SCV Water is proud to announce an exciting milestone in its ongoing efforts to conserve water and promote sustainable landscaping practices in the community. Since the Agency’s formation in 2018, SCV Water has provided incentives to replace more than 1 million square feet of water-thirsty lawns with climate-resilient, drought-tolerant landscapes in Santa Clarita. In fact, the agency crossed this significant ...

Local agencies are working to resolve the dead and brown landscaping that has plagued the hills of Eternal Valley Memorial Park in Newhall for several years. Families of those laid to rest in Eternal Valley Memorial Park have raised concerns about the quality of the grounds “for years,” usually regarding the status of the grass. The casual passer-by can see ...

The winter storms brought plenty of rain to SCV, although it is still not enough to overcome three years of extreme drought, according to the Department of Water Resources.  SCV Water conservation and water planning staff is set to share the impact of the recent storms on the local water supply at a free live virtual webinar on Wednesday, March ...

Enough water to sustain over 800,000 people for a year has been collected from rain since the beginning of the year, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works announced Monday. Multiple winter rain storms that have battered Southern California in recent weeks have led to the capture of more than 33 billion gallons of stormwater that can be reclaimed ...

Up to 3 inches of rain is in the Santa Clarita Valley weather forecast Wednesday, with our expected precipitation amounts already above normal for this time of year.  Conditions are expected to remain mostly dry and cloudy Tuesday before the storm rolls in Wednesday, said Rich Thompson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, (NWS).   “Starting late tonight, we will ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency, (SCV Water) cut the ribbon Wednesday morning on a groundwater treatment plant set to clean water of the chemical pollutant PFAS and supply clean water to Santa Clarita families.  The plant was constructed in 2010 but has been offline since 2019 when PFAS chemicals were discovered in 15 wells around the Santa Clarita Valley, ...

In preparation for the impending “mega-drought,” Santa Clarita residents are encouraged to attend Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency’s (SCV Water) free virtual gardening class this week to learn how to effectively irrigate their landscape.  SCV Water, in preparation for the worsening California drought, is holding a free virtual gardening class, Irrigation Basics for a Sustainable Landscape, at 9 a.m. on ...

Increased rainfall across Los Angeles County, including in Santa Clarita, has helped stem the tide of the state’s drought, but ending dry conditions in California is reportedly far from over. Drought conditions, while continuing during the winter season, have improved slightly thanks to massive rainfall increases in December. One of the wettest Decembers ever across southwestern California during 2021,” National ...

On Monday, the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (SCV Water) announced that it is set to hold a virtual workshop for the public later this month to address its Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP), among other subjects. On Aug. 25, SCV Water is set to hold a virtual special board meeting viewable by members of the public to discuss various topics ...

The Santa Clarita Valley has entered a “moderate drought,” with nearly the entire state of California experiencing similar or worse conditions. Unfortunately the lack of rain this fall is increasing the #drought conditions across CA. Over 95% of the state is now in a D1 or worse drought category. With a La Nina in progress across the eastern Tropics, drought ...