I was invited to speak today at the Homestead Valley Community Council meeting in the Flamingo Heights Community Center. The HVCC is a union of four historic homestead communities:   Yucca Mesa Landers Flamingo Heights (where we live) Johnson Valley   I spoke about our road dedi... [More]

The Bighorn technician came by and checked the pressure at the meter and at the end of the pipe. With no water flowing the pressure is 39 PSI, but as soon as one valve is opened it drops to 29 PSI. According to the water agency, they are required to provide only 20 PSI, so they are covered. but we h... [More]

Victor ran a one-inch pipe 600 feet from the new water meter installed by the Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency to the building site. He needs the water to soak the ground during the grading operation, and to fill the septic tank when it is installed. Unfortunately, he reports, the water pressure is... [More]

The fire code apparently specifies that you have to install a fire sprinkler system in all new construction if your driveway is more than 300 feet from a fire hydrant that is capable of producing a flow of 1000 gallons per minute at a minimum of 20 PSI pressure for two hours. We don’t have a h... [More]