Last night was expected to be the final meeting for the Joshua Basin Water District Board to focus on the transition from at-large to district-based elections, but it was not meant to be. Reporter Mike Lipsitz explains…
Last night’s expected public hearing and resolution establishing and implementing district-based elections at the Joshua Basin Water District were both tabled due to the absence of district consultants. Also delayed was a report on succession costs pending further finance committee review. All three items are expected to return to the agenda at the regular May 1 meeting. The District’s Board of Directors did authorize $442,000 on top of the $1.2 million already spent for continued rehabilitation of the area’s largest producing well. Well 14 was taken offline in the summer of 2016 following a positive test for coliform. Positive tests for the bacteria have continued despite efforts to control it through a variety of techniques, each more aggressive than the one prior. Hopes are that the funds for new treatment and infrastructure approved last night will be the last actions needed to bring well 14 back online.
