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North Upper Truckee boil water order to continue until final test results received
Submitted by paula on Wed, 11/18/2020 - 8:30pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Those in the North Upper Truckee neighborhood in Meyers are still until a boil water advisory but that could be lifted Thursday. The South Tahoe Public Utility District (STPUD) has received good results on their first set of water samples from the North Upper Truckee neighborhood.
STPUD collected 30 water samples from the affected Tuesday evening. The tests for chlorine residuals came back normal (ranging from 0.4 to 0.8 parts per million) and no coliform bacteria was detected in any of the samples.
Boil water order in place for North Upper Truckee area
Submitted by paula on Tue, 11/17/2020 - 5:18pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Tahoe Public Utility District has issued a boil water alert for the North Upper Truckee neighborhood for all streets off North Upper Truckee between Highway 50 and Zuni Drive, and the Chiapa neighborhood. The boil water advisory is issued out of an abundance of caution and is expected to be resolved by Thursday evening or Friday morning.
Boil water notice issued for Tahoe Keys homes after power failure at well
Submitted by paula on Mon, 08/24/2020 - 4:08pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Residents in the Tahoe Keys are being asked to use only boiled tap water or bottled water for drinking and cooking purposes after an electrical failure at one of their wells (#3) Monday. The power failure led to a loss of water pressure.
The Tahoe Keys Property Owner Association's (TKPOA) said they emailed and hand delivered notices to residents to advise them of the boil water order.
Kiwanis holding Ham Bingo in South Lake Tahoe on Saturday
Submitted by paula on Fri, 04/07/2017 - 4:21pm
Event Date:
April 8, 2017 - 5:00pm
The Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra is holding their annual Ham Bingo on Saturday, April 7 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at St. Theresa's Grace Hall in South Lake Tahoe. This is a family friendly event and prizes for young and old are given away each game, with hams given away to several grand prize winners!
It is just 25 cents per card will free entry, free coffee and free popcorn. Hotdogs, bottled water and soda will be sold for $1 each.
All money raised will go to Mr. Matteucci's 4th grade class at Tahoe Valley Elementary for their Sutter's Fort Project.
Snowpack at Echo Summit measured at 183% of average
Submitted by paula on Thu, 03/30/2017 - 5:20pm
More signs that California is rebounding after five years of drought were evident on Echo Summit Thursday morning as the snowpack measured at 183 percent of average. This snow water equivalent (SWE) reading by the team from the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program was 46.1 inches.
The readings represent 183 percent of the long-term average at the Phillips measuring station near Sierra-at-Tahoe. Statewide, the electronic readings from 95 sites in the Sierra showed the snowpack at 164 percent of average, or 45.8 inches. Average for all of the Sierra Nevada is 27.9 inches
Sierra "phenomenal" snowpack not a record, but water content at 179% of average
Submitted by paula on Wed, 03/01/2017 - 10:59pm
The Sierra Nevada snowpack continues to build during one of the wettest winters in California’s recorded history and this was evident as the monthly snow survey was conducted by the Department of Water Resources at Phillips Station near Sierra-at-Tahoe.
The snow water equivalent (SWE) measured was 179 percent of average, or 43.4 inches.
The 113 inches of snow at Phillips Station contains the fifth-highest March 1 reading of the SWE. In 1969, the record reading was 57.4 inches of snow-water content in 160.9 inches of water.
Local Sierra snowpack holding 153% of average water; Tahoe basin at 191% of normal snow
Submitted by paula on Thu, 02/02/2017 - 1:45pm
Measurements of the Sierra snowpack by both California and Nevada water officials have good, but not surprising news: There is well above average amounts of snow and snow water content in the Sierra Nevada, and Lake Tahoe and Truckee basins.
During his monthly trek into the snow at Phillips Station, 15 miles southwest of Lake Tahoe, Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program found 22.1 more inches of water in the snow than what he found January 3.
Bottled water companies able to continue in drought stricken California
Submitted by paula on Sun, 04/12/2015 - 1:27pm
California's in the middle of an epic drought -- but that hasn't stopped bottled water production in the state. Even as residents face mandatory cutbacks and fields lie fallow, companies continue pumping hundreds of millions of gallons of water every year into plastic bottles -- sometimes straight from a municipal water supply.
With Americans increasing their bottled water consumption by 50% in the past 10 years there has been a lot of criticism of the consumers and companies in recent weeks.
