By the time this issue of Foreword comes out, the desilting work on the lake in Palmer 6 should be completed. Nevertheless, I think the Orchard membership should be apprised of what has been done, and why we have undertaken what would be our single biggest Capital Expenditure for 2010.

The last time the Palmer 6 lake was desilted was 10 years ago, and, at that time, it was not even completely desilted for lack of budget. Everytime there is a typhoon or strong rain, silt and garbage find their way into our lake and what we found on the lake last year was that only 30 percent of its capacity was being utilized due to this siltation. The garbage, composed mostly of plastic bags, wreaked havoc on our irrigation system as small pieces got through our wetwell screens and found their way into clogging our sprinklers. [more]