Category: Announcements

Our First Board Meeting of the Year Will Be In-Person

Happy 2024!

We’ll be conducting our first board meeting of the year this Saturday, January 20th, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. at the Alpine County Library at 270 Laramie St., in Markleeville.

Members and Qualified Persons are welcome to attend.

The agenda can be found here.

Note: The first meeting of each quarter is conducted in-person. Other meetings during the quarter are held via Zoom.

News and Updates From MWC

Fritz Thornburg

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of pioneer, cowboy and MWC volunteer, Fritz Thornburg. That’s him in the cowboy hat, back in 2021, yakking with others about our local geography.

Fritz left us on September 9th and joined his beloved wife, Nancy, in that great water company in the sky. Fritz was integral to the formation of our little water company. Not only was he there in the beginning but he has been there throughout, helping with trenching, locating pipes, digging holes, and just a few months ago, meeting with the engineers at West-Yost regarding our water improvement project. His knowledge is irreplaceable and his loss leaves a void in our hearts, and certainly in his family’s hearts, too.

Our condolences go out to the entire Thornburg family.

RIP Fritz and thank you for all you’ve done for our community.

Annual Meeting Minutes and Financials, and Elections of Two Board Members

The annual meeting minutes were approved by mail and the members also elected Kris Hartnett to another term on the Board, and elected Dr. Rich Harvey as the newest member of the Board. Rich has already jumped in and participated in his first meeting earlier this month.

Thank you Kris for continuing to devote so much of your time to keep our water system running. Without you things would be much more challenging, if not impossible.

And Rich, your willingness to help our community in myriad ways (this is yet another one) is so appreciated! We look forward to your continued contributions.

The minutes and financials have been posted to our Agendas, Forms, Minutes & MORE page.

No More Wood at the Pleasant Valley Tank

As you may recall from this post, there was wood available to all members at the Pleasant Valley tank. All wood has now been moved, though, and can be found at Turtle Rock Park.

Next Meeting

The next meeting of the MWC Board takes place on October 21st and will be conducted in person at the Alpine County Library starting at 8:30 a.m. Please do attend if you’re in town. To see the agenda, go to our Agendas, Forms, Minutes & MORE page.

Got Wood?

Come and get it! Wood that is…

There’s bucked up wood for the taking in front of the Pleasant Valley Tank, which is at the end of Pleasant Valley Road.

Alpine County Residents – we encourage to take as much as you want but no cutting or splitting is allowed on site. Once the bucked up sections are gone we’ll have more cut.

Permits ARE NOT required.

Please be safe, especially when loading those big ol’ rounds!

Our Annual Meeting is This Saturday, August 5th!

As we wrote in June, our Annual Meeting is this Saturday, August 5th, and will take place at the Alpine County Administration Building Board Room, 99 Water Street, Markleeville, CA 96120, and via Zoom.

Please make plans to attend as there will be a lot of information shared that we know you’ll find valuable.

The election of two (2) directors is on the agenda, as is approval of last year’s minutes, and the financial report.

Our president, Mary Young, will also be giving her report for the 2022-2023 year.

Click here to go to our “Agendas, Forms, Minutes and MORE” page where you can see the complete agenda (which includes information on how to get the Zoom meeting info.), as well as other important documents.

We hope to see you there!

Schedule of Upcoming Meetings

There will be a special meeting of the Board on Monday, June 26th, at 5:30 p.m., with engineering firm West Yost, to kick off the final design of the grant funded water system improvement project. This meeting will be via Zoom.

The normally scheduled board meeting for July 15th has been canceled. The Deathride takes place that day and some of the Board will be volunteering at that event.

Saturday, August 5th, will be the Annual Meeting, and it will start at 10:00 a.m. Stay tuned for the location.

August 19th, 2023 will be the next regularly scheduled board meeting. That meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. and will be via Zoom.

Member and Qualified Persons are encouraged to attend all meetings. Just email us as markleevillewatercompany@gmail.com to RSVP.

Outdoor Watering Ban Lifted

First of all, thanks to everyone for helping out since last month and limiting your water usage to domestic use only. 

We’re happy to announce that conditions have now moderated such that we can lift the limitations that were imposed last month!

Outdoor watering is now allowed three (3) days a week as described in our Water Use Rules and Guidelines.

Landscape watering is allowed at even-numbered physical addresses only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, any time between 6 and 10 AM and between 6 and 10 PM.

Landscape watering is allowed at odd-numbered physical addresses only on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, any time between 6 and 10 AM and between 6 and 10 PM.

Total landscape watering time is allowed up to two hours per day.

Landscape watering is not allowed on Sundays in order to allow our finished water tanks to replenish/refill.

We appreciate your ongoing assistance in managing our community water resources.

Thank you!

We’re On Well Water – Please Limit Water Usage

A message from Markleeville Water Company President, Mary Young:

Hi Members,

As you’ve probably noticed, stream flows are high now that the snow has finally melted.  Although the additional moisture is good news for the long term, the current high flows are causing problems for our surface water system.

Debris in the water, high turbidity, entrained sand, and decomposed granite in the raw water impact the intake and the treatment process. 

Because of these issues we are restricted to well water. 

And so, we are asking you to limit water use to domestic use, and NOT TO DO ANY outdoor watering.

When that changes we’ll be sure to post an update here.

Thank you for your help.  Working together we can all meet our domestic water needs.

April Board Meeting – At Markleeville Library And Via Zoom

Our first meeting of the quarter will be held on Saturday, April 15th, both in-person at the Markleeville Library, and via Zoom.

The meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. Members and Qualified Persons are encouraged to attend.

Among other things there will be an update on the Grant Funded Water System Planning and Improvement Project.

A complete agenda will be posted here prior to the meeting.

To RSVP please email us at markleevillewatercompany@gmail.com.

We hope to see you there!

We Weathered Those Atmospheric River Storms – Thanks To Our Wells, And Our Members

January was a month to remember, certainly. We have been on well water since December and thanks to you, our members, and your conservation efforts, and additionally, due to the fact that there isn’t a lot of watering to be done since everything is covered in snow or ice, our production remains stable and consistent.

Keep up the good work and thank you!