Sanitation District Board to pay $96,000 to prevent scaling of water treatment equipment
FILE PHOTO. Discharged water, or effluent, will meet contamination levels met by the SCV Sanitation District/ Jim Holt The Signal

Sanitation District Board to pay $96,000 to prevent scaling of water treatment equipment

Members of the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District’s governing board Friday addressed a water issue many SCV residents address daily — mineral-heavy water that causes scaling. Scaling is the buildup…

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 District cancels meeting for the third time
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 cancels meeting for the third time

  For the third time in as many months, the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District Board  cancelled its public meeting. The board cancelled its meeting scheduled for March 14, then…

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…

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