pleasant valley tank – Markleeville Water Company

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…

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!

Free Wood Available at the Pleasant Valley Tank for MWC Members

As many of you know, the Forest Service cut down hazard trees near the Water Company’s Pleasant Valley tank starting in the fall of 2021. The work was completed just last month.

The bucked up wood is available for Water Company Members to take!

Please DO NOT cut wood at the tank site and be careful working and driving at the tank site.

A cutting permit is required by the Forest Service.

You can get those permits at the following locations:

By the way, the slash piles will be chipped by the Forest Service when a chipper becomes available.

As a reminder…

Our Annual Meeting is this Saturday, August 6th, and we’d welcome any Member’s attendance. Please see this post for more information.

Since this Annual Meeting takes place in the same month as our normally held “Special Call” meeting, which WAS to take place on August 20th, we’ve canceled that “Special Call” meeting.

Hazard Trees to Be Removed From Around the Pleasant Valley Tank

At Markleeville Water Company’s request the Forest Service is removing eight (8) burned trees from around the Pleasant Valley water tank. If these trees were allowed to remain there is a danger of the trees falling on the tank. This would put the tank out of service and we estimate it would be well over a year before it could be placed back in service.

This water tank provides all of Marklee Village and Thornburg subdivisions with drinking water and fire protection. Living without this tank is not an option for us. These trees truly are a hazard to our water supply and without a water supply we cannot inhabit our homes.

Please do not complain to, or harass the crews doing the tree removal. They are protecting your water supply.

For more information, please email us at markleevillewatercompany@gmail.com.