Las Acequias de Placitas

Dear Members,

Tomorrow Wednesday May 31st, Jacob will be reading water meters.  If your meter is behind a locked gate, please unlock it early in the morning and allow the meter readers access to your meter. 

If you report your meter via email or text, please take a picture of your meter reading and send it in. 

Thank you and have a great day,

Noe'

Dear Irrigators,
Beginning tomorrow, Tuesday May30th, everyone will be able to irrigate once a week on their scheduled watering day.

Thank you,

Noe'

 Dear Irrigators,

This year we are blessed with abundant water, and Harvey will continue scheduling each irrigator with water every other week.   However, on the day AFTER your scheduled watering day, you can also make use of the “overflow” water that is in the ditch.  

This will require communicating with your fellow irrigators to share water on these days.  For example Monday irrigators  may use the overflow ditch water on Tuesday the following day as well.  

Please note that ONLY those people scheduled to receive water on a given day should be using water on the following day. 

Thanks,

Noe'

May 10, 2023  

Dear members,
Recently a Las Acequias de Placitas member made an anonymous complaint to the New Mexico Environmental Department regarding insufficient disinfection of our water.  

In response, NMED sent out a compliance officer to perform sampling at various sites around the village.  On April 27th, 2023 the compliance officer collected several water samples and tested for free chlorine, water pressure, and the presence of microbiological contamination. 

All sites sampled had measurable free chlorine residuals, water pressures at each site were 77 p.s.i. or greater, and no microbial contamination was detected.  Las Acequias de Placitas water passed all of the New Mexico Environmental Department requirements and it was determined our water is safe and properly disinfected.  The Bureau of Drinking Water will be following up with the member who made the anonymous complaint.

Our System Operator continually monitors our chlorine levels and doses our water as needed in an attempt to not over chlorinate our delicious mountain spring water. The current pump and flow rates make this challenging, but the System Operator has been vigilant in monitoring for free chlorine throughout the system and at the end of the line on Camino de los Pueblitos and adjusting accordingly. 

We can be assured that our water is clean and safe.

Las Acequias de Placitas

WATER METER READINGS TODAY! - SORRY FOR LATE NOTICE

April 28, 2023

Good morning,
Jacob's crew is reading water meters today.  Please make sure they have access through any locked gates. Those who self report, if you could please make sure to email or text me a picture of your meter reading as soon as you're able, it would be appreciated.  

Have a great Friday.

April 27, 2023
Hoping my last message was not confusing,  I simply meant that the watering schedule will remain unchanged during this week and next.  At that point, the week of May 7th, if the ponds are recovering, Harvey will consider increasing the frequency of watering.  

He's had several members asking if we can water more often, but he wants to use this week and next week to see how quickly the ponds refill.  My "every other day" only referred to the order of irrigation we currently use:  Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, followed by Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.  

So there is NO CHANGE to the watering schedule this week and next week.  Your scheduled day, as indicated on the last emailed out schedule, is unchanged.

Noe' 

April 21, 2023

Dear Members,
The latest 2023 Irrigation Schedule from majordomo Harvey Vigil is now posted below in the LADP DOWNLOADABLE FILES section near the bottom of this page. 

Noe'

April 17, 2023 

Good morning members.  
Harvey and Angela will be flushing the ditches tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, April 18th) in preparation of irrigation beginning.  He asks the members to make sure the locks on their gates are open so he has access to the ditches.  If you normally block your culverts to keep your pets on your property, please make sure those obstructions are removed for tomorrow's run of water.  The short run is only to flush the ditch and remove debris so please don't interfere with the flow.

Whatever day of the week you watered last year will also be the day you water this year.  That schedule is remaining the same.  

Beginning on Irrigation Day Monday April 24th, the irrigators on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday will water for 1 hour per property. Your hour begins when the water reaches your property. 

Please be considerate and turn it over promptly to your downstream neighbor after your time is up.   The following week the irrigators on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday will get water.  The schedule may be adjusted as Harvey is better able to gauge the recovery rates of the ponds.  

Hopefully, based on the winter snows it should be a great growing season.  Keep your ditches clean, stick to the schedule and remember that conserving domestic water means more water for irrigating.

I'll keep you posted on any schedule changes.

Noe'

THE WATER PRESSURE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE RESOLVED!

April 14, 2023  4pm

Dear Members,
According to Jacob, the lowwater pressure problem should be resolved.  There were several high usages, including an issue with a running toilet, which can waste an amazing amount of water in a short period of time.  

It's a good reminder as we head into warmer weather that we need to be aware of our water consumption and vigilant for potential problems.  

Thank you to everyone for checking your properties. 

Noe' 

April 14, 2023  12 pm

Dear Members,

There have been several complaints about low water pressure.  Jacob Maes our domestic water operator suspects there could be a leak in the domestic system.  He asked for members to please check around their properties for the possible source.

I'll keep you posted as we learn more.

Thank you,

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

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

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  505 544 8904

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