—unconnected!! No laterals yet, sewage still stored septically—is that a word?
This was information divulged by the retiring Executive Director Rob Miller at the Basin Management Committee meeting on Wednesday December 18.
Friday, December 20, 2019
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Sewer Rate Increase Meeting In January 2020
Hi blog readers! If you are in the Los Osos Prohibition Zone, or otherwise hooked up to our sewer, you may be interested in attending a County-led meeting on the proposed rate increase. The date is January 16, Thursday, at Monarch Grove Elementary School, 348 Los Osos Valley Road, in the multi-purpose room.
Have a look here:
https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Public-Works/Committees-Programs/Los-Osos-Water-Recycling-Facility.aspx
Have a look here:
https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Public-Works/Committees-Programs/Los-Osos-Water-Recycling-Facility.aspx
Sunday, December 15, 2019
💩 Trump On The Topic Of Toilets 💩
Trump's potty talk highlights flushing fight
💩 To quote Trump, "people are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once." 💩
Really?
A personal observation perhaps? Does he get verbal presidential briefings on this topic (reading apparently not being a presidential activity). It's more than we want to speculate on further ..........
I found I could not ignore the above posting I found off of a
water news source that I follow daily:
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Los Osos Christmas Parade Poop Picked Up
Today, Saturday December 14, Los Osos held it's quirky, venerated, a little wild and crazy, Christmas Parade. Maybe you have to live here to understand the vibe. This is not your over-hyped, commercial-centric, big city Christmas Parade. It is hard to describe in words or pictures, it is a feeling. (One year there was a snail float, and that needs it's own post to explain what that was about.) Despite cold weather and the wind, the attendance was good and the mood was jolly from observers, at least from where I was standing. Newspaper publisher and photographer Dean Sullivan was there, so there will be a fun spread of excellent photos in the Estero Bay News.
However, he has better manners than I, so I don't think I will be scooping this photo away from him:
Yes, there were horses in the parade, and yes, they did what one expects nervous horses to do - doo-doo! So smartly, shortly after things fell from equine backsides, a courtesy custodian scraped up these articles! Very festive—the Santa hat and other red apparel and accoutrements!
I confess, I am rarely a pedestrian in front of Los Osos' largest shopping center, I always drive into there. So on my walk on that sidewalk post-parade, I spotted this:
Yes! Recycled water (under the manhole cover of course). This is one result from our awesome wastewater treatment facility (the brown stuff gets trucked elsewhere.) So most of this liquid product is pumped up to the leach fields up at at Broderson, but the County is contemplating its domestic use for us citizens. It would be good for the aquifers to not use drinking water to water our drought tolerant, but not water independent, landscapes.
This came up at a recent LOCSD meeting. General Manager Ron Munds presented word from the County that they were looking for a way to distribute this recycled water from a County purple-pipe fire hydrant manned by a theoretical citizen's group. The discussion had already concluded that neither the County, not the Los Osos CSD (and probably not the other two water companies either, Golden State and S&T Mutual), had the budget to pay workers to dispense water into gallon jugs or paint buckets, nor are there citizen groups to do this. (And how many of us have a pick-up/van/SUV with an on-board water tank?)
A suggestion was made to Ron (by me!) to convey to the County for the County to contract with companies that haul water anyway - because with a local water supply available for local customers, they might start a subscription business for delivery, as many citizens have saved their septic tanks to hold water that was to possibly be available at some future date. Their further discussion was not uplifting, but there is more interaction to be had in the future. Finger's crossed.
However, he has better manners than I, so I don't think I will be scooping this photo away from him:
I confess, I am rarely a pedestrian in front of Los Osos' largest shopping center, I always drive into there. So on my walk on that sidewalk post-parade, I spotted this:
This came up at a recent LOCSD meeting. General Manager Ron Munds presented word from the County that they were looking for a way to distribute this recycled water from a County purple-pipe fire hydrant manned by a theoretical citizen's group. The discussion had already concluded that neither the County, not the Los Osos CSD (and probably not the other two water companies either, Golden State and S&T Mutual), had the budget to pay workers to dispense water into gallon jugs or paint buckets, nor are there citizen groups to do this. (And how many of us have a pick-up/van/SUV with an on-board water tank?)
A suggestion was made to Ron (by me!) to convey to the County for the County to contract with companies that haul water anyway - because with a local water supply available for local customers, they might start a subscription business for delivery, as many citizens have saved their septic tanks to hold water that was to possibly be available at some future date. Their further discussion was not uplifting, but there is more interaction to be had in the future. Finger's crossed.
Happy Holidays from us..well, me...at the
Los Osos Sewer Saga blog!!
Monday, December 09, 2019
Sewer War Author Barbara Wolcott Dies
Condolences to the Wolcott family. Matriach Barbara Millen Wolcott died at the age of 87 on December 2, 2019. I saw a tiny death notice in the Friday, December 6 Tribune, and the obituary published in the paper December 8 can also be read off of this link:
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sanluisobispo/obituary.aspx?n=barbara-millen-wolcott&pid=194659445
She wrote the textbook for our tragic sewer story that was published in 2009, Small Town, Perfect Storm. And she wrote many, many other things as well, and was nominated twice for a Pulitzer.
I don't know if this is still available at our local Volumes of Pleasure Bookshoppe, but it can be found on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Small-Town-Perfect-Storm-Sewer/dp/1930401752/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=barbara+wolcott&qid=1575880437&s=books&sr=1-1
I can't count the number of copies of this book that I have bought and given away to try to explain to people what the emotional and financial explosion was all about over sewage in Los Osos. She told the story in a very readable and concise way (I was interviewed back when). I really wish I had interviewed her for this blog as her viewpoint would have again helped to distill the jumble of events that put poor Los Osos on the national sewage map. My copy of her book is much worn, it is highlighted and pages tabbed in a rainbow of hues. I could not have written here without her help on hundreds of occasions.
So dear Barbara, rest in peace. The war ended, you saw the last battle end with the completion of the wastewater treatment plant and its operation. I hope that gave you a mental final chapter on the story that you brought to life in your wonderful book. My gratitude is with you always for helping me so much.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sanluisobispo/obituary.aspx?n=barbara-millen-wolcott&pid=194659445
She wrote the textbook for our tragic sewer story that was published in 2009, Small Town, Perfect Storm. And she wrote many, many other things as well, and was nominated twice for a Pulitzer.
I don't know if this is still available at our local Volumes of Pleasure Bookshoppe, but it can be found on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Small-Town-Perfect-Storm-Sewer/dp/1930401752/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=barbara+wolcott&qid=1575880437&s=books&sr=1-1
I can't count the number of copies of this book that I have bought and given away to try to explain to people what the emotional and financial explosion was all about over sewage in Los Osos. She told the story in a very readable and concise way (I was interviewed back when). I really wish I had interviewed her for this blog as her viewpoint would have again helped to distill the jumble of events that put poor Los Osos on the national sewage map. My copy of her book is much worn, it is highlighted and pages tabbed in a rainbow of hues. I could not have written here without her help on hundreds of occasions.
So dear Barbara, rest in peace. The war ended, you saw the last battle end with the completion of the wastewater treatment plant and its operation. I hope that gave you a mental final chapter on the story that you brought to life in your wonderful book. My gratitude is with you always for helping me so much.
Perhaps the book can still be ordered here, but I don't know.
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