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antonovich050113a[Supv. Antonovich] – During public hearings on the Chloride Compliance Plan at Santa Clarita City Hall, L.A. County Mayor Michael D. Antonovich called on the state to unburden the community from unfunded mandates and massive fines for not meeting overly arduous chloride removal regulations in Santa Clarita Valley’s treated wastewater.

“This is an unfair burden for the Santa Clarita Valley,” said Mayor Antonovich, who is calling on State officials and the Regional Water Quality Board to provide the local Sanitation Districts more time to find a solution to their prohibitive mandate of chloride disposal.  In addition, Antonovich has asked the State for funding to address the problem, along with a review of the existing regulations to rollback onerous requirements.

Antonovich is also directing the Sanitation Districts to explore alternative sites away from residential communities that can accommodate the deep well injection operation. “Residents are legitimately concerned about the impact of this operation on property values, traffic, air and water quality,” he added.  “These sites should be away from residential areas, even if there are increased constructions costs.”

In addition, Antonovich is calling for a three-week extension on the comment period for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report on the proposed deep well injection site in Stevenson Ranch.  “The community needs more time to analyze this document and understand the project’s impacts,” he said.

 

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5 Comments

  1. Nina Rettke says:

    Bravo!!!

  2. Ronald Yakshe says:

    There has to be a better solution for this situation that does not jeopardize the health, safety and well being of the residents; their children and the environment of Santa Clarita! I applaud Mike Antonovich for recognizing this and taking the necessary steps to insure the his constituents are properly represented and that their concerns are heard!

  3. Becky Christensen says:

    There has to be a better way than deep well injection that most likely will cause seismic activity! Isn’t it the 4 year drought that has caused the high chloride levels in the river? Has anyone ever seen water in this river? You must vote no on this in any residential area!

  4. Becky Christensen says:

    Deep well injection is not the answer! Especially in a residential neighborhood! Isn’t the 4 year drought the biggest reason the chloride levels are high? Has anyone ever seen water in this river?

  5. Ken Yarber says:

    To extend Derek Shaw’s astute and knowledgeable analysis of the “chloride problem”, I am financially concerned about who will be taxed to pay for the future costs of chloride mitigation? The important word here is “who”. The term has not been publicly defined. No one has defined what is meant by the “Santa Clarita Valley”. Who or what governmental agency will determine the ultimate boundaries of the taxable districts? SCV has no such boundaries. Chloride culprits within the Santa Clarita City limits will be included as violaters of the clean water act since most all of the sewerage being originated is dumped into the City’s and/or County’s treatment plants — which are already overflowing.

    Will those of us living outside the City limits be taxed too even though we use our own potable water supply and private sewerage disposal systems? Rampant housing developments in the past created a huge chloride problem which was mostly ignored. Planned and approved additional housing developments will magnify the effluent disposal misery. There are enough planned housing developments to nearly double the population of the SCV. It is time to sort out the essentials now as the problem will only get worse if continually ignored. Ignoring the issue is not a cure.

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