To all River Heights Property Owners Association members,
As our community continues to take extraordinary actions to help manage the COVID-19 outbreak, I know many of us are asking ourselves how we can help. Clearly our community leaders are giving us instruction to shelter-in-place, avoid large gatherings, and to social distance. In the end, these COVID-19 actions, and the disease itself, are creating situations where some of us could use some help. There are also many of us that are willing and able to provide assistance. So, in the spirit of neighbors helping neighbors, please use the Google sheet where you can either put your name on the list of those willing to help, make a request for help, or use the sheet to find a person’s name and contact them for assistance. For privacy, we have placed a link to the sheet on our password protected Member Resource Page. Please contact your Knoll Representative for the login password.
Otherwise, you also could contact your Knoll Representative directly.
We also wanted you to be aware of a few matters related to water and sewage in River Heights (see below) .
Stay Well,
The RHPOA Board
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 20, 2020
Public drinking water safe to drink
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is providing this important information about COVID-19 as it relates to public drinking water to provide clarity to the public. The COVID-19 virus has not been detected in drinking water supplies. Based on current evidence, the risk to water supplies is very low. Disinfection methods used in drinking water treatment plants are effective for inactivation of coronaviruses and all other viruses. Iowans can continue to use and drink water from their tap as usual. The Iowa DNR recommends obtaining your potable water from your tap as much as possible to conserve bottled water for emergency situations if needed.
Stay up to date on the latest news regarding coronavirus with the World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH).
Know what to and what NOT to flush down your toilet
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is reminding Iowans of the importance of flushing ONLYtoilet paper and human waste down toilets to avoid disruption of sewer systems.
The Department recognizes the temporary shortage of toilet paper products during the Covid-19 outbreak, but warns items such as flushable wipes, disinfecting wipes, surface cleaning wipes, baby wipes, even though advertised as flushable, are not recommended for disposal by flushing down a toilet. Diapers, paper towels, tissues and feminine hygiene products should also not be flushed down toilets.
Even though these products may not clog your sewer system at your residence, when deposited together, in an entire community, can pose a serious risk of overwhelming a community’s sewer system. If a sewer system is clogged, it can lead to backups of sewage into residences and overflows into the environment. Additionally, it can cause pump failures and lead to several hours of repairs and expenses to city wastewater systems.
Residents are encouraged to dispose of the items in bags and dispose in the trash.