The drive to the University of California, Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains shouldn’t have been easy this week. Snow in late December at the Soda Springs facility, at 6,800 feet, should have made it too difficult. But Andrew Schwartz, lead scientist and...

SCV Water is asking customers to limit their outdoor water use starting Jan. 3 through Jan. 12 in preparation for annual maintenance on facilities at Castaic Lake. The SCV will rely exclusively on local groundwater sources and treated imported water stored at reservoirs throughout the Valley. Ahead of...

A virtual public hearing is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, on the final Groundwater Sustainability Plan to protect the Santa Clara River Valley East Subbasin, a vital resource for Santa Clarita Valley’s residents, farms and the environment. The remote Zoom meeting begins at 2:30 p.m., at which...

In an unprecedented decision spurred by the state’s extreme drought conditions, the California Department of Water Resources announced a 0% initial allocation from the State Water Project for the upcoming year. Supplies are to be reserved for contractors that can’t meet basic health and safety needs...

SCV Water continues its commitment to restoring groundwater affected by per- and polyfluoroalkyl, or PFAS, chemicals, and was recently given access to new lab equipment to better assist in that effort. Recently, the Agency installed a Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometer to allow its team to...

The Santa Clarita Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency announced it will hold its final in-person workshop on Aug. 25 for residents to provide their input on a draft plan for long-term management of the local groundwater basin. The workshop is the last in-person opportunity for the public to ask...

SCV Water has filed a lawsuit against the Whittaker Corporation, seeking remediation and cost recovery for the removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and further remediation of perchlorate contamination from the Santa Clarita Valley ground water basin. The suit was filed in the United States District...

The Santa Clarita Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SCV-GSA) is inviting stakeholders and members of the public to participate in its Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) Workshop on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at 2:30 p.m. To determine if you are located within the SCV-GSA boundary go [here]. The...

[Sen. Pavley] – A legislative package by Sen. Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) and Assemblyman Roger Dickinson (D-Sacramento) to sustainably manage California’s groundwater was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Jerry Brown. The three-bill package including SB 1168 (Pavley), SB 1319 (Pavley) and AB...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will decide Tuesday whether to invest $150,000 in a pilot project in Acton which, if successful, could lead to increased groundwater pumping – and potentially not just in Acton. According to a report from Public Works Director Gail Farber, the public...