually to the DNR-prescribed measurement. We did not want to increase suddenly or overshoot the amount required; nor did we want to fail in resolving the bacteria finding.

I appreciate everyone’s understanding that this is a fairly normal occurrence with wells, and that we are required to handle the test result in accordance with EPA and DNR regulations to ensure safe water. Please contact me with any questions.

Ted