Good Morning! We have had several reports of darkly colored water.  The water has been tested (and continues to be tested daily) for contaminants and remains potable.  However we understand the reluctance to consume it.  In an effort to encourage customers to flush their lines, we have decided to give a credit to all customers on this month's billing of 100gallons off of their reading.  We suggest that water be flushed into containers and used to water gardens/plants or used to fill up toilets.  It should not take long to clear your lines.  If you have been using all of your faucets, all of them will need to be flushed.  If you have not been using the water at all, we recommend using your outside spigot to flush.  Please be aware that we have just received news that Valley Pioneer has confirmed another leak, so we will be repeating the process that we went through before.  This was a learning experience for us and we are hoping that new protocols we have put in place will eliminate the sediment, but we cannot promise it at this point.  We have asked that Valley Pioneer flush their lines for longer and notify us prior to receiving water once everything is up and running so we can turn off the water to our tank.  Please also be aware that it takes up to 3 days before all of the water is drained from their supply line so they can fix the leak and it takes approximately 12 hours to fill that same line back up to fill our tanks.  This occurred this last time and thanks to efforts of Llao, Ron and the cooperation of Valley Pioneer, we were able to haul enough water and our residents were not effected by the loss of supply.  We will repeat this process as necessary to ensure our water levels remain within usage tolerances.  While it is always good to keep a bottled supply of water on hand at all times, we are not asking for water conservation at this time.  We will haul water to keep tank levels where they need to be.  When we ask for conservation, more people use water in an effort to "use it before their neighbor does" and this creates more problems and creates more need than if you use water as needed.  If for some reason the situation changes, we will notify you here and on facebook.