Dig in for a Shady Summer
Cash in During Water Awareness
Month
Going Underground on Raymond
Avenue
Be a Water-Saving
Gardener!
Third Time's a
Charm for Pasadena Trees
Etcetera...Etcetera
Noticias en Breve
YOU'LL BE SIPPING LEMONADE
under a leafy green shade tree this summer thanks to
Pasadena Water and Power's free Cool Trees workshops Saturday, May 7, from 9
to 11:30 a.m. at Victory Park Center and Saturday, June 25, from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
at Villa-Parke Community Center.
A certified arborist will give you tips on how to site, choose, plant and
maintain a young shade tree and will provide a tree-planting demonstration.
PWP's Cool Trees program offers rebates of up to $50 per tree for customers who
plant any of 37 varieties of shade trees. (There's a limit of 10 trees/rebates
per customer.) Rebates are even bigger for PWP's Go Green! green power
customers. Past participants have learned that shade trees are a beautiful and
surprisingly effective
way to cut your heating and cooling costs!
Reserve your seat by calling the PWP AnswerLine at 744-6970.
PWP IS CELEBRATING WATER AWARENESS MONTH in
a big way by boosting its popular rebates on water-saving fixtures. Time to cash
in!
In May, PWP water customers who buy and install a high-efficiency clothes washer
with a water factor (gallons per cycle) of 9.5 or less can receive a rebate of
$300 (up from the regular $200). High-efficiency washers that qualify can save
you as much as 9,000 gallons of water per year versus a standard top-loading
model.
You can also receive a $250 rebate this month for buying and installing a
dual-flush toilet. These new fixtures have two buttons that use either 0.8 or
1.6 gallons per flush. Each toilet could save you more than 2,000 gallons of
water per year.
For more information visit www.PWPweb.com
and click on "Your Home" or call the PWP AnswerLine at 744-6970.
 TRAFFIC MAY
BE REDUCED TO ONE LANE
along a stretch of Raymond Avenue, between Glenarm Street and Del
Mar Boulevard this spring when PWP and the Public Works Department continue the
ongoing utility undergrounding program. Funded by a utility bill surcharge that
brings in about $3.8 million per year, the program's goal is to bury all
overhead lines to restore beautiful vistas along the city's major thoroughfares.
Areas are chosen based on criteria set by the City Council including streets
where overhead lines need replacement, power lines conflict with trees or
buildings, there's a high safety risk, major street work is planned and new or
expanded power facilities are needed. The top priorities are streets that are
heavily used near civic areas, city landmarks and recreation areas or have a
heavy concentration of power lines.
As the first step in the process, Raymond Avenue is being prepared for the
installation of underground electrical conduits and vaults. This preliminary
work is expected to be done by July. Once the "bones" for the underground
service are installed, all poles, power lines and other utility lines will be
buried. Crews are also finishing similar work on a stretch of Avenue 64 from
Colorado Boulevard to the south city limits.
BRUSH UP ON YOUR GARDENING SKILLS at
the final free water-saving landscaping class offered this season by PWP. During
the free class, experts will cover landscape design basics, how to select and
maintain native plants, everything you ever wanted to know about sprinkler
systems, and how to water and fertilize your yard. The class is scheduled for
Saturday, May 21, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Eaton Canyon
Nature Center, 1750 N. Altadena Dr. Space is limited so call the PWP AnswerLine
at 744-6970 to reserve your spot! If you can't make it to the class, go to the
PWP website and click on Your Home and then Southern California Heritage
Gardening Guide or call the AnswerLine and ask for a free interactive CD-ROM.
 PWP'S
TREE CARE PROGRAM HAS REALLY TAKEN ROOT! PWP's
tree care program has really taken root! For the third straight year, PWP has
been honored with a Tree Line USA Award from the National Arbor Day Foundation
for its superior care of Pasadena's greenery. The honor is presented annually,
in cooperation with the National Association of State Foresters, to utilities
across the country that demonstrate practices that protect and enhance America's
urban forests.
To qualify for the award, utilities must show that they use the best possible
techniques for tree care, high voltage power line clearance and trenching and
tunneling near roots. Recipients must provide annual training for their tree
trimmers and an ongoing tree-planting and public education program. Happily, PWP
has all of the above and more!
A regular schedule is followed to keep thousands of trees along city streets and
rear properties well groomed and safely away from power lines and poles, and PWP
crews are well trained in clearing branches and debris after storms.
To report a tree on public property that looks like a power line hazard, call
744-6584.
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