If you’re looking for information on the different types of wastewater treatments in Santa Clarita, you’ve come to the right place! In this blog post, we will discuss the four main types of wastewater treatment: primary treatment, secondary treatment, tertiary treatment, and quaternary treatment. We will also talk about how each type of treatment works and what benefits they offer. ...

The Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) Sanitation District announced Monday that the three remaining legal challenges to the agency’s state-mandated Chloride Compliance Project and recycled water program have been resolved. This development is expected to save Santa Clarita ratepayers from additional legal costs and enables the Chloride Compliance Project to be completed, according to officials. The plaintiff in the litigation was ...

Houses in rural areas inaccessible from city sewer systems rely on septic tank systems to manage household wastewater from toilets, tubs, and sinks. Although some places will no longer allow installing a septic system, septic tanks are the most common wastewater system used if mains wastewater distribution systems are not possible. And those septic tanks rely on a bacterial enzymatic ...

A Vista Canyon development looking to add about 3,500 people to 1,100 residential units on 185 Canyon Country acres received the green light for a water factory.

The Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District invited the public to take a tour of their water treatment facility in Valencia Saturday morning. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Dozens of people from around Santa Clarita gathered at the treatment facility at 9 a.m. to get a more detailed look at how the Santa ...

Santa Clarita Valley sewer officials are expected to approve a sewer rate hike tonight at Santa Clarita City Hall. The rate hike is to pay for wastewater treatment needed due to a much-debated state-mandated chloride level in the water discharged downstream to Ventura County by the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District.

Santa Clarita Valley sewage officials formally introduced a rate hike Monday of $16 each year for the next six years in order to pay for a state-mandated chloride-compliance plan. “The goal has been to protect the Santa Clarita Valley ratepayer from substantial fines,” said Grace Chan, chief engineer for the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District. The move ended the state’s Proposition 218 hearing process necessary for a rate change, which is expected to be approved at a Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District meeting next Monday at Santa Clarita City Hall.

Facing a fast-approaching deadline for chloride compliance, Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District officials are hosting a public hearing Monday night at Santa Clarita City Hall. The 6 p.m meeting is a culmination of months of public outreach by officials seeking feedback on their plan to raise rates to pay for state-mandated chloride treatment. The SCV Sanitation District, which is responsible for the treatment of the local wastewater, proposed fee increases of approximately $17 per year over the next six years, said Dave Bruns, assistant head of financial management for the Sanitation Districts.

Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District officials were denied in their chloride claim for wastewater sent to downstream users in Ventura County

Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District officials are working on a test well in order to meet the state-mandated chloride limit in water we send downstream