The water keeps flowing

"When the current or "hot" topic takes center stage, many equally, sometimes more important issues do not receive the attention they deserve."

Our PUD, for many years, has done an excellent job of providing a safe, dependable and affordable water supply for much of our county.  This success is the result of the hard work that PUD manager Jim Parker, and his staff, have put into it.

Over the years, our PUD has  acquired isolated community water systems and upgraded them, in many cases, interconnecting them to make them more dependable.  Frequently, in acquiring these water systems, we have received the benefit of the excess water rights that came with them.  This provides the water needed for future growth here.

The interest in, and work toward, the acquisition of the Port Ludlow water system by our PUD is becoming more focused and a grant for a feasibility study may be in the near future.  

This kind of forward thinking has served us well, and, I feel, will continue to do so into the future.  With our area being one of the top destinations for "climate change refugees", the migration of people driven north by the water crisis in the southwest.  With extensive strategic planning and an aggressive conservation program, the water needs for this potential rapid growth can be met.

During the campaign for the PUD Commissioner post, the focus has been on the electrical and high speed internet topics, but water has not had much attention.  We need to keep our priorities straight!  We can live without power and internet, but, without water, we will not survive!  Our PUD Board must keep the high level of commitment to providing life-giving water into the future the way it has up to this point.

Thank you PUD for keeping the water flowing!!!!