The State Water Resources Control Board rescinded the water supply “stress test” requirements Wednesday, as well as remaining mandatory conservation standards for urban water suppliers while keeping in place the water use reporting requirements and prohibitions against wasteful practices. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The action by State Water Board Executive ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, led several changes to Senate Bill 634, aimed at reshaping water distribution in Santa Clarita, to address questions about the process, officials said. Two local Governing Boards for water, the Newhall County Water District and the Castaic Lake Water Agency have expressed ardent support for Senate Bill 634, which would form a new water retailer ...

State water officials noted Wednesday an increase in year-over-year savings for water use due to a few different factors. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The State Water Resources Control Board today announced that urban Californians’ monthly water conservation was 20.5 percent in January, an increase from the 17.2 percent savings in ...

The recent storm systems to hit the Santa Clarita Valley, and flooded parts of it earlier in January have gone a long way to repairing the drought, officials said. However, California is still not out of the woods completely. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. With rains battering much of California during January, ...

State water resource officials remain “cautiously optimistic” that 2017 could see the further easing of drought conditions statewide, after a winter thus far. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. “Overall, we’re cautiously optimistic about having some major easements of the drought,” said Ted Thomas, spokesman for California Department of Water Resources. “But ...

The state’s water agency reported a slight decrease in water savings for this past quarter compared to the previous year. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The news comes on the heels of a report noting the sierra’s snowpack is a little more than half its seasonal average. The State Water Resources ...

California is in year six of a drought and the State Water Project, which supplies local wholesaler-retailer CLWA, is delivering 20 percent of the region’s contracted amount for the coming year. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The water project typically promises a fraction of the contracted amount, especially in recent drought ...

While Californians continue to conserve water, the State Water Resources Control Board reported monthly water conservation declined 17.7 percent in August for California’s urban residents. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. This year’s percentage is down from the 27 percent recorded last August, and officials are concerned that some water suppliers are ...

The current levels of Castaic Lake upper lake levels are returning to historical average levels, according to Castaic Lake officials. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The lake’s reservoir is at 75 percent total capacity as the the lake’s water level was at 1,475 feet above sea level Aug. 30, according to ...

Newhall County Water District (NCWD) announced this week its customers reduced water use by 21 percent in June 2016 compared with the same month in 2013, a date once-used as the mandatory conservation benchmark. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. This same month, the NCWD Board of Directors lifted local restrictions on ...