Utility Rate Cut & Water Treatment

COMMENTARY

• Bad traffic weekend
• Southwest Gas is reducing its natural gas rate October 1st by eliminating a cost balancing account rate
• Some valley cities are contributing to a water treatment plant that will treat sewer water for home use
• Discussion of Scottsdale’s Advanced Water Treatment Facility that turns recycled water into ultra purified water

FACT

• Even with expanded growth, Arizona uses about the same amount of water as it did in 1957 (Arizona Department Of Water Resources)

Weekly To Do On Painting Prep

COMMENTARY

• Register for the next Arizona Staycation. Transportation from Sanderson Ford, lodging and more!
• Weekly To Do on Painting Prep article
• Some of the tips we cover
  • Using the correct painters tape for the job
  • Rosie’s 3 things for proper storage of spare paint
    • Never open the can with a flat screwdriver
    • Cover the can with plastic wrap and use a rubber mallet to tap the lid closed
    • Store the can upside down

Takeaways

COMMENTARY

• Arizona Cardinals tickets contest

TEXT

• Marie in Tucson has a porch with 8 inch wood support posts that were only treated with Thompson’s Water Sealer and linseed oil not often. Many splits in the wood and considering banding them with metal rings. Would that help or just replace them
• Rosie offers a solution to absolutely replace the posts.  Does not recommend Thompson’s Water Sealer.
• Cover suggestions for viga tail extensions outside adobe style homes