WaterThe GM CSD is proud to provide our district with pure, clean, and great tasting water from deep fractured granite aquifers. The district's domestic water system includes three producing wells, two 140,000-gallon water storage tanks, and a distribution system including both gravity fed and pressurized connection to our customers.The quality of our GM water is excellent and requires no specialized…
WastewaterThe GM CSD provides our domestic water customers with a modern hybrid wastewater system specifically designed for use by rural communities with large elevation changes. Each home site and commercial entity has a Septic Tank Effluent Pumping (STEP) tank located on site. Builders install these tanks new as part of the building process. The cost of the tank and installation are a normal part of the…
Fire Protection Beckwourth Peak Fire Protection District (BPFPD) provides service to Eastern Plumas County to areas previously served by the City of Portola, Beckwourth Fire Protection District, Gold Mountain Community Services District (GMCSD), the Sierra Valley Fire Protection District, and Eastern Plumas Rural Fire Protection District.
Firewise CommunityThe mission of the Nakoma Community Firewise Committee is to support and encourage activities which reduce hazardous fire fuel loads in our community. In all cases we want to preserve the natural beauty of Gold Mountain while taking prudent steps to reduce the risk of devastating wildfire damage.
Water Conservation"Conserve…It's a California Way of Life" acknowledges that water efficiency makes California more resilient to the impacts for future droughts.During California's recent 7 year drought, Gold Mountain residents did their share to support California drought measures by reducing water usage by 28% over 2013 levels, surpassing the state target of 25%. The GMCSD relies on wells drilled deep into…