Environment

Plan announced to swap noisy gas lawn mowers

State officials monitoring air pollution have a plan in place to swap noisy gas-emitting lawn mowers used by professional landscapers with quieter, no-emission electric mowers. The South Coast Air Quality

Sewer officials: Litigation costs have derailed plans

Facing the threat of stiff fines from state water officials several years ago, Santa Clarita Valley sewage treatment officials approved a multi-million-dollar plan to desalinate water sent downstream from the

Water GM holds hope that tunnel still on track

On hearing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s support for a one-tunnel — and not a two-tunnel — system for getting Northern California water to Southern California, the head of the SCV Water

SCV Water board re-elects Bill Cooper as president

President Bill Cooper and Vice President Maria Gutzeit were re-elected Tuesday night, and joining them in the winner’s circle was director Gary Martin, elected the board’s second vice president. The

Chiquita Canyon Landfill to pay for monitoring

By Jim Holt Signal Senior Staff Writer County officials paying close attention to what gets dumped, and how much gets dumped, at Chiquita Canyon Landfill are getting some help monitoring

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McMillan leaving SCV Water board after 16 years

Long-standing local water board member Jacque McMillan is resigning and, in so doing, giving her Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency peers an opportunity to decide whether to reduce the size

SCV water directors reflect on first year

Local water officials hunkered down for two days of reflection this past weekend, reviewing what they did right this past year and finding ways to do things better. The two-day

Tapia Ranch revised plan rejected

Developers of Tapia Ranch, who want to build more than 400 homes between Castaic and Tesoro del Valle, were sent back to the drawing board Thursday by regional planners who