Las Acequias de Placitas

March 22, 2023

Dear Members,

Due to the recent wet weather and muddy conditions, Ditch Cleaning Day 2023 has been rescheduled for Saturday April 15th.  

Please meet up at Oso at 6:30 a.m. and bring your spade and drinking water.  Work boots are recommended.

Hope to see you there :)

Noe'

March 6, 2023

Good Morning Members,

It's time to sharpen your spade and begin preparing for this year's irrigation season. Ditch Day 2023 will be on Saturday April 1st. 

We will meet up at Oso at 6:30 in the morning.  Bring your spade and wear work boots.

Remember if you cannot make it you can choose to have $50.00 charged to your account.

See you there,

Noe'

February 28, 2023 

Good evening,

The water meters will be read tomorrow March 1st.   Please make sure the meter readers have access to your meters.

Sorry for the late notice, spring is on it's way.

Noe

February 9, 2023

Dear members, 

Las Acequias de Placitas finds itself looking for a bookkeeper.  This person should be competent with QuickBooks and willing to learn to use the billing software used by LAdP (QuikWater).  

The job entails performing monthly reconciliations of our bank accounts, quarterly preparation of financial reports, quarterly billing, and an annual preparation of materials for our audit.  

Do you have these skills or know of someone who does?  

Please send us an email. 

Thank you.

Noe' Charbonneau

noecharbonneau@yahoo.com

 Update:

Jacob is slowly returning the domestic water into service. Thank you for your patience during this emergency repair.

 Jacob Maes is shutting the water off on Ciruela between Altos and San Antonio.  He expects it could be a few hours to fix the leak. 

February 6, 2023

Good morning LAdP members,

There is a potential water leak on Ciruela.  

Later this morning, after gas lines have been marked, Jacob Maes will be digging to locate and repair the leak.  There is the possibility that he may have to shut off the water on Ciruela between Altos and San Antonio.  

If this occurs, it will happen sometime around 11 a.m. or later.  Watch for further notifications.

Thank you for your patience,

Noe'

January 15, 2023

All LAdP Members:

Our next Las Acequias Member/Board Meeting will be held at the Senior/Community Center at 6:30pm, Friday, January 27, 2023. 

For full information see the poster below in the "LAdP DOWNLOADABL E FILES" section on this page.

Happy New Year!

Carolyn Kennedy LAdP President

LAdP Members All,

Congratulations to Sandy Escarcida for winning the 2nd Prize Adult Photo-Regando Category in the New Mexico Acequia Association’s 2022 Acequia Art Contest.  

Below near the bottom of this page you'll find her beautiful photo of  one of the oldest sections of our LAdP acequias lined with rock by her ancestors in the LAdP DOWNLOADABLE FILES section. 

Carolyn Kennedy

LAdP President

June 23, 2022

Good morning,

The 2021 Annual Water Quality Report, also known as the Consumer Confidence Report, is posted below  near the bottom of this page  in "LAdP DOWNLOADABLE FILES".   On page 5 of the report you'll find definitions that you may find useful when reading the tables.

This report is required by  the Safe Drinking Water Act., and is also available on the bulletin board at the Post Office. 

Thank you,

Noe Charbonneau,  LAdP

 April17, 2022

Dear Members,

Harvey Vigil's irrigation schedule  beginning Monday April 18th is posted below  near the bottom of this page  in "LAdP DOWNLOADABL E FILES".   We will be watering every other week, as we have in past years.  This week the Monday, Wednesday and Friday folks will get water.  Then next week it will be the Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday people who get to water.  

Harvey plans to open the pond gates at 7 o'clock in the morning, and he's hoping to provide each irrigator with 1 hour of water from the time it reaches their property.  He'll  be patrolling the village during the watering period, but is trusting the membership to work cooperatively to share fairly. 

We'll need to be flexible until Harvey gets a handle on how much water we actually have.  The watering frequency may change based on that amount.  

Thirty minutes before the last parciente on that line is finished watering, they should call Harvey (505-544-8904) to have him close the gates.

We appreciate your patience.  

Thank you.

Noe Charbonneau  LAdP
 

Good morning LAdP members,
Update-  February 25, 2022: 

Once again, we are in the situation where our demand for water is exceeding supply.  Currently our outflow is 10 gallons per minute more than our spring can sustain.  I cannot stress enough that we need to conserve water. 

We are heading into the weekend which typically finds more people at home using water at a higher level than during the week.  If we want to avoid a crisis situation, we need to immediately cut back on our water usage.  

Thank you for taking this situation seriously and taking steps to conserve water wherever and whenever possible,

February 20, 2022

The Board of Las Acequias de Placitas is pleased to welcome a new System Operator, Jacob Maes of J and J Utilities from right here in Placitas to replace our previous System Operator Lauren Chavez,   Lauren resigned her position at the end of January., and will be remaining temporarily available as a consultant during a brief transition period.

It has been a busy time for LAdP.  The freezing temperatures have caused several leaks in our system which have subsequently been repaired.  And while  our spring outflow has remained a consistent 18 gallons per minute, membership demand has risen and has been higher than the spring output.  Our storage tanks are not fully recovering, and again our secondary water source is having to be brought online.  

We all need to be extra careful in our water usage and find ways to use less.  Remember that domestic water is ONLY for domestic use and livestock watering.  All other uses of domestic water are prohibited.

The recent crises pointed out a need for some infrastructure improvements.  Electrical power is being expanded at the Ciruela location and will soon be added to the Tanquecito site.  This will allow for the use of heat tape to prevent future cold weather damage, and Jacob has added weatherproof insulation to protect vulnerable valves and piping.

In preparation for our irrigating season, Harvey Vigil is overseeing pond maintenance and brush removal at our ponds.  Also plans to deal with erosion issues at Tanquecito pond are also being formulated. 

The fourth quarter 2021 and proposed 2022 budget documents were submitted to the state and have been approved.  The annual audit will take place within the next few weeks.  And we are currently waiting to hear if we will receive capital outlay money from the last legislative session.

Do you know someone who should be included on this email list, or would you like to be removed from the list?  Please reply to this message and changes will be made.

Finally, we again ask you to examine your water habits and find ways, big and small, to limit your water consumption footprint.  Make these your new habits and hopefully, going into summer, we’ll be able to avoid water shutoffs.

Thank you,
Noe' Charbonneau

LAdP Board

January 15, 2022

LAdP Members,

Here are the names of the Newly Elected Members of the LAdP Board of Commissioners who were sworn in on January 1, 2022:

President: Carolyn Kennedy cjkennedy@comcast.net  505-867-2853

Treasurer: Noe' Charbonneau noecharbonneau@yahoo.com  505-404-8635

Secretary: Robert Lucero   rloosarow@protonmail.com    505-440-3710

And Majordomo: Harvey Vigil vigilharvey7@gmail.com

Also for your information, on New Year's day January 1st a water line break at the corner of Callejon and Ciruela was repaired by Heritage Land and Water, LLC.   Las Acequias de Placitas was billed a total of $1680.73 for the repair.

Noe' Charbonneau

Treasurer