Why the pressurized irrigation system?
A. The City is required by State law to have enough water sources to meet the needs of its residents. The culinary water supply is currently maxed out and cannot support more users. This is due to the rapid growth over the past decade and the associated increase in water use. Over the years, the City Council has had numerous studies done looking at ways to increase the water supply. The City Council has undertaken the construction of a pressurized irrigation system, in part, to extend its culinary water supply to meet future needs. Q. Isn’t there another way? Did the City look at different options? A. The City looked at expanding its culinary water system using groundwater and/or treated surface water. The use of the treatment plant would have had higher and increasing long-term costs and more ongoing pumping costs. The City could not wait any longer to take action. Although the short-term costs are more, the investment now will allow water users to pay lower rates in the future. The p
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- Are the sprinkler systems run off of the pressurized irrigation system that the Association dues cover or are they run off of city water that the indidvidual homeowner is responsible for?
- Why are the culinary rates going up to pay for the pressurized irrigation system?
- When can residents access the pressurized irrigation system?
