Supervisor favors studying septic tank pollution in Beaumont/Cherry Valley

The supervisors forget that they, or whoever else is in charge of development requirements for Cherry Valley, ALLOWED every single home thier to be built with septic tanks. Those who move into those already approved and inspected homes are not at fault for having a septic tank. People in Beaumont just pulled the lucky card that sewer lines were installed before the homes there were built. Have an outside agency come in and do better testing on the CV wells, not some agency in the pocket of the prior management of the water district who is now gone due to "problems" with a capital S. No one is against sewers if neccesary- they are against having to pay $20,000 up front, or $40,000 for payments to have one for their home, or that the water tests done for this same prior management which casts a major shadow on their authenticity. How would Beaumont citizens feel if all of a sudden it was announced that their septic system had been built sub par and that they were now going to have to come up with 10's of thousands of dollars out of their own pockets to fix it, instead of finding out whose fault it was and holding them accountable? Or is the attitude going to be- it didn't happen to me so I don't care if it happens to you.

In response to Sally. Do you think an "Agency" registered with the state would really jeopardize their license with the state for a few thousand dollars? I dont think so. I am sure that they have other clients that would drop them like a hot rock if they falsified results that are to be seen by health department officals for review at any time they like.You must not be a long time resident of Beaumont. If you have you must have forgot when the city had to upgrade their sewer system several years back because it was not up to standards to meet the demand of the city. And it was not thousands of dollars it was a few million.And I do think that all the newer development will be paying for this for a long time. It sure is nice to flush a toilet in the city and not worry about or drinking water.If you have read any of the past articles about this you would also know that C.V. is not polluting their water but they are polluting the cities water. Check with the water co. to see where all the water comes from and how the different areas of the whole system is served. I did a few years back when all of this BS started. I was very upset to learn Beaumont drinks water from CV wells (where the problems are with the wells from what I understand) and CV's water comes from the upper part of CV and almost to Oak Glen. Do so home work before jumping to conclusions,it might open up your thinking a little. Unless you are closed minded, which I hope you are not. Good luck with your research.I hope that the new water co. officals know as much about the system and its works as the "prior management" and will help you about the works of the system.

Yes the city did spend millions on updates look at contractor involved it was all done the same way as the water district no real bid just hand out work the good ol boy way, the crook's at the water district are gone now it's time to get rid of the crooks at the city as the good ol boy system is still in place look at who does all the st lights one company only the same company that rents to the people handing out all the work

To get a real job. What do the city lights have to do with Cherry Valley septic systems? Just a little information about the well water in Cherry Valley Water ( A small water district which is not a part of BCVWD which is north of Orchard ave. and west of Mountain View). If you go to the BCVWD website and read the agenda for August 12 board meeting,you will see that their water is contaminated from septic use and they are asking to be served by BCVWD. It sounds like if their water is bad then it would make sense that the water next door would be bad also. Just a thought.

WDS wrote:

To get a real job. What do the city lights have to do with Cherry Valley septic systems? Just a little information about the well water in Cherry Valley Water ( A small water district which is not a part of BCVWD which is north of Orchard ave. and west of Mountain View). If you go to the BCVWD website and read the agenda for August 12 board meeting,you will see that their water is contaminated from septic use and they are asking to be served by BCVWD. It sounds like if their water is bad then it would make sense that the water next door would be bad also. Just a thought.

Yes, septic tanks are not as perfect as a sewer system, but the point that is missed by those yelling about it is that only some people will get hit with the huge bill to install one, and not everyone who should. Some of the loudest people yelling about the quality of the water are those who live or have lived in Cherry Valley and contributed their fair share to the problem, yet not one of them is going to pay for any fix. All the prior water district management, water district employees and board members- who live or haved lived on the hill with their families for YEARS with a septic tank should have to pony up a share of the cost. And those who moved from Cherry Valley and now reside in Beaumont are the worst, for after all, their own sewage is only coming down after them. And, the newest focus on the water quality of the basin is how the over development of Beaumont has lowered its water level, thus concentrating the contaminate levels. Who wants to drink the last dregs in the glass? And who is going to take responsibility for selling off more than they should have of a commonly owned water basin? The water quality panel has already reached their conclusion about Cherry Valley's impact on the water quality- yet Beaumont with all their bragging about how the recession has missed them, and their stockpiles of ready money, has yet to bring in an outside agency to do a better study. For an outside agency not in their employ will mention the depletion of the basin as a contributing factor to water quality concerns. Just ask anyone from another water district- or read their post here.

WDS wrote:

In response to Sally. Do you think an "Agency" registered with the state would really jeopardize their license with the state for a few thousand dollars? I dont think so. I am sure that they have other clients that would drop them like a hot rock if they falsified results that are to be seen by health department officals for review at any time they like.You must not be a long time resident of Beaumont. If you have you must have forgot when the city had to upgrade their sewer system several years back because it was not up to standards to meet the demand of the city. And it was not thousands of dollars it was a few million.And I do think that all the newer development will be paying for this for a long time. It sure is nice to flush a toilet in the city and not worry about or drinking water.If you have read any of the past articles about this you would also know that C.V. is not polluting their water but they are polluting the cities water. Check with the water co. to see where all the water comes from and how the different areas of the whole system is served. I did a few years back when all of this BS started. I was very upset to learn Beaumont drinks water from CV wells (where the problems are with the wells from what I understand) and CV's water comes from the upper part of CV and almost to Oak Glen. Do so home work before jumping to conclusions,it might open up your thinking a little. Unless you are closed minded, which I hope you are not. Good luck with your research.I hope that the new water co. officals know as much about the system and its works as the "prior management" and will help you about the works of the system.

Yes, the same prior management who used their septic systems dead center on top of ground zero of our water aquifer for 20 plus years without a qualm. How much will are you going to ask them to contribute to fix their share of the problem? Remember someone's political platform, "Beaumont won't pay for Cherry Valley sewers"? What will be his share for all the time he lived in Cherry Valley with a septic tank? Or is it as simple as that? Just move to Beaumont and every toilet flush during previous years magically vanishes? With that line of reasoning one would believe that moving Beaumont's boundary line up the hill would solve the problem. Lets read the results of the water quality panels investigation. They found that the prior study had numerous mistakes. So, lets get a water expert from Cherry Valley instead of one now in the employ of Beaumont to perform another one. After all, according to your own statement, anyone registered with the state is trustworthy, and practicing what you preach is a gift beyond compare.