EID water supplies, solar savings plentiful

Michael Raffety Mountain Democrat correspondent

As of the morning of the June 26 El Dorado Irrigation District board meeting Caples Lake was 87% full but expected to fill. The parking lot there recently had a foot-and-a-half of snow.

Silver Lake was 100% full June 26.

Echo Lake was 72% full but still covered in snow as was Lake Aloha in Desolation Wilderness at 56% full. Both of those lakes are expected to be 100% full once the snow melts near the end of July, reported EID hydrologist Jordan Baxter.

Jenkinson Lake is 100% full at 41,000 acre-feet and predicted to hold 32,000 acre-feet by Dec. 31, Baxter said.

The South Fork of the American River was flowing at 2,000 cubic feet per second June 26, fueling EID’s 21-megawatt powerhouse and helping fill up Folsom Lake, which that morning held 95% of its maximum of 977,000 acre-feet of water.

EID’s Weber Reservoir held 1,000 of its 1,006 acre-feet of water.

EID’s May snowpack was 212% of

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The following was taken from Placerville Police Department logs:

June 13

7:08 p.m. Officers cited a 55-yearold man and a 39-year-old woman allegedly found in possession of a controlled substance and illegal drug paraphernalia on Main Street.

9:12 p.m. Officers cited a 39-yearold man found in possession of illegal drug paraphernalia on Main Street.

10:23 p.m. Officers cited a 43-year-old man allegedly driving on a suspended license on Main Street.

1:34 p.m. Officers arrested a 37-year-old woman who had an outstanding warrant on Placerville Drive.

June 14

12:49 a.m. Officers cited a man allegedly trespassing on Broadway.

June 15

9:25 a.m. Officers arrested a 55-year-old man who had multiple warrants on Broadway.

7:05 p.m. Officers arrested a 48-year-old man on suspicion of normal. Placerville precipitation will total out at the end of June above 53 inches.

With El Niño conditions El Dorado County generally receives high precipitation levels. Notable years have been 2016-17 with 66.8 inches, 1995-96 with 65.44 inches and the biggest El Niño of 1982-83 at 72.85 inches.

Solar savings

A report at the same meeting by engineer Jon Money showed EID saving $325,000 in 2022 from its solar array built at the El Dorado Hill Wastewater Treatment Plant in 2006. An additional solar field in the same location completed in 2021 saved $354,500 in 2022. The total savings from those two solar fields in 2022 was $679,800.

Two new solar fields at the Deer Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant produced a savings of $456,500 in electricity bills.

All together total savings was $1,195,200, Money reported.

The district also qualified for n See eiD page A9 stealing a chain saw on Turner Street.

Peripheral neuropathy is a result of damage to the nerves often causing weakness, pain, numbness, tingling, and may also lead to serious balance problems. This damage is commonly caused by a lack of blood ow to the nerves in the hands and feet. If not properly treated this lack of blood ow may cause the nerves to degenerate.

As you can see in Figure 1, as the blood vessels surrounding the nerves become diseased they shrink and shrivel. This process hastens the ow of vital nutrients to the nerves required to remain healthy. When these nerves begin to “die” it could lead to balance problems, pain, numbness, tingling and burning symptoms in the hands and feet.

June 16

2:08 a.m. Officers arrested a 20-year-old man after he reportedly tried to flee a traffic stop on Placerville Drive.

7:04 a.m. Officers arrested a 36-year-old woman who had a warrant on Forni Road.

8:33 p.m. Officers arrested a 47-year-old man on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance on Broadway.

June 17

12:08 a.m. Officers arrested a 42-year-old woman and a 32-yearold man, both of whom are accused of being intoxicated and starting fights on Placerville Drive.

6:35 p.m Officers arrested a 63-year-old man who had warrant on Broadway.

11:24 p.m. Officers cited a 35-year-old man reportedly found in possession of a controlled substance and illegal drug paraphernalia on Placerville Drive.

June 18

4:13 p.m. Two unidentified men were reportedly seen shoplifting from a Placerville Drive business.

7:44 p.m. Officers arrested a 50-year-old man on Main Street who allegedly failed to register as a sex offender.

June 19

12:58 a.m. Vandalism to a fence was reported on Placerville Drive.

1:45 p.m. Officers arrested a 37-year-old woman on suspicion of brandishing a knife and prowling on Sean Drive.3:47 p.m. Theft of parts from a vehicle were reported on Spring Street.

9:06 p.m. Officers arrested a two women, ages 45 and 46, both of whom had a warrants on Glenwood Lane.

June 20

1:16 p.m. A woman reported being sprayed with bear mace on Monterey Road.

June 21

12:04 a.m. Officers arrested a 20-year-old man who had a warrant on Marshall Way.

1:34 p.m. Officers arrested a 55-year-old woman on suspicion of trespassing on Broadway.

The treatment to increase blood ow utilizes a specialized low-level light therapy (not to be confused with laser therapy) using light emitting diode technology. This technology was originally developed by NASA to assist in increasing blow ow.

The low level light therapy is like watering a tree. The light therapy will allow the blood vessels to grow back around the peripheral nerves and provide them with the proper nutrients to heal and repair. It’s like adding water to a tree and seeing the roots grow deeper and deeper. The amount of treatment needed to allow the nerves to fully recover varies from person to person and can only be determined after a detailed neurological and vascular evaluation.

“My feet hurt so bad after sitting I could barely take the rst few steps. I have had 11 treatments and no longer feel sharp or shooting pains and most of the tingling is gone. I now have full balance and can walk without pain. As Dr. Mooney explained the treatment is not painful, nothing uncomfortable, and is actually very relaxing.” – Neuropathy Pain Patient