Rainbow Water directors commended

Directors Sundram, Griffiths and Hatfield are commended for their effort at the Rainbow Water District to reduce costs, maintain the pipeline system and eliminate non-essential programs of the former board. The Rainbow district is the only water agency requiring all customers to install backflow devices. Many of the Fallbrook and Bonsall properties are at a high elevation with minimum water pressure. Backflow devices installed at the meter reduce the pressure. Backflow devices with inadequate pressure mean some homes may not be habitable as long as others. In my development, two residents no longer have enough pressure for showers on the second level. By state law only those injecting chemicals are required to install backflow devices. None of the other nine water agencies in the North County, including Fallbrook and Valley Center, require all customers to have backflow protection. I sincerely hope the new directors will focus on the important goals and revise the backflow policy so that it does not impact customers not required by state law to install these devices.