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Corte Madera, CA                                                                                                       January 2015
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MMWD Board of Directors 

Jack Gibson
President

Cynthia Koehler
Vice President

Larry Bragman
Armando Quintero
Larry Russell

Regular meetings of the MMWD Board of Directors are held at 7:30 pm the first and third Tuesday of each month unless otherwise noticed in the District Board Room, 220 Nellen Avenue, Corte Madera. Additional meetings are scheduled as needed. All board meetings are open to the public.
(415) 945-1455

Krishna Kumar
General Manager


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Tues., February 3, 7:30 p.m. 
BOARD MEETING 
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Tues., February 17, 7:30 p.m.
BOARD MEETING 
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RESERVOIRS STILL ABOVE AVERAGE DESPITE DRY MONTH
In spite of a dry January, MMWD's reservoir levels are still above normal thanks to the heavy drenching Marin received in December. The district has asked customers to keep conserving, however, and our records show they are indeed reducing water use.

Here are the current water statistics:
  • Reservoir Levels - As of January 25, reservoir storage is 78,076 acre-feet,* or 98% of capacity. The average for this date is 64,636 acre-feet, or 81% of capacity.   
  • Rainfall - Rainfall this year to date (July 1, 2014- January 25, 2015) is 31.43 inches. Average for the same period is 28.17 inches; last year on this date we had 3.79 inches.
  • Water Use - Water use for the week of January 19-25 averaged 16.63 million gallons per day, compared to 20.67 million gallons per day for the same week last year.
  • Creek Releases - During the month of December 2014 MMWD released 163 million gallons, or 499 acre-feet, into Lagunitas and Walker creeks in west Marin for habitat enhancement.  

Water use and reservoir figures are updated weekly and can be found on our Water Watch page. 

 

*One acre-foot is 325,851 gallons
NEW BOARD OFFICERS FOR 2015
Director Jack Gibson of Sleepy Hollow was recently elected president of the Marin Municipal Water District Board of Directors for 2015, taking over from outgoing president Director Armando Quintero of San Rafael. Director Cynthia Koehler of Mill Valley was elected vice president.

Other members of MMWD's board are newly elected Director Larry Bragman of Fairfax and Director Larry Russell of Tiburon.

The 2015 board meeting calendar and other information is available on our website. Board meeting materials are also viewable and downloadable on our site.
REBATES: FIVE NEW WAYS TO SAVE

As a reminder, for a limited time MMWD is offering rebates up to $50 each for pool covers, hot water recirculating systems, organic mulch, laundry-to-landscape system components, and rain barrels. Get up to $250 for all five! To learn more, check out this informative video created by students at Ex'pression College in Emeryville, then visit marinwater.org/rebates.  

 

The rebate page on our website also includes information about rebates for toilets, clothes washers, and irrigation systems. 

NEW BLOG POSTS
  • 'Tis the season for pruning trees. If you are a do-it-yourself gardener, you'll want to check out these two blog posts by expert gardener Charlene Burgi. Read on for tips about proper pruning of fruit trees and what not do to when pruning. 
  • Part 11 of Vegetation Ecologist Andrea Williamson's 12-part series on grasses is now available.
  • Read the January update by Aquatic Ecologist Eric Ettlinger on this winter's salmon run.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
We welcome your comments and need your help raising awareness about water in Marin. Please share this information with your colleagues and constituents. Thank you.
Libby Pischel, Public Information Officer
Marin Municipal Water District
lpischel@marinwater.org
(415) 945-1421