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Home My WebLink About20150921UWI to Staff 151,152.pdf(208) 34$7500 (208) 33ffi912 (Fax) McDevitt & Mller LLP Lauyets 420 West Baonock Steet P.O. Bo:r ?,5lfu&n0l Boise,Idaho 837U1 September 21,2075 'l',, ?ll!i SIP 2l Pfi lr 09 i r,. / .t r'-'ii] I L If i.:rl iffiob:isslMcDevin DeanJ. [oe) Miller Celeste K. Millet Via llaad Delirery JeanJewelJ, Secetary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 4T2W.Washington St Boise,Idaho 83720 Re: UITI-W-15-01 Deat Ms.Jewell: Enclosed for filin& please find an otiginal and three (3) copies of United ITater Idaho's First Response to the Commission StafiPs Eighth Ptoduction Request Nos. 151 and 752. Kindly retum a file stamFed copy to me. Very TrulyYours, McDevitt & Miller LLP \)tutl- DeanJ. Miller I DJM/hh Cc Uaited lfater Idaho, Ioc. ORIGINAL Dean J. Miller (lSB No. 1968) McDEVITT & MILLER LLP 420 West Bannock Street P.O. Box 2564.83701 Boise, lD 83702 Tel: 208.343.7500 Fax 208.336.6912 ioe@mcdevitt-m iller. com Attomey for United Water ldaho, lnc. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF UNITED WATER IDAHO INC. FOR AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO ?il:l Si:P ? I Fii l: 09 ,t; ,1,, i.i;.lli-r.,.. BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Gase No. UW-W-15{{ UNITED WATER IDAHO INC.'S FIRST RESPONSE TO EIGHTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE coMtutsstoN STAFF United Water Idaho lnc., ("United Wate/') by and through its undersigned attorneys, hereby submits its First Response to the Commission Staffs Eighth Production Request Nos. 151 and 152. DATED this _l[L day of September,2015. UNITED WATER IDAHO INC. UNITED WATER IDAHO INC.'S FIRST RESPONSE TO EIGHTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THEcoiti,ilsstoN STAFF - r By: Aftomey for United Water ldaho, lnc. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on tne ASf,ay of September 2015,1 caused to be served, via the method(s) indicated below, true and correct copies of the foregoing document, upon: Jean Jewell, Secretary Hand Delivered ldaho Public Utilities Commission U.S, Mail T2WestWashington Street Fax P.O. Box 83720 Boise, lD 83720-0074 ijewell@puc. state. id. us Donald L. Howell, ll Daphne Huang Deputy Attorney General ldaho Public Utilities Commission P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ldaho 83720-0074 don. howell@ puc. idaho. qov daphne. huanq@puc. idaho.qov Brad M. Purdy Attorney at Law 2019 N. 17th Street Boise, lD 83702 bmpurdy@hotmail.com Fed. Express !i Email qi Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email K IJ v-I t (a IJ \l l(Jg UNITED WATER IDAHO ING.'S FIRST RESPONSE TO EIGHTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE coMiilssroN STAFF - 2 UNITED WATER IDAHO INC. CASE UWI.W.I5-01 EIGHTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Marshall Thompson REQUEST NO. 151: On page 16 and 17 of Company Witness Cary's direct testimony, she discusses a $35,000 donation made by UWI to the Boise Watershed Environmental Education Center for an interpretive trail to be constructed near the West Boise Wastewater Treatment Plant. Will UWI's donation be used for a specific purpose? RESPONSE NO. 151: The Company's $35,000 donation to the Boise Watershed Environmental Education Center will specifically fund the interpretive trail as part of an educational series of exhibits to teach about water resources, and how to conserve and protect them. There will be science-oriented interactive sites, wildlife sculptures, messages about a healthy watershed, but the overall purpose will be to educate & promote sustainability. The interpretive path will enhance messages from both the interior and exterior exhibits. UNITED WATER IDAHO INC. CASE UWI.W-15-01 EIGHTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Marshall Thompson REQUEST NO. 152: Please explain in greater detail the plans and timelines for construction of the trail, what its purpose is, and how it relates to wise water use and UWI's water conservation program. RESPONSE NO. 152: Ground breaking for the Boise Watershed Environmental Education Center River Campus project was on August 27th,2015. The design team for the River Campus is continuing work on the elements of the entire campus design, including the interpretive walk. The expectation is that the River Campus lnterpretive Trail will be completed by August 2016. The purpose of the River Campus and interpretive trail is to educate and promote sustainability as part of an educational series of exhibits to teach about water resources, how to conserve and protect them. There will be science-oriented interactive sites, wildlife sculptures, messages about a healthy watershed and sustainability. Site plans call for innovative water-conserving irrigation systems to be designed and installed along the pathway and throughout the River Campus. There will be low-water use landscaping across all of the River Campus, examples of xeric and native plant gardens, and these will also be along the interpretive path, with appropriate signage. There will be signage and interpretive elements along the path that show wise water use, conservation and the reason why that it is important to our community and region.