[KHTS] – The Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District board approved a rate hike for local ratepayers Monday in what officials called the most “cost-effective solution” to meet a state-mandated chloride limit. The state’s Regional Water Quality Control Board set a limit for the amount of...

[KHTS] – The Newhall Land and Farming Co. has met with a series of roadblocks as it seeks approval for its Newhall Ranch development west of Interstate 5. A lawsuit was filed by local environmental groups last week, but the Newhall Ranch Sanitation District will conduct its first meeting Tuesday...

[KHTS] The Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District governing board voted 3-0 to adopt a chloride plan expected to gradually increase the fees for district ratepayers. The move came after a pair of lengthy public hearings, hours of public comment and discussion and the withdrawal of support for a collaborative...

The culprit. [KHTS] – Sanitation District engineers have announced their recommendations for chloride treatment of the Santa Clarita Valley’s wastewater. The final facilities plan and EIR include a recommended project consisting of two alternatives, which were chosen because they had the...

Water softeners that you put salt into are illegal throughout the SCV (city and county). [KHTS] – Residents have turned in more than 8,000 water softeners since 2005, which could save the district tens of millions of dollars, a Sanitation District official said Thursday. But there’s still anywhere...

Note: The deadline for filing comments on the Regional Water Quality Control Board’s administrative complaint against the SCV Sanitation District for failing to file timely environmental documents relating to the construction of a $250-million-plus treatment plant was Dec. 26. The treatment facility,...

[Atty Gen.] – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a plea agreement with the owner of a garbage collection company that illegally dumped Los Angeles County garbage in a Kern County landfill. Paul Michael Benz, 68, owner and operator of Tehachapi-based Benz Sanitation, pled guilty today...

The Santa Clarita City Council is scheduled to discuss the transfer of William S. Hart Park from Los Angeles County at the Council’s regular meeting Tuesday, July 9, at 6 p.m. Background William S. Hart Regional Park is the last remaining Los Angeles County park located within the city of Santa...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating an outbreak of hepatitis A infections. Public Health has identified five cases among people experiencing homelessness since mid-March 2024. Hepatitis A is a highly contagious liver infection that can be spread from person-to-person even...

The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts will be holding a free Household Hazardous Waste and E-Waste Recycling event for Santa Clarita residents. The collection event will be help Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at College of the Canyons’ South parking lot. This is a drive-thru event,...