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Fallbrook
pupils’ artwork wins place in water calendar - 4/24/08
Imagine being handed a box of crayons and a blank
sheet of paper, and then being tasked with illustrating the idea that water is
life.
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1-day
household hazardous, electronic and universal waste collection event at
Fallbrook High, Saturday, Feb. 23 from 9 to 3 p.m - 2-15-08
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Farm
Bureau Ag workshop will be a tradeshow-like event in Escondido- Feb. 20,
from 1-5 p.m - 2-15-08
Fire-resistant
landscaping workshops free for residents - 2/11/08
The North County Water Agencies are hosting a free,
three-hour “firescape” workshop for residential customers at six locations
throughout North County during March and April.
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for workshop locations
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Agricultural
water users free irrigation workshop - 2/07/08
A free workshop focusing on irrigation system
efficiency and minimizing water use in the grove will be held Saturday, March
1, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club, 17025 Avenida de
Acacias.
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Scholarship Program 2008 - 1/30/08
The Fallbrook Public Utility District is partnering
with the North County Fire Protection District and Mission Resource
Conservation District in an annual program to award five scholarships to local
graduating seniors.
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FPUD
meeting will answer questions about 30% water cutback
for growers - 11/07/07
The Fallbrook Public Utility District will hold a
public meeting to help the more than 600 growers in the Interruptible
Agricultural Water Program understand, step-by-step, how the district will
implement the 30% mandatory water cutback, beginning Jan. 1, 2008. The meeting
will be held Thursday, Nov. 15 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts
Center at Fallbrook High School, 2400 S. Stagecoach Lane.
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Board meetings
combined to accommodate holiday season - 11/06/07
The November board meeting for the Fallbrook Public
Utility District will be combined with the December meeting, to accommodate the
upcoming holiday season. That meeting will be Monday, Dec. 10, beginning at 4
p.m. at the district office, 990 E. Mission Road. For more information, contact
Noelle Denke at 728-1125, ext. 1127, or visit the district’s Web site at
www.fpud.com
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Fluoridation is
coming soon to a faucet near you - 10/17/07
Beginning December 3, the Fallbrook Public Utility
District’s water wholesaler, the Metropolitan Water District, will begin adding
what dentists and scores of health professionals are calling “an optimal level”
of fluoride to the drinking water.
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FPUD declares Stage II water alert - 09/21/07
With dry weather conditions
persisting and a recent federal court ruling limiting water shipments from the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the Fallbrook Public Utility District general
manager, Keith Lewinger, issued a stage II water alert yesterday afternoon.Jan.
1, 2008.
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Important
Notice for a cut back in Agricultural water use- 08/31/07
Important Notice for a cut back in Agricultural water use-
08/31/07 - Spanish
As you may have already heard, we
are expecting a required reduction in water use for the discounted
interruptible agricultural water program (IAWP), beginning Jan. 1, 2008.
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Innovative
sewer alarm system wins FPUD an award-
08/20/07
Nobody likes to think about something
as unpleasant as a sewer spill. But the reality is that 40,000 occur
nationwide, according to estimates by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Conservation
urged temporarily during pipeline maintenance - 11/13/06
The Fallbrook Public Utility District
is asking customers to conserve water, especially outdoors, as FPUD and several
other water agencies in the San Diego region will have their imported water
service discontinued for 11 days, beginning Nov. 27.
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Online
payment option new at FPUD
-08/24/06
There aren’t many water districts in the state of California that offer
customers an online payment option for their water bill, but the Fallbrook
Public Utility District now offers this service.
-08/03/06
The bad news is that water and sewer rates did increase some. The good news is
that even though the Fallbrook Public Utility District board approved small
rate increases, the cost to typical FPUD customers for water and sewer service
is still in the bottom third in San Diego County.
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FUHS
senior wins regional scholarship competition
-05/16/06
Local high school student Brandon Chesney has been selected to win a $1,000
scholarship in an annual competition hosted by the California Special Districts
Association and its affiliates.
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Grease
can artists, school honored, win prizes
-05/11/06
The contest open to first through fifth-graders in Fallbrook, is part of the
"Grease - in the Can, Not the Drain!" campaign
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Fallbrook
pupil's artwork wins place in water calendar
-04/24/06
Fourth-graders from schools all over North County put pens and crayons to paper
to color the best and brightest water-conservation posters.
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Earth
Day event will teach hands-on lessons -04/07/06
One way to learn first-hand the safety of recycled water is to watch a live
fish swimming and living in it. That’s one of the things 1,760 elementary
schoolchildren will learn at an upcoming Earth Day event at Beech Street Park.
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FPUD's
solar panels save big, win big -03/27/06
Saving a buck is always a good thing. Saving around $6,000 per month is even
better. On March 27, the Fallbrook Public Utility District will receive an
award from the San Diego Regional Energy Office for its cost-saving,
energy-efficient solar panels at the board of directors meeting.
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Free
workshops for restaurants -03/16/06
Restaurants, schools, hospitals and other food-serving organizations can attend
a free workshop Tues., March 21 for assistance and information on becoming a
Green Business, and learning stormwater requirements, solid waste management,
health compliance issues, and grease-management requirements specific to
Fallbrook.
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Pipeline
Shutdown Update -02/13/06
The weather may not have cooperated with the planned aqueduct shutdown, but
customers of the Fallbrook Public Utility District sure did once they realized
the situation was critical. Last week, the shutdown of the Metropolitan Water
District and San Diego County Water Authority pipelines that provide imported
water to FPUD should have gone largely unnoticed.
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Pipeline
Shutdown -02/01/06
The Fallbrook Public Utility District is asking customers in the DeLuz,
Sachse,Toyon Heights and Sandia Creek service areas to conserve water as FPUD
and most water agencies in the San Diego region will have their imported water
service discontinued for 12 days, beginning Sat., Feb. 4 through Wed., Feb. 15.
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Scholarship
Program 2006 -01/09/06
The Fallbrook Public Utility District is partnering with the North County Fire
Protection District and Mission Resource Conservation District in an annual
program to award 13 scholarships to local graduating seniors.
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FPUD Employee
of the Year - Tony Pacheco -01/03/06
What does it take to be named employee of the year?
Especially when some still consider you “the new guy?”
Tony Pacheco can tell you. Though he hasn’t yet worked three years for
Fallbrook Public Utility District, the utility worker has indeed stood out. In
fact, he was selected from a pool of about 80 employees for the honor.
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