free stuff – Pine Cove Water District

Posted by admin on March 21, 2014

Looks like nothing but sunny days for the next week. While I wish I could say rain or snow is coming, it just isn’t so. Now is a good time to get out into your garden and add some compost and mulch to help your soil absorb and retain more water. That way your outdoor watering will become more efficient and you will use less water.

We are offering FREE compost and mulch to all Pine Cove Water District customers in order to help them conserve water outside in their gardens. Yes, you heard right. FREE!!! You can help yourself as the piles of compost and mulch are located behind the water district garage/workshop right here on Marion Ridge Road. If you need an exceptionally large amount, such as a dump truck full, please stop by the office or give us a call during regular business hours. Our phone number is 951-659-2675 and we are open Monday thru Friday from 9 am until 4 pm. We want to be sure there is enough for everyone, so please be considerate if you plan to take a large amount so that we can make arrangements for that. Otherwise, just help yourself.

According to Gardening for Dummies, putting down a layer of mulch in your garden will usually provide the following benefits:

Inhibits weed germination and growth. (Weeds are not only unsightly, but they also steal resources from desirable garden plants!)

Holds in soil moisture, protecting your plants from drying out quickly

Moderates soil-temperature fluctuations (This benefit is especially valuable during that turbulent-weather period in spring when you don’t want your plants to be stressed.)

In cold-winter areas, protects plant roots from winter cold and helps prevent frost-heaving, in which plants are literally pushed out of the ground by the natural expansion and contraction of the soil as it cools off and heats up

In hot-summer areas, helps keep plant roots cooler

Depending on what you use, adds a bit of welcome nutrition to your garden as it breaks down

So come on down and get yours today and make your plants and trees happy and save water in the process. We also have bluebird houses available to all Pine Cove Water District customers as well. Pick yours up today.

Water Saving Kits

Posted by admin on January 29, 2014

With this winter’s lack of moisture, comes the reality of having to conserve water. While this should be an ongoing way of life, here on the hill, the weather we are having, or the lack of it, seems to effect how much we think about water conservation.

In an effort to boost your conservation efforts, we are providing a few items to our Pine Cove Water District customers, FREE OF CHARGE! That’s right. Stuff for free.

For your outside areas, we have compost you can add to your soil to improve it. We also have wood chips that you can put on your garden to help retain moisture. The wood chips will eventually decompose and turn into compost as well, there by improving your soil as well.

We also have water saving kits by Niagara Conservation available free of charge to any Pine Cove Water customer. These are great kits and include the following items:

1 Earth Massage 1.5 GPM showerhead with a two setting massage spray showerhead.

1 Kitchen Swivel 1.5 GPM Aerator with dual spray functionality, with wide spray radius and water pausing on/off valve.

2 Bathroom Faucet 1.0 GPM Aerators that deliver half the flow, but twice the power. These are commercial grade aerators for the home.

1 Toilet Water Saver (Fill Cycle Diverter)- This patented water saver takes excess water from the bowl and diverts it to the tank to reduce water consumption. (This is NOT a flow restricting device.)

Toilet Leak Detection Tablets that are FDA certified, non-toxic dye tablets used to detect leaks in toilets.

Water Conservation Wheel that provides useful ways to conserve water around the house.

Flow Meter Bag. The kit bag doubles as a flow meter to identify water wasters throughout the home.

This is a pretty good deal considering it is free of charge. So stop by the office any time during normal business hours and pick up your water saving kit.

We also have our famous blue bird houses back in stock. While they don’t help you save any water, they do provide shelter to our little bird friends here on the hill.

Our office is located at 24917 Marion Ridge Road and we are open Monday thru Friday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. So stop by today and get your free stuff!

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Water Saving Kits