8-25-25 The Community well will be shut off today for a couple hours. There is a water leak that is being repaired on Lincoln and Wilson. It will be back on as soon as possible.
6-25-25 You will be receiving a EPA letter in the mail with information on Galvanized pipes. The ELMCA Community Well is not aware of any lead pipes on our mains (none that we have encountered thru the years ). We have Galvanized pipes on our mains or CPVC that is used. Please note that you may have Lead pipes from your main to your house. ELMCA is not aware of what you may have from our main line / shut off point to your house. Water users of the Community well are responsible for their own pipes to their homes. The EPA has required us to mail you out information on this and how you can test your own water for these things. The ELMCA Community Water system test for Bacterial each month and extensive minerals/ Lead / copper and other things every 3 years. As well as PFAS recently. You can find those test results on this Website. You can Google or search for a local water test labs, if you wish to test your water yourself.
3-10-25 Hello everyone, Now that the weather is getting nice and the snow has melted we are looking to do a community clean up weekend. We have a lot of garbage and cans and ect on the sides of the road and we would like to get volunteers to help keep our community nice. We will be posting signs to let you know when or if you want to do on your own, that would be great too. We do not have a garbage service to pick up garbage cans, so we rely on our community to help out. If you have any other suggestions or question on wanting to volunteer, Please contact a board member. General Membership meetings will start again on June 14th, 2nd Saturday of the month. June 14th, July 12th, August 9th and September 13th for 2025.
10-25-24 Bills are out in the mail. Please remember to write 2 separate checks for the water and lot. We are sending the Newsletter out separately. I hope everyone reads it and puts it on their frig to see the meeting dates next year. We would love to have you come and get involved with your community.
10-16-24 For all Water users we have LCRR information on Lead and Copper inventory. The Manor is unaware of any Lead or Copper pipes on the main. We have never encountered them when doing repairs/ Replacement. Our Certified Operators of the system have only found Galvanized.
You may get letters from a Jacobs Engineering firm or the DNR in the future either asking questions about your private home water lines, plumbing fixtures and if you have water softeners or filters. FYI Homeowners are responsible for their own water lines from the shut off / buffalo box, to the house. The EPA is making stricter laws about these and will let the DNR know what they may have to do in the future. We have online on this website all the water testing results and the inventory of the water lines we have running thru the Manor for the Water Users.
We currently have 105 Water Users on the system. We do extensive testing with the DNR & we have to stick to the schedule they give us for what we test. We do Bacterial testing once a month and other extensive testing, like lead, copper, mineral, arsenic and ect approx. every 3 years. They very with the DNR. We also had to do a PFAS testing this last year and it came back negative also. Due to this we are exempt from Standard testing, that one would do for selling your home. If you need any information on the tests, if selling your home or need a copy of the regulations, they are all on this site under the community well section. You can also contact one of the board members to get the information if you need it. We have them all at the clubhouse also.
You will be soon receiving your new bills for Lots and Water. We have kept the fees the same for the lots, but we did have to raise the water fees to help with inflation / raising costs that are costing us. The system is old, but it is still working and the pumphouses are in great shape. This is the first time in over 20yrs that we have had to raise the fees. We raised the $50 more per yr. So the total for water for the Year is $300 in lieu of the $250. Way less then any other community wells in the area. We know this will be a hardship for some with everything raising in costs. We are sorry, but we can not run the system in the red and not have money available for the repairs if needed. Please contact a board member if you need help with your bill to make arrangements with our treasurer.
Just a reminder that bills have been out for 6 months if you are on the payment plan please pay your 2nd half of your water bill & If you have not paid anything on your water bill or lot fees from the last billing cycle, we will be putting liens on at the court house soon & If you are delinquent on your water bill we will be doing shut offs soon as well.
We still are looking for bids to put in the baseball diamond backing yet. So if you know anyone with equipment to install and have insurance. Please have them contact a member of the board to submit a bid.
I was notified by the Town of Dover that a few numbers have changed. The Building Inspector Cell # is 262-895-9405 and Non emergency for the Town of Dover Water Patrol is 262-758-0450.