Who’s in Charge of Your Drinking Water?
If you live in Island County, chances are that you are! The majority of water systems in Island County are community owned and are accountable to their members through a council, commission, or board. Could Flint, Michigan happen here? What are the threats to our drinking water? Attend our local drinking water forum to voice your questions and concerns and find out how you can help safeguard your water supply. Meet your State, County, and municipal drinking water staff. Join small group discussions to identify common concerns and find out how to participate. This session is supported by the Whidbey Institute … Continue reading Who’s in Charge of Your Drinking Water?
WIWSA president Jim Patton speaking at Sound Waters
WIWSA president Jim Patton will be speaking at Sound Waters on Feb 6th on Understanding Your Local Water System — Best Practices in Management and Operations. The class will cover the legal identifications of the types of local water systems; the control of the federal government, and the state and county governments over water systems; the ownership and the responsibilities of owners of local water systems; and best practices in management and operations, including routine financing and planning for replacing capital equipment. Time permitting, the pros and cons of consolidating small water systems will also be covered. WIWSA will also … Continue reading WIWSA president Jim Patton speaking at Sound Waters
2016 Meeting Dates Published
We’ve added the dates for the 2016 member meetings. Continue reading 2016 Meeting Dates Published
2016 Membership renewals have been mailed
You should be receiving your 2016 renewal invoice shortly by email or postal mail. If you do not receive it by the second week of January, please contact us. We’re asking all renewing members to complete our WIWSA Membership Application/Renewal/Update Form to update your contact information so that you don’t miss our newsletter or other communications. Continue reading 2016 Membership renewals have been mailed
Happy new year – new application, renewal, update form
It’s the time of year when we send out our invoices to renew your membership in WIWSA. This year we’re asking all members to renew their contact information including email addresses so that we may continue to reach you with news and announcements, and we’ll be including a copy of our WIWSA Membership Application/Renewal/Update form to collect that information. You can download the WIWSA Membership Application/Renewal/Update form at any time to apply for or renew your membership, or just to update your contact information. We look forward to hearing from you! Continue reading Happy new year – new application, renewal, update form
December 2015 General Membership Meeting Agenda
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING (Official Annual Meeting) DECEMBER 16, 2015 — 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM AT RACE ROAD FIRE STATION, COUPEVILLE, WA. AGENDA Call to order Member and guest introductions Quorum call Verification of membership Approve Agenda Motion to approve the Agenda Secretary’s Report Joe Waldrup will present the Minutes for the September 16, 2015 General Membership Meeting. Motion to approve the Minutes Treasurer’s Report Jim Patton will present the Treasurer’s Report. Motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report. Review and Approve Budget for 2015 Jim Patton will present the draft budget for 2016. Motion to approve Budget Nomination and election … Continue reading December 2015 General Membership Meeting Agenda
WIWSA President’s Message December 2015
We are approaching our last Quarterly Member’s Meeting for this year, scheduled for 6:00 pm, December 16, 2015 at the Race Road Fire Station. This meeting will double as our Annual meeting and we will attend to “housekeeping” duties like electing directors and presenting our budget for 2016 to be voted on by our members in attendance. Over the last few quarterly meetings we have explored issues like consolidation of small water systems, preparations for natural disasters, and the sources of funding for needed replacements and improvements. For this meeting our Board of Directors decided to organize a “World Café” … Continue reading WIWSA President’s Message December 2015
President’s Message, September 2015
WIWSA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE September, 2015 I would not be surprised to learn that more than a few of our member water systems are in need of an important upgrading of treatment equipment, replacement of well and / or distribution pumps or piping or expensive repairs or improvements of some sort. If we pay the attention that we should to the “water works” on which we rely for our most basic human requirement we all find wear and tear or simple obsolescence that we cannot ignore indefinitely. Recognizing the needs of our water systems is easy, but finding the money to … Continue reading President’s Message, September 2015
Funding sources for water system improvements
Do you need to upgrade or repair your water system infrastructure? Come to the Whidbey Island Water Systems Association quarterly meeting on Wednesday September 16th at 6:00 pm at Race Road Fire Station 1164 Race Road Coupeville, WA 98239 Hear presentations from and have your questions answered by our panel: Darla O’Connor (USDA) Karen Klocke (Washington DOH) Chuck Miller (RCAC) Tracy Hunter (ERWOW) Bruce Martin (Islanders’ Bank) John Lovie (Whidbey Island Local Lending) Continue reading Funding sources for water system improvements
Free DOH Drinking Water Asset Management Workshop
Free DOH Drinking Water Asset Management Workshop Saturday November 7th, 8:30 am-4pm, Heller Road Fire Station, Oak Harbor Attend an asset management workshop to learn about the asset inventory and setting rates. Bring your laptop and we will help you begin your asset inventory exercise. Don’t have a lap top? We will have a few available for use in class and we will send you home with a thumb drive with all the attachments you should need. DOH and RCAC program staff can provide one-on-one assistance with your asset inventory form and answer your questions. The workshop is FREE and … Continue reading Free DOH Drinking Water Asset Management Workshop
Protect Your Groundwater Day, September 8, 2015
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New address
WIWSA has a new mailing address: Whidbey Island Water Systems Association PO Box 1561 Freeland, WA 98249 Continue reading New address