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Prop.1 Could Help Santa Clarita’s Water Issues

A proposition on the November ballot could have money allocated specifically to help with water resources in the Santa Clarita Valley.


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Prop. 1, officially titled Water Quality, Supply and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014, is a statewide program intended on helping the dwindling water supply.

 “There is a significant amount of money that could be designated for us,” said Dirk Marks, Castaic Lake Water Agency’s water resources manager. “There is an application process.” 

According to California Government’s website, if passed, the water bond funds could be used for statewide and local purposes such as:

-Regional Water Reliability, $810 million

-Safe Drinking Water, $520 million

-Water Recycling, $725 million

-Groundwater Sustainability, $900 million

-Watershed Protection, Watershed Ecosystem Restoration, State Settlements, $1.495 billion

-Storage, $2.7 billion

-Statewide Flood Management, $395 million

-General Provisions

“A large portion of the funds will could go to water recycling,” said Dan Masnada, the General Manager at Castaic Lake Water Agency. “It could also be used for the chloride issue in the Santa Clara river.”

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Background on Prop. 1:

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A $7.5 billion water bond for California was approved unanimously Wednesday by the state Senate.

This “Water Quality, Supply and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014” will be on the November ballot and replace a $11.1 billion water bond measure that was proposed back in 2009.

If approved, the water bond would fund water storage projects, ecosystem and watershed projects, projects that clean up groundwater contamination, water recycling and advanced water treatment technology, as well as projects to improve water quality or promote clean drinking water.

“There is a great deal to be pleased with in this compromise measure: It shaves nearly 4 billion in bond debt off the existing bond measure, which saves our kids from that amount in debt load for the future; it nearly meets all that Republicans asked for in water storage monies; and while the conveyance of that storage remains unclear, there is a commitment from Governor Brown to meet that need with follow up legislation next year,” according to a  news release from Assemblyman Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for regions across California to become more self-sufficient in meeting their water supply needs,” according to a statement from state Sen. Fran Pavley.

Three other Wilk bills — AB 1707, AB 2058, and AB 1130 — passed the senate floor Wednesday, which means they are headed back to the Assembly for a final vote before they’re sent to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk.

“AB 1707 requires the State Water Resources Control Board to post on their website the external peer review studies when a regional board changes a community’s regulatory standards, affording community access to science based regulation decisions,” according to a news release. 

“AB 2058 solidifies public access to meetings of state entities by ensuring that all standing committees are subject to the transparency of open meeting regulations, regardless of the size of its membership,” according to Wilk’s office. “AB 1130 streamlines the application process required of out-of-state applicants for a home protection company license, encouraging out-of-state businesses to come to California.”

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Prop.1 Could Help Santa Clarita’s Water Issues

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  1. Thank you for a good discussion of Proposition 1. You can see a fair and balanced overview of Proposition 1, the Water Bond, on the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund voter information website: http://cavotes.org/vote/election/2014/november/4/ballot-measure/proposition-1

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About Kimberly Beers

Kimberly Beers is a Santa Clarita native. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from California State University, Northridge in 2013. While attending the university, she focused her attention on news writing and worked as a primary news writer for the campus' award winning radio station and televised news program. She began writing news stories for KHTS in 2014 and hopes to have a lifetime career dedicated to writing and sharing the news