(951) 659-2145 - Idyllwild Town Crier
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Page 10 - <strong>Idyllwild</strong> <strong>Town</strong> <strong>Crier</strong>, January 12, 2006<br />
Review<br />
Continued from previous page<br />
their own agenda.”<br />
Stone was not alone in his<br />
objection to the CDF study.<br />
“The study was very one sided<br />
and not a balanced approach,”<br />
said 4th District Supervisor Roy<br />
Wilson.<br />
At its Nov. 8 meeting, the<br />
board discussed and argued the<br />
possibility of creating a separate<br />
County fire department. But it<br />
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spent more time debating and<br />
disputing CDF’s recommendations<br />
for moving its air resources<br />
to March ARB.<br />
Ultimately, the board signaled<br />
its willingness to continue<br />
its longtime relationship with<br />
CDF.<br />
To formalize this stance,<br />
Stone presented another resolution<br />
at the Nov. 15 board<br />
meeting to reaffirm its directive<br />
to CDF to cease its efforts to<br />
relocate its air tankers to March<br />
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In December, Geldert proposed<br />
a third study of the potential<br />
move. Before making<br />
a decision on moving its air<br />
attack equipment, Geldert asked<br />
the California Board of Forestry<br />
(BoF) to conduct a review of the<br />
July and October reports.<br />
“I hope they’re not doing<br />
a third study,” said Stone. “If<br />
their study finds [moving the<br />
air equipment] is a wash, why<br />
not err on the side of Riverside.<br />
That’s what the majority of the<br />
board wants.”<br />
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Further complicating the<br />
decision is Geldert’s resignation.<br />
His retirement was effective Jan.<br />
1. Geldert, a former Oceanside<br />
firefighter, was appointed CDF<br />
director in June 2004.<br />
If the move occurs, CDF<br />
would not be the first fire agency<br />
to abandon Hemet-Ryan. Several<br />
years ago, the Forest Service<br />
moved its air tankers from<br />
Hemet-Ryan and located them<br />
in San Bernardino at the former<br />
Norton Air Force Base. This<br />
equipment is larger than the<br />
CDF aircraft and can use the<br />
larger runways.<br />
CDF established its air attack<br />
base at Hemet-Ryan in 1959.<br />
Currently, it responds to more<br />
than 100 calls per year and the<br />
helitack responds to 150 calls<br />
per year.<br />
Water study<br />
The San Jacinto Mountain<br />
Area Water Study Agency (WSA)<br />
completed a Water Resource<br />
Management Plan (WRMP)<br />
this spring that generated controversy<br />
between two of its<br />
members and ended the year<br />
questioning its future.<br />
The WRMP was completed<br />
in May and submitted to the<br />
State Department of Water<br />
Resources (DWR) which provided<br />
the $225,000 for the study.<br />
The award was made in the<br />
fall of 2003. Led by project<br />
manager Sam Gershon, senior<br />
vice-president of Albert A Webb<br />
Associates, work began almost<br />
immediately.<br />
The WSA proposal requested<br />
funds to develop a plan to serve<br />
as a blueprint for the residents<br />
of the Fern Valley, <strong>Idyllwild</strong> and<br />
Pine Cove water districts and to<br />
reduce the threat of critical water<br />
shortages such as the districts<br />
faced during 2003 and 2004.<br />
The WRMP documented<br />
the three water districts’ historic<br />
water use and production and<br />
estimated future water demands<br />
during both normal and critically<br />
dry periods. Based on the<br />
projected needs, the authors<br />
recommended various means<br />
to supply the additional water.<br />
The study found that during<br />
normal precipitation periods, the<br />
current water production and<br />
projected production estimates<br />
are adequate to supply future<br />
estimated water demands for all<br />
three districts.<br />
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The study assumed the demand<br />
for water on the Hill<br />
will continue to grow between<br />
now and 2020. Some new construction,<br />
as well as part-time<br />
residents converting to full-time,<br />
contribute to the steady growth.<br />
Sufficient water should be available<br />
during normal weather<br />
conditions.<br />
During critically dry periods,<br />
the districts may need to add<br />
water sources, to expand current<br />
water storage capacities,<br />
or to restrict or reduce water<br />
demand.<br />
“There is no problem in an<br />
average year,” reported Shane<br />
Bloomfield, Webb associate engineer.<br />
“The supply system can<br />
provide water to meet this demand.”<br />
However, when the current<br />
drought effects are considered<br />
on supply and demand, a possible<br />
significant imbalance could<br />
occur.<br />
During these excessively dry<br />
periods (such as 1999 to 2004),<br />
the three water districts will<br />
likely have enough future water<br />
supply to meet projected annual<br />
demands; but each will fall short<br />
of projected peak day demands,<br />
according to Webb’s study.<br />
The most likely water sources<br />
are new groundwater wells.<br />
Surface water may be another,<br />
but limited, source for FVWD<br />
and IWD.<br />
IWD has a pre-1914 water<br />
appropriation totaling nearly<br />
3,590 gallons per minute. The<br />
district has never and is unable<br />
to divert that much water for several<br />
reasons. Most importantly,<br />
the district does not have the<br />
capacity at Foster Lake or raw<br />
water tanks to store more water.<br />
In many normal or wet years,<br />
IWD permits the preponderance<br />
of its water to flow off the Hill<br />
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