Sanitation board pays more than $160K in extra chloride-reduction costs
Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District officials provided this graphic to illustrate how the new treatment plant will remove chlorides from wastewater.

Sanitation board pays more than $160K in extra chloride-reduction costs

Members of the local sanitation board approved $160,000 worth of extra work pursuing their four-year chloride compliance plan. On Monday, members of the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District board voted…

Sanitation District get 3 more years to complete chloride plan
A vial of brine (salt solution) collected after it was extracted from the chloride in the water during the osmosis process. Dan Watson/Signal archives

Sanitation District get 3 more years to complete chloride plan

State water regulators gave local sanitation officials three more years to carry out their plan to reduce the amount of chloride that ends up in the Santa Clara River. On…

Sanitation District gets more time to finish its chloride-reduction plan
A vial of brine (salt solution) collected after it was extracted from the chloride in the water during the osmosis process. Dan Watson/Signal archives

Sanitation District gets more time to finish its chloride-reduction plan

In light of back-to-back lawsuits that stalled construction, state water regulators have granted the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District more time to complete its four-year plan to reduce the amount…

Chloride reduction underway despite court challenges
FILE PHOTO. Luz Elena Henao, a treatment plant operator, cleans off large water filters used at the Sanitation District's Valencia Water Reclamation Plant on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. Christian Monterrosa/ The Signal

Chloride reduction underway despite court challenges

After Sanitation District officials got down to the business of hiring and assigning work to construct a plant that would reduce the amount of chloride ending up in the Santa…

SCV gets a third water reclamation plant with Newhall Ranch
FILE PHOTO. Discharged water, or effluent, will meet contamination levels met by the SCV Sanitation District/ Jim Holt The Signal

SCV gets a third water reclamation plant with Newhall Ranch

With two water plants removing salty chloride from local wastewater at the same time, Santa Clarita Valley’s chloride woes are likely to finally subside, said the man who for the moment represents two sanitation districts.

Sanitation officials green light Newhall Ranch sewer connection
Proposed site of Newhall Ranch development, looking southeast state Route 126 in Castaic. Dan Watson/The Signal.

Sanitation officials green light Newhall Ranch sewer connection

  Developers building 21,000 homes for Newhall Ranch can start installing pipes to connect the first of those homes to the Santa Clarita Valley sewer system following a decision Thursday…

Sanitation District calls public hearing on rate hikes
FILE PHOTO. Luz Elena Henao, a treatment plant operator, cleans off large water filters used at the Sanitation District's Valencia Water Reclamation Plant on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. Christian Monterrosa/ The Signal

Sanitation District calls public hearing on rate hikes

  A public hearing has been scheduled to discuss sewer rate increases set four years ago to offset the cost reducing the amount of chloride discharged into the Santa Clara…

Sanitation board reconvenes after hiatus
A vial of brine (salt solution) collected after it was extracted from the chloride in the water during the osmosis process. Dan Watson/Signal archives

Sanitation board reconvenes after hiatus

Officials elected to govern the operation of Santa Clarita Valley’s sewer system get down to business next week after nearly a two-month hiatus. The last time members of the Santa…

SCV ratepayer group sues the sanitation district for the 3rd time
Denny Orellana and his son Michael, 9, take a look at the rain-filled Santa Clara River during a walk in Canyon Country last January. Tom Cruze/for The Signal

SCV ratepayer group sues the sanitation district for the 3rd time

As local sanitation officials breathe a sigh of relief this week with news of a favorable court ruling that enabled them to wiggle out from under a debilitating lawsuit, they…

Sanitation officials to unveil revamped environmental impact report
A vial of brine (salt solution) collected after it was extracted from the chloride in the water during the osmosis process. Dan Watson/Signal archives

Sanitation officials to unveil revamped environmental impact report

Everything you ever wanted to know about chloride in the Santa Clara River, the plan to reduce the river’s chloride levels to satisfy downstream Ventura County farmers of salt-sensitive crops,…

Water heads expand basin salt plan
Excavators and workers create a form for a 700 foot long, 4 foot high by 8 foot wide storm drain as construction progresses at Vista Canyon development in Canyon Country on Wednesday Feb. 24, 2016. (Dan Watson/The Signal)

Water heads expand basin salt plan

Local water officials working to better manage groundwater in the Santa Clarita Valley’s water basin, are also working to better manage the salt in that basin. Members of the Castaic…

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