By: Senator Scott Wilk Atmospheric rivers pounded our state last year. Scientists and politicians alike proclaimed an end to our protracted drought that left our fields fallow and our reservoirs depleted. Things were finally looking up for California and its water supply. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. But, as much as ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Antelope Valley, has requested the California Water Commission, the state agency that controls voter-approved funding for water storage projects, to reevaluate its complicated application and review process and approve the 11 individual projects that have applied for funding. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. “Last winter we had a ...

The Tuesday Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency board meeting saw the resignation of Board Director, William “Bill” Pesci. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Pesci stepped down after officially ending his role with the agency on Jan. 16. Before his resignation, Pesci was one of the directors on the newly formed water ...

A sewage treatment plant for Vista Canyon, a development expected to add 1,100 apartment units to Canyon Country, is on Santa Clarita City Council’s agenda for Tuesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. In connection with the Vista Canyon Project, construction of a self-contained wastewater treatment plant to serve the new Vista ...

A Santa Clarita Valley Water District Bill that would re-shape water distribution and retail in Santa Clarita, passed a second and final Senate vote Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The move now sends the bill, authored by Senator Scott Wilk, to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk for his decision. Wilk’s legislation ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Water District Bill, or SB 634, passed an Assembly floor vote Wednesday, water officials said. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Santa Clarita is now one step closer to local water purveyors’ goal of one district for the valley, which they’ve touted for months based upon promises of ...

Santa Clarita workers and veterans would be moved to the front of the hiring line as part of the new water district planned for the Santa Clarita Valley, officials said Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Proponents of SB 634 are looking to get the message out about the benefits of ...

A bill intended to transform water distribution in Santa Clarita passed unanimously out of the Assembly’s Local Government Committee, Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, said Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The legislation, Senate Bill 634, would reorganize the Newhall County Water District and the Castaic Lake Water Agency into the ...

A massive, controversial water infrastructure project aimed at preserving California’s supply in a disaster or a drought received a greenlight from an environmental agency this week. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. California WaterFix, which was a rebrand of the Bay Area Delta Conservation Plan, issued “biological opinions” allowing the project to ...

Regional planning agency removed opposition Wednesday to a bill that would fundamentally change water distribution in the Santa Clarita Valley. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. A regional planning agency removed opposition Wednesday to a bill that would fundamentally change water distribution in the Santa Clarita Valley.   LAFCO, or the Local ...