Water Service Interruption on Thursday, October 9th, 2025!

The Water Co. is moving forward with the Water System Improvement Project.

As part of the project, a new section of pipe has been installed between Oxbow and Pinion Rd., to eliminate pipe on private property and increase pipe size to the Pleasant Valley tank. The ‘tie in’ work of the new section to the existing system will require shutting down water service to our customers in Marklee Village. 

Additionally, the new section of pipe will require disinfection prior to being put into service, which requires shutting down water service to all property parcels in Marklee Village, including those on Hot Springs Rd. as well as all side streets from Pleasant Valley Rd. and parcels on Timber Lane.

This shut down will occur on Thursday Oct 9, from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.

During this time, you will not have drinking water from any taps, nor be able to flush toilets so please plan ahead and store water accordingly.

Please contact Kris Hartnett @ 530-694-1879 if you have any questions.

We appreciate your patience as we complete this improvement project. 

2025 Annual Meeting of the Membership

The annual meeting takes place this Saturday, August 2nd, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at the County Administration Building Board Room, 99 Water Street, Markleeville, CA. 96120.

Items on the agenda include approval of the restated bylaws, election of one board member, and the President’s report.

See the full agenda by clicking here.

Review the restated bylaws by clicking here.

We hope to see you this Saturday!

A Reminder as “Official Summer” Approaches – Water Conservation Is Always Necessary

Part of this post was originally published last August and we’re bubbling it up 😂 again now as the summer solstice approaches (on June 20th).

While our rivers and streams are flowing nicely today because of the spring runoff, and lakes are brimming due to that same influx of H20, as summer wanes into fall those supplies lessen significantly.

Hence this little reminder for us all.

There are existing Water Use Rules & Guidelines, and they can be viewed here.

Some highlights:

  • There is a watering schedule based on even and odd address numbers.
  • Total landscape watering should be limited to 2 hours on days you can/do water.
  • Pressure/power washing, hosing down sidewalks, driveways, or washing vehicles is prohibited.
  • No watering is allowed on Sundays. This allows us to replenish our finished-water tanks.

For those who are not aware, our water comes primarily from the Musser & Jarvis Creek (aka surface water). We can augment that as necessary (e.g., high turbidity in the creek) with well water but that supply is limited and used only when needed.

In the end, as our Operators reminded us during last month’s board meeting, it’s up to all of us to be good water stewards and conserve where we can.

Thank you for your continued conservation efforts and have a great summer!

Ps. The image in this post is of the water falls/pools off the Charity Valley Trail. That trail runs between Blue Lakes Road and Grover Hot Springs State Park.

Construction to Re-Start in the Spring

Our bad…We haven’t posted an update since last year. We’ll blame it on winter.

In any case here’s the latest…

After completion of our new water line between Pleasant Valley Road and downtown Markleeville, construction was paused due to winter conditions.

Construction will begin again once temperatures warm up. Construction planned for the spring and summer includes:

  • New water line in Hot Springs Road from west of Pleasant Valley Road to the water treatment plant.
  • A new pump station at the water treatment plant.
  • A pressure reducing station adjacent to Hot Springs Road.
  • Instrumentation improvements at the Pleasant Valley tank.
  • A segment of new water line in Pleasant Valley Road.

As always, we appreciate your feedback.

Feel free to email us at markleevillewatercompany@gmail.com if you have any input or questions.

Enjoy the rest of winter. Here’s hoping for some decent snow…

Notice of 2nd Planned Water Service Interruption on Monday, November 11th, 2024!

Start time: 9:00 a.m.; End Time: 5:00 p.m.

Reason for Interruption:

Our contractor will be making a second connection between the new water line in Hot Springs Road to the existing system. 

Affected Areas:

Downtown Markleeville and the K&I Subdivision including Highway 89, Montgomery Street, Laramie Street, Water Street, Webster Street, School Street, Barrett Court, Cole Court, 140 and 145 Hot Springs Road.

Contact Information:

Kris Hartnett 560-694-1879; Mary Young 530-400-1849 

Notice of Planned Water Service Interruption on Wednesday, October 30th, 2024!

Start time: 9:00 a.m.; End Time: 5:00 p.m.

Reason for Interruption:

Our contractor will be connecting the new water line in Hot Springs Road to the existing system. 

Affected Areas:

Downtown Markleeville and the K&I Subdivision including Highway 89, Montgomery Street, Laramie Street, Water Street, Webster Street, School Street, Barrett Court, Cole Court.

Contact Information:

Kris Hartnett 560-694-1879; Mary Young 530-400-1849 

The October Board Meeting Has Been Moved to the 26th!

The regular October meeting has been moved from the Saturday the 19th to Saturday the 26th of October, and will we held in person at the Alpine County Library at 270 Laramie St., Markleeville, CA 96120, starting at 8:30 a.m.

The agenda has been posted and can be found here.

We hope to see you there!

Good Progess Being Made On Our New Water Main

First of all, a huge thank you, Members, for your patience.

We realize that the pilot car, stop lights, flagpersons, road closures, bumpy road, iron plates, and other “fun” on Hot Springs Road, and Pleasant Valley Road, has been a bit trying, and we can’t thank you enough for enduring (and continuing to endure) all of that.

We are making good progress, and all teams are working diligently towards accomplishing our goals. We sincerely hope it hasn’t been too distruptive. We are doing what we can to reduce that disruption, though.

For example, we were asked by the team if they could work on Saturday, September 21st, but because of all the events happening locally we declined.

Obviously there is still work to be done; we appreciate your continued understanding and cooperation. Speaking of which…

The October Board Meeting Will Be In-Person Only

The meeting will take place in the downstairs conference room at the Markleeville Public Library, 270 Laramie Street, Markleeville, CA 96120, on Saturday, October 19th at 8:30 a.m.

For the latest intel. on the project come to the meeting and hear directly from our president, Mary Young and our operator, Kris Hartnett.

We’ll cover other business too, as usual. The agenda, once ready, will be posted here.

Water Conservation Is Always Appreciated

While the Water Company’s production is close to average for this time of year, our Operators are asking all Members (that includes the MWC Board and Officers) to be cautious and mitigate use as we can.

There are existing Water Use Rules & Guidelines, and they can be viewed here.

Some highlights:

  • There is a watering schedule based on even and odd address numbers.
  • Total landscape watering should be limited to 2 hours on days you can/do water.
  • Pressure/power washing, hosing down sidewalks, driveways, or washing vehicles is prohibited.
  • No watering is allowed on Sundays. This allows us to replenish our finished-water tanks.

For those who are not aware, our water comes primarily from the Musser & Jarvis Creek (aka surface water). We can augment that as necessary (e.g., high turbidity in the creek) with well water but that supply is limited and used only when needed.

In the end, as our Operators reminded us during this morning’s board meeting, it’s up to all of us to be good water stewards and conserve where we can.

Thank you for your continued conservation efforts and have a great rest of your summer!

Ps. The image in this post is of the water falls/pools off the Charity Valley Trail. That trail runs between Blue Lakes Road and Grover Hot Springs State Park.