UPDATE Tuesday, March 3:

Meeting locations and times have been updated per the requesting parties as follows:

Westridge Home Owners Association tonight (March 3) at 8 p.m., Horizon Clubhouse (26960 Sycamore Meadow).

At the Town Council’s request, the chloride matter is no longer on the West Ranch Town Council agenda for March 4, 2015.

Earlier plan – click to enlarge

The SCV Sanitation District will find a new site for a deep well injection plan to remove chloride from the Santa Clara River, officials said Monday.

“Given the strong concerns expressed by the community regarding the proposed deep well injection location for the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District’s state-mandated chloride compliance project, I agree with Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich’s direction to staff to evaluate other locations for the deep well injection component of the project,” said Sanitation District Director Laurene Weste in a statement. “I encourage (the) district’s staff to investigate alternative locations as expeditiously as possible to meet the strict regulatory schedule for the state-mandated chloride compliance project because, otherwise, all property owners will face steep fines associated with failure to meet the federal and state deadlines. Hopefully, we can satisfy community concerns as well as meet the strict deadlines.”

The Sanitation District found itself in a maelstrom last week from west side residents upset over an 11th hour change to the county’s chloride plan, despite years of meetings and outreach.

Sanitation District officials, including Weste and Santa Clarita Mayor Marsha McLean, who sits on the governing board along with Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, also are moving the next three months of district meetings from Whittier to Santa Clarita, McLean said last week.

The district also recently extended the comment period for the deep well injection plan from Tuesday to March 23.

Dozens of residents asked the two Santa Clarita City Council members who sit on the Sanitation District governing board for more time on the chloride plan at last Tuesday’s meeting.

The plan was approved almost 18 months ago, but a recent change — moving the site 800 feet north for a 3-mile deep well to store brine taken out of the Santa Clara River water sent downstream to Ventura County — angered many of the Santa Clarita Valley’s Westside residents, who felt they weren’t given enough notice.

A third public hearing on the environmental report for the well project was added to the outreach effort in response to a public outcry.

The meeting is set to take place Monday, March 9, at the Santa Clarita Activities Center, 20880 Centre Pointe Parkway. The hearing will begin at 7:00 p.m. with doors opening at 6:30 p.m.