CITY IRATE AT ITS LACK OF INPUT ON WATER CHLORIDE STANDARD FOR RIVER AT ISSUE.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - City officials accused the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. water board Thursday of purposely trying to exclude the public from the debate over the chloride standard for the Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
The controversy surrounds a plan to lower the level of chloride allowed in the wastewater discharged into the Santa Clara River from 190 to 100 milligrams per liter. The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts estimates that would add $400 to Santa Clarita residents' yearly sewer bills because the Valencia and Saugus water filtration plants would need to be improved. The city and the sanitation districts want the board to set the chloride standard at 143 milligrams per liter, which they say will have no adverse environmental impact and will not require sewer plant improvements. The water board was scheduled to vote on the plan Thursday, but a letter from a Ventura County avocado avocado (ä`vəkä`do, ăv`–), tropical American broad-leaved evergreen tree of the genus Persea of the family Lauraceae (laurel family). farmer who uses water from the Santa Clara River to directly irrigate ir·ri·gate v. To wash out a cavity or wound with a fluid. his crops prompted the water board to postpone the vote. ``We acted as quickly as we could once we had this information,'' said Melinda Becker, an executive with the water board. ``We didn't want to do something that couldn't be undone.'' But the city said the water board should have canceled the vote weeks earlier because they had no information to back up their proposal to lower the chloride standard. ``They had nothing to back up what they were saying,'' said city spokeswoman Gail Ortiz. ``We knew they weren't ready, and neither were we. We asked them to respect that.'' The city launched a $20,000 campaign to inform residents of the potential increase with door hangers hangers used for hanging x-ray films to dry. There is a clip type, with a clip at each corner, and a channel type in which the film sits in channels in the sides of the frame. and newspaper ads. The sanitation districts chipped in $25,000 to the public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most effort. Mayor Jo Anne Darcy sent a letter Thursday to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, asking officials to work with, rather than against, the city. ``The (water board) has been less than forthright forth·right adj. 1. Direct and without evasion; straightforward: a forthright appraisal; forthright criticism. 2. Archaic Proceeding straight ahead. adv. 1. in their attempts to involve the residents of the community and seek a meaningful solution to the issue,'' the letter reads. The water board has scheduled public forums from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Santa Clarita City Hall. ``We asked them to push it back, and they refused,'' said Jeffery Lambert, the city's planning director. ``City staff needs a chance to understand these issues, and this gives us no time. I'm very disappointed in the water board. This is what gives government a bad name.'' |
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