We got 7 more signups! We are now up to 24 total.

Checking the mail today brought in 7 more signups.  The original "yes or no" mailer received around 50 positive responses and 24 people have signed up.  The feasibility study can go through with 40-50 signups.  Anything from 35-40 will need some review and under 35 will need a good hard review if it is worth putting the numbers and effort together.

Map of signups (purple dots) as of 4-15-11.  Click on this caption for a larger size image.

Hopefully everyone got their crops in the field before this rain and the upcoming week will give everyone a chance to read this and send their check in if they are still interested.

If we had $150 for every tractor in the field the study would be paid for by now!

As I drove up to the White Cloud Casino last night there were a lot of tractors out in the field.  Since everyone was making use of daylight and good weather I think this affected the attendance at the meeting.  The second meeting on April 11th was to inform anyone who missed the first meeting so if you attended at least one of the meetings you got the information you needed.

At the end of the meeting 17 checks had been collected.  A map of the area has been provided below to show the the interested households.  Since this posting is on the internet, I have left names off the map.  If you want to know what neighbors you need to talk to give the District office a call at (785) 474-3407 to get names.

Map of potential expansion area.  Customers initially interested in water are green with the declining person marked as red.  Purple dots represent applicants who have paid $150 for the study. (Click on the caption for a link to a larger image.)

At this point in time, if you are one of the purple dots, look at who lives south of you and talk to those neighbors.  The idea is to connect to existing District pipelines to the south and continue northward.  The more customers that sign up between you and the pipeline, the better chance that we can get water to you.

The deadline for checks if April 25th, so we have just under two weeks to get the final number of checks.  I am planning to keep an updated map on this blog so everyone can see where we have a yea or a ney.

Good luck!

Second Meeting for Rural Water District #2, Brown County

Hopefully by now everyone has received the announcement about the second meeting at the White Cloud Casino on Monday night, April 11th.  If you have any questions, we hope to see you there.  Right now, there are 5 parties that have paid the $150 fee.  Not quite there, but the deadline for the final payment is April 25th so we have some time.

If you plan on submitting your $150, I would like for everyone to fill out the questionnaire as best as possible.  First, it helps out with the planning when it comes to estimating usage.  If there isn't any planning, a dairy can create a lot of pressure problems when they wash down.  The application also helps determine potential health issues that can be used in consideration when applying for funding.  If we told USDA Rural Development that we wanted to connect 50 customers that already have a super clean abundant supply of well water the people at the agency would be scratching their heads.  If we can show that there are wells with various problems or issues with supply then it helps USDA provide funding.

Spring is definitely here and everyone is cleaning up from the winter, getting ready to go out in the fields, out working in the fields, or a million other things.  If you have any questions, we hope you can find the time to break away from all of the work and let us know what you think.