Sanitation board OKs analysis, first step in sewer tunnel under Santa Clara River
The Santa Clara Riverbed is seen near the Iron Horse Trail on Monday, April 2, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Sanitation board OKs analysis, first step in sewer tunnel under Santa Clara River

Local sanitation officials are proceeding with their plan to drill a tunnel under the Santa Clara River that would accommodate a “relief sewer” pipeline, after voting Monday to pay someone…

Court tosses lawsuit, green-lights chloride reduction
FILE PHOTO. Discharged water, or effluent, will meet contamination levels met by the SCV Sanitation District/ Jim Holt The Signal

Court tosses lawsuit, green-lights chloride reduction

Local sanitation officials were happy to report Monday news of a recent court decision that enables them to proceed with their four-year plan to reduce the amount of chloride ending…

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 board pays $100,000 plus to consultants for climate change input
Foam collects above a waiter aeration tank at the Valencia Water Reclamation Plant on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. Christian Monterrosa/ The Signal

Sanitation board pays $100,000 plus to consultants for climate change input

Sanitation board members voted to pay consultants more than $102,000 Monday to ensure their water reclamation plants are in keeping with climate change targets set by the state. Members of…

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 signs firm to size up energy efficiency
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 signs firm to size up energy efficiency

Just in time for Earth Day, local wastewater treatment officials approved a plan Monday to find ways of treating sewage with greater energy efficiency. On Monday, the Santa Clarita Valley…

Sewer officials: Litigation costs have derailed plans
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

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…

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 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,…

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