Fats, oils and greases can get into sewers, and an increasingly common cause of overflows can be sewer pipes blocked by grease. What can you do to help?
View our flyer about Fats, Oils and Grease, or “FOG,” to find out!
This is a reminder that at the December 31, 2008 regular meeting, the Board of Commissioners approved Resolution 747, which adopted rate increases for water and sewer for a period of five years, i.e., 2009 through 2013.
Please visit http://lwwsd.org/billing/rates/ for our new rate information.
For information on rates for larger meter sizes, please call the District office at 734-9224, Monday through Thursday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm.
FOOD BANK DONATIONS
Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District is hosting a food drive for the Bellingham Food Bank during the months of November and December. Drop your non-perishable donations off at the District’s office Monday through Thursday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Non-perishable food donations will be accepted through December 31, 2011.
WISH LIST:
Canned tuna, meats, soups, fruit, vegetables, juice
Peanut Butter, pasta, rice, powdered milk
Baby food, baby wipes,
Baby diapers; most needed size is 3 to 6 months
Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District is a metered system, so saving water means saving money. Inefficient and/or leaking faucets, toilets and excessive outdoor watering account for a significant amount of water that is treated at water treatment plants.
Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District would like to encourage voluntary water conservation, and there are many simple ways to help in this effort. By installing water saving shower heads, kitchen and bathroom faucets and low flow toilets, an average residence could save 25% or more water each day than a residence without.
The District requests customers irrigate on a voluntary watering schedule: even numbered addresses to only water outside on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and odd numbered addresses to water on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with no outdoor watering on Mondays. Water may seem like an unlimited resource in the Pacific Northwest, but there is a limit, and it can only be plentiful for all future generations if we all do our part in conserving this precious resource.
For the last several months, the District has been working with Baron & Company to create a new and improved user-friendly website. On the District’s new website you can pay your water and sewer bill, access forms, find information about the District’s water and sewer rates, Commissioner meeting schedules, current projects, Consumer Confidence Reports and learn a bit about the District and its history.