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for updates Water District Proceeds with Controversial Tank
on many Despite public protest over ballooning costs, the said.
important Carpinteria Valley Water District (CVWD) is proceeding Since then, the rationale for the tank has shifted to stor-
with its 3-million-gallon storage tank on Rancho Monte Ale- age. However, the 3 million gallons (9 acre feet) of storage
issues! gre. On Aug. 24, the board awarded the tank contract to Un- is a drop in the bucket compared to the estimated 999 acre
ion Engineering. The tank project, originally estimated at feet that CVWD will be obliged to supply annually to Ran-
$5.4 million in 2003, is now estimated to cho Monte Alegre as part of the package deal
cost $12 million. Not only has the cost they struck. If ratepayers are upset about
Inside this issue: changed, but CVWD’s rationale for the footing the costs for the tank, they will be
tank has also changed. It was originally even more irate as the conditions of the
promoted as necessary to store water dur- Memorandum of Understanding between the
Harley-Davidson ing the allegedly state-mandated cover- ranch’s owners and CVWD are played out
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Expansion Update ing of 2 district reservoirs. However, the over the next few years. From the start, CVA
work on Carpinteria Reservoir is now protested CVWD’s linking the tank to an-
complete, and the Ortega project, due to nexation of the ranch. We unsuccessfully
Torrey Pine Threatened 2 begin this month, will be completed long sued the district in 2003, maintaining that the
before the tank project. As recently as project’s EIR did not address the growth-
Here Comes Lagunitas July, CVWD Manager Charles Hamilton inducing potential of guaranteeing a reliable
2 was advancing a second rationale: the water supply to more than 2,000 acres of
(Look Out!!)
need for a place to “blend” district water, Rancho Monte Alegre. Predictably, the ranch
which comes from 3 sources: wells, Ca- sold shortly after securing this water, and
Water Tank (cont.) 3 chuma, and State Water. Blending would plans are now underway for developing its
dilute the “disinfection byproducts” in 49 legal parcels.
Cachuma water. However, in July the
Timm Co. Proposes homes It is worth reiterating what we told LAFCO
3 Santa Barbara News-Press published a statement by a local in May of 2003, in a last-ditch effort to stop this project.
along Franklin Creek engineer with the Drinking Water Division of the California Based on the EIR and the Memorandum of Understanding
Dept. of Health Services, who doubted the tank would be between the ranch (RMA) and CVWD, we prepared an
CVA Farm Tour
3 effective for this purpose. In his opinion, a tank high in the analysis of “Who Gets What.” With the ranch desperate for
Offers Insights foothills would be too far away from the beach, where the water in order to develop, CVWD was in a strong negotiat-
district’s main system is located. “How they can mix the
“You Should Have
4 water, I don’t know. Maybe 10% of it will get blended,” he
Been Here Ten Years Ago.” (see “Water Tank” on pg. 3)
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Board of Directors:
Susan Allen
Vera Bensen
Anna Carrillo
Al Clark
Samantha Green
Bob Hansen
Dave Hill
Roxie Lapidus
Brian Marcontell
Jay Parker
Katie Roberts
Royce Stauffer
Mike Wondolowski
“On the other hand, once we’ve destroyed
Advisory Board: our environment, we needn’t be concerned
David Anderson about it any longer.”
Lyn Anderson
Christie Boyd
Gary Campopiano I want to join CVA!
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(Our annual renewal date is June 1, so it’s time to renew if you haven’t yet this year!)
Mary Holzhauer
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Linda Krop
Bunny Lesh Additionally, I want to support the public education efforts of the Carpinteria Valley Foundation.
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