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for the 2022 annual shareholders’ meeting.

Forest Park Mutual Water Company

September 29, 2022

State of the Water Company

Prepared by the board of directors

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Topics

  • Current year accomplishments (October 2021 – September 2022)
  • Service capacity
  • Drought concerns
  • Risk assessment – our status according to DWR
  • Priorities for the next two years
  • Current Status:

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Current Year Accomplishments

October 2021 – September 2022

  • Bylaws and meeting minutes now published on the website.
  • New website, email addresses, Facebook group.
  • Backup generator purchased. Is now ready for emergency use.
  • Telephone switched to Google Voice. Shared line. No phone.
  • Website and document archive hosted in new Google Workspace.
  • Formalized water operator position as W-2 employee (per AB-5).
  • Updated bylaws with guidance of Jim Ciampa of CalMutuals.
  • Credit cards now accepted on our website.
  • Wellhead enclosure doors replaced (had burned during El Dorado).
  • Initiated dialogue with Supervisor Dawn Rowe’s office (this is big!)

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  • Risk Assessment by California Department of Water Resources:

Current Status

  • Drought concerns
  • Service Capacity and Demand Summary

Risk of water quality issues

Risk of water capacity issues

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Service Capacity Summary

West well site

Two wells (one out of service – not producing)

One reservoir (25,000 gallons)

One tank (110,000 gallons)

East well site

Two wells (both producing)

No reservoir

One tank (129,000 gallons)

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Connections: 94 -----

Service Demand Summary

Bedrooms: 223 2.45

Bathrooms: 158 1.74

Dwellings SQ FT: 134,000, 1,475

TOTAL AVG

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Service Area

Defined in Articles of Incorporation – 1939

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Service Area

Section 12

Section 13

S.W. ¼ Sec. 12

N.W. ¼ Sec. 13

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Forest Home Park Sales Office – 1939

Photo Credit: Shannon Wray

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Service Capacity

West Side Reservoir and Tank (110,000 gallons)

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Service Capacity

East Side Tank (129,000 gallons)

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  • Annual Rainfall Totals From 2000 through 2021

Drought Concerns

Rainfall Trend Analysis For Past 22 Years

Weather Stations By San Bernardino County

Fallsvale

Oak Glen Watershed

Yucaipa Regional Park

Angelus Oaks (Camp Angelus)

Mentone

  • Current year as of September is trending similar to 2021.

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Annual Rainfall Totals

All nearby locations show similar trend – all at average for past 22 years.

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Conclusion About Drought Impact on FPMWC

The worsening California drought conditions widely reported in the past couple of years are not directly or significantly affecting our local area in terms of our ability to deliver water to our neighborhood.

  • Annual rainfall totals, as reported from our nearby and surrounding weather stations, has not dropped significantly when comparing the past few years against the previous twenty years.
  • Our wellhead pressure as measured 3x per week for the past several years have never dropped.
  • Our tanks and reservoir have been at capacity except for once when one resident’s garden hose was left on “full blast” for several days.

This conclusion is supported by a few observations:

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Drought and Water Shortage Risk Assessment

By the California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Interactive Map

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Drought and Water Shortage Risk Assessment

By the California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Interactive Map

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Drought and Water Shortage Risk Assessment

By the California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Interactive Map

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Drought and Water Shortage Risk Assessment

By the California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Interactive Map

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Drought and Water Shortage Risk Assessment

By the California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Interactive Map

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Drought and Water Shortage Risk Assessment

By the California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

According to current DWR analysis using their 2021 criterion, Forest Park Mutual Water Company is not at risk for water shortage or quality issues.

Link to online interactive tool:�https://gispublic.waterboards.ca.gov/portal/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=122823a570424891986ff72846b37b83

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Capacity and Risk Summary

  • Local weather station data we are receiving about average annual rainfall now as compared to the past 20 years. No significant change.
  • The DWR risk assessment tool shows we are not at risk for water quality or capacity issues by their 2021 standards.

By these measures our water capacity is in good shape and risk is low:

  • Our own data for wellhead pressure and stable tank levels indicate no problems with capacity.

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Infrastructure Challenges

Our Top Priority Starting Now

  • Our water system is substantially undocumented. �We need a single comprehensive and up-to-date collection including maps of main lines, valve locations for residential connections, fire hydrants, etc.
  • Tree roots are growing into pipes, bending them, and breaking valves.
  • Irrigation grade pipes were used for large sections of our main lines. �Exposed to the elements for more than a year before begin buried.
  • 4” pipes feed into 6” fire hydrants.
  • Our reservoir is very old and leaks; can be patched, but ideally replaced.
  • Wellheads are not protected as well as they should be.
  • Should have more fire hydrants. Better protect the fire hydrants we have.
  • Sampling sites are substandard (e.g., hose bibs).

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Infrastructure Challenges

Leaking Reservoir

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Infrastructure Challenges

Leaking Reservoir

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Infrastructure Challenges

Leaking Reservoir

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Infrastructure Challenges

Unhoused Electrical Panel

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Infrastructure Challenges

Root-damaged Valve

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Infrastructure Challenges

Rootbound Main Lines

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Infrastructure Challenges

Buried Valves

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Infrastructure Challenges

This!

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Infrastructure Challenges

Wellhead Buried on September 12, dug out on September 24, 2022

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Priorities for Next Two Years

  • Thoroughly document policies and procedures, schedules, roles and responsibilities, regulatory requirements, and important contacts.
  • Update our infrastructure:
  • Replace pipes, better protect wellheads and pipes.
  • Replace almost all valves.
  • Add fire hydrants, and better protect each.
  • Document our entire infrastructure – all pipes, valves, etc.
  • Eliminate and prevent dependencies on specific people.
  • Refine our disaster recovery plan.
  • Repair leaking reservoir (October 2022).
  • Repair wellhead cover doors (September 2022).
  • All new sampling sites, each properly configured (no hose bibs)
  • Research and pursue disaster funds and consider grant options.

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