Thursday, March 19, 2009

WATER LEVEL SYSTEM

In reference to a previous comment on Water.
Do you trust this system ? Andre

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Anonymous said...

I don't trust the dates on your camera. The pictures could have been taken anytime. When did you actually take them? Let's hope by then we have a better system.

Mar 19, 2009, 8:21:00 AM
1 said...

Grace, you have a good point. Pictures were taken in February 09. I have done the date adjustment on my camera since. Andre

Mar 19, 2009, 9:31:00 AM
Anonymous said...

Andre, I think you should attend the infrastructure meeting(when it is posted), meanwhile talk to someone about going on the committee. You certainly will be an asset.

Mar 19, 2009, 9:51:00 AM
Anonymous said...

I guess the water level problem is not quite the emergency that it was a few days ago. Unless you are concerned about the view.

That is not to say that we should not attempt to find out if we are getting our allotment.

Mar 19, 2009, 10:28:00 AM
Anonymous said...

Andre: Please keep speaking out about this ongoing problem. I know Dave and Bob want to help this bad situation. Thanks.

Mar 19, 2009, 8:59:00 PM
1 said...

Anonymous, Sure I am concerned about the view like 2500 other owners who purchased a unit with water view in Century Village. Generally speaking these units tends to be more expensive. Those others without water view cares also about viewing green grass, colorful flowers and healthy trees that comes here in Florida with an efficient irrigation system. Andre

P.S. About Committee Life, there are enough good people around to occupy those seats; I believe instead that professional management should look after MONEY issues and good dedicated volonteers should look after SOCIAL matters.

Mar 20, 2009, 7:26:00 AM
1 said...

The following text is a suggestion for UCO to ensure a better Reclaimed Water Agreement with the County:

March 2009

Board of County Commissioners

and Director of Water Utilities

Palm Beach County

Re: Bulk Reclaimed Water Agreement, 19th August 2003

As President of UCO Inc., I want to denounce the above Agreement as not living up to our expectations. Signed 5 years before its Service Initiation Date on Feb.7th 2008, we now have lived through its first year and the 2008 data is available.

According to the 2008 statistics, the County provided CV between Feb 7 and Dec 31, 86,888,000 gallons of recycled water as follow:.

Feb 3,345,000
March 832,000
April 26,000
May 27,651,000
June 38,468,000
July 1,149,000
Aug. 187,000
Sept. 0
Oct. 0
Nov. 15,230,000
Dec. 0

You will admit that this quite an erratic record and that the pattern does not reflect the spirit of the Agreement which was to provide us with '' a peak instantaneous flow rate of reclaimed Water not to exceed 750,000 gallons per day'' ( Clause 7 ).

Not only did the County not respected the spirit of the Agreeement but also did not respect the essence of the Agreement.

Close to 80% of the Reclaimed Water was provided in May and July. During those two busy months you exceeded the limit of 750,000 a day by providing an average 892,000 gallons in May and 1,240,000 in July.

We cannot live with such a non respect of the Agreement and we want therefore to change some wording in clause 7 to read:

- County Shall provide 750K Gallons per day, unless CV requests otherwise.
-If CV fail to take its full allotment of 750K gallons on any particular day that we get a "Rain Check" for the difference to be taken at a future time by CV request.

I am asking our lawyer to work with yours on an appropriate text ready for our signature as soon as possible. Meanwhile I would expect that you live to the spirit and essence of the Agreement by providing us 750,000 gallons a day.
G L
President CV

This a suggestion only. Andre

Mar 20, 2009, 10:26:00 AM
Anonymous said...

I think there is alot of spinning wheels here that are not really the cause of the lakes being low and also with the reclaimed water. I remember the lakes were nice and high at the end of last summer to fall! they said watering and evaperation was the cause for low water levels, that I think is bs. I think they drain the water out! There is no way they could have gone down as fast as they did any other way. Thas my thought about it.

Mar 20, 2009, 10:47:00 PM
Anonymous said...

Anonymous 10:47
I agree that the water was drained out... into a receding water table created by drought conditions.

Mar 21, 2009, 12:05:00 PM
1 said...

Randall, how come the water from next door Cypress Lake does not rescind into the water table? Andre

Mar 22, 2009, 8:53:00 AM
Anonymous said...

It seems to me that #1-Andre is
obsessed with subject OF water.. , his many postings, under different headings, are becoming MONOTONOUS. we all KNOW there is a PROBLEM, IT'S BEING ADDRESSED.....

Mar 22, 2009, 12:09:00 PM
1 said...

I take note of your remark Anonymous but who are you to say that it is being adressed? By whom? What is the immediate plan? What do you know that we do not know?
You have the choice of not reading my post you know. Andre
P.S. Don't be afraid to use your name the next time you write.

Mar 23, 2009, 7:53:00 AM

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