Rainbow Municipal Water District’s (RMWD) Wastewater and Valve Maintenance staff performed Confined Space Rescue training with North County Fire Department (NCF).  NCF and RMWD participants reviewed Rainbow’s confined space trailer, gas monitors, department tools and specialized equipment.  Firefighters and RMWD staff practiced with rescue ropes and entered a confined space at Lake Rancho Viejo…

The Rainbow Municipal Water District Board works every day to efficiently deliver water to our customers in a cost-effective manner.  As part of this process we strive to ensure that we are measuring water accurately both into our system from our wholesaler and to our customers through their water meters.

Improving the reliability of the water delivery system is the central goal of the Water Authority’s Pipeline 5 Relining Project.  The project involves rehabilitating approximately 2.3 miles of pipeline in 8 separate segments along a 9.5-mile stretch of pipeline traversing the Fallbrook community.

Rainbow MWD recently incorporated new technology in our water mainline inspections during emergency and scheduled repairs.  With the use of this camera equipment, pictured to the right, we are able to inspect the internal coating inside the water mains during water main shutdowns.

RMWD’s mission is to provide our customers reliable, high quality water and water reclamation service in a fiscally sustainable manner.   We strive each and every day to attain this goal.   The first component is securing a reliable high-quality source of water, which is currently supplied by SDCWA at our nine connections to their aqueduct system.  

By now, many of you may have heard about the two new laws passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor related to water use efficiency.   Assembly Bill 1668 and Senate Bill 606 work in concert to establish a new regulatory structure that seek to increase water use efficiency in the State.   While the details of the bills would take up more space than we have here, they generally mandate…

A key part of our water distribution system are the water tanks that store water to meet daily peak demands.   We monitor our tanks continuously via our computer control systems and inspect our tanks every week.  Most of our tanks are made out of thick steel with special epoxy coatings.   On a regular basis all tanks are inspected internally either by a complete drain and washout or using a…

The last two winters have been about as different as they could be.   The winter of 2016/2017 started wet in November and stayed that way through March.   We got steady light rain events punctuated by a couple of huge deluges in our area.   The new pipeline bridge that is visible across Moosa Creek along Camino Del Rey near I-15 was installed when one of these storms blew out our pipeline that…

In January, our newsletter described the process the District is using to identify pipelines with a higher risk for failure than others.   This comprehensive Condition Assessment evaluated a variety of factors including age, system pressure, pipe material, and break history to give us a forecast of which pipelines are at highest risk.   Since the completion of that report just a few months ago, we…

At Rainbow MWD we have a staff of people that work hard every day to bring you the services you expect at the lowest cost we can.  As part of that process, we regularly try out different ways to do things to see if we can improve service and/or lower cost.  

As we discussed in the August newsletter, the oldest pipes in the RMWD service area are over 60 years old and about half of the system of 325 miles of pipe is 50 years or older.   Since pipelines are generally designed to last 50 years we are at a point where action is needed.   Many of our customers have experienced water outages and traffic inconveniences due to water main breaks, and as the…