20210730Falls Water Telephonic Hearing Press Release.pdf

Case No. FLS-W-21-01
Order No. 35086
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

NEWS RELEASE: Commission will host telephonic public hearing to take verbal testimony on
water utility application to build infrastructure

BOISE (July 30, 2021) – The Idaho Public Utilities Commission will hold a telephonic public
hearing on Monday, Aug. 9, to take verbal testimony on an application from Falls Water Co. Inc.
to build a new well, a new water-storage tank and a wellhouse along with related improvements
at the company’s Taylor Mountain Water System.

Falls Water previously received approval to add a well to its infrastructure, which was put into
service in June of 2018. In 2019, Falls Water commissioned an engineering study and Drinking
Water Capital Facilities Plan to identify other needs. The plan contained a hydraulic model that
recommended projects including additional wells as well as storage for water.

The telephonic public hearing is on Monday, Aug. 9, at 7:00 p.m. (MDT). To participate, please
call 1-415-655-0001, and enter passcode 177 124 0566 when prompted.

Written comments on Falls Water’s application are being accepted until Wednesday, Aug. 11,
2021. Comments are required to be filed by e-mail unless e-mail is unavailable. To submit
comments via e-mail, please visit the commission’s webpage at puc.idaho.gov. Click on the
“Consumers” tab toward the top of the page, then click on the “Case Comment Form.” Please
use case number FLS-W-21-01 when filling out the form. Public testimony and written
comments submitted to the commission become part of the permanent public record for the case,
and are viewable by the public on the webpage that offers information on Falls Water’s
application.

Any comments should also be e-mailed to Falls Water at the e-mail addresses listed below.

If e-mail is unavailable, comments may be mailed to the commission and Falls Water Co. at
these addresses:

For the Idaho Public Utilities Commission:

Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
[e-mail]

Street Address for Express Mail:

11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, ID 83714

For Falls Water Co. Inc.:

Preston N. Carter
Givens Pursley LLP
601 W. Bannock St.
Boise, ID 83702
[e-mail]

K. Scott Bruce
Falls Water Company, Inc.
2180 North Deborah Drive
Idaho Falls, ID 83401
[e-mail]

Eric Nelson
NW Natural
250 SW Taylor St.
Portland, OR 97204
[e-mail]

For additional information on Falls Water’s application, please visit:
puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/6694.