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Workshop Memorandum 17-072
Date: May 30, 2017
From: Joseph Zoba, General Manager
Subject: Discussion Regarding Potential On-Bill Financing for Recycled Water Connection
Improvements to Ridgeview Elementary School
Yucaipa Valley Water District strives to develop and advance innovative and effective public
policies to improve the overall management of our water resources.
The District staff has been working together with the staff at the Yucaipa Calimesa Joint Unified
School District to convert the play fields at Ridgeview Elementary School from drinking water to
recycled water. While recycled water is available for the school in Sunnyside Drive, the elevation
of the play fields will require the installation of an irrigation pump to provide sufficient pressure to
allow the existing sprinkler system to function properly.
The purpose of this agenda item is to discuss the establishment of a pilot program to utilize on-
bill financing as a method to accommodate the installation of a recycled water pump at this site.
Using on-bill financing, the water district will pay for the installation of the irrigation pump and the
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