BILL WOULD FUND STUDY OF SANTA CLARA RIVER SENATE MUST OK RESTORATION PLAN.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA - The U.S. House of Representatives has earmarked $150,000 to study ways to restore the Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
In addition, the House set aside $141,000 last week for the Castaic Lake Water Agency's recycled water program, which is being used to irrigate ir·ri·gate v. To wash out a cavity or wound with a fluid. the new Tournament Players Club Tournament Players Club (TPC) is a chain of American public and private golf clubs operated by the PGA Tour. Most of the courses either are or had been hosts for PGA Tour events, and even those that have never hosted an event on the main tour have frequently hosted events on the golf course on the west side of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. . The Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which contains the Santa Clarita provisions, must now be approved by the Senate and signed into law by the president, officials said. City officials plan to use the money to study ways to ``green up'' and get water back into the Santa Clara River, which is dry most of the year, according to management analyst Davis Peterson. The last live waterway in Southern California, the Santa Clara River is also home to dozens of critters as well as several endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. of birds, plants and amphibians amphibians members of the animal class Amphibia. Includes frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and cecilians all capable of living on land or in water. . The options to be studied include a plan to pump reclaimed water into the river from Santa Clarita's two water treatment plants, Peterson said. The aim is to expand the river corridor in order to balance out Santa Clarita's rapid growth and ensure that the area's supply of groundwater is not diminished by development, officials said. ``It is important that we balance the environmental concerns that population growth presents us against the needs of the people, and this funding allow us to do that more efficiently,'' said U.S. Rep. Howard ``Buck'' McKeon, R-Santa Clarita. Heather MacDonald, (661) 257-5257 heather.macdonald(at)dailynews.com |
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