지난 12월 16일 수자원통제이사회(State Water Board)가 산타 클라리타 밸리(SCV) 위생시설 구역의 염화물 준수 자격요건에 대한 중요한 기술적 변화를 만장일치로 승인했다.

이 변화는 밸리 부동산 소유주와 비용을 줄이고, 급격하고 되풀이되는 주 과징금(fines), 벌금 및 잠재적인 연방 과징금을 예방할 것으로 기대된다.

이사회 구성원들은 SCV 위생구역 및 밸리 산업, 커뮤니티 리더들의 진보적인 장기간 물 지속가능성에 대한 노력을 인정하고 칭찬했다.

 

 

 

On Tuesday, Dec. 16, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) unanimously approved important technical changes to the Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) Sanitation District's chloride (salt) compliance requirements.

 

The changes will reduce costs to valley property owners and prevent steep and recurring state fines, state penalties and potential federal fines. State Water Board members commended the SCV Sanitation District and valley business and community leaders for their efforts to advance long-term water sustainability.

 

The SCV Sanitation District secured these changes as part of its commitment to build the least expensive and most environmentally sound project to meet the state-mandated chloride limit for the treated wastewater that is discharged to the Santa Clara River by the valley's two water reclamation plants. The changes include a four-year extension of the state's construction deadline and averaging of discharge limits.

 

The approved extension of the state's construction timeline would prevent state penalties that Santa Clarita Valley property owners would have to pay, because the four-year extension gives the SCV Sanitation District the time needed to design and construct the advanced treatment facilities necessary to remove chloride from the valley's treated wastewater. The averaging of discharge limits will reduce the cost of the proposed advanced treatment facilities.

 

"This project will give us a source of very high-quality recycled water that we can use to create local water sustainability in the Santa Clarita Valley and help reduce our dependence on expensive imported state water," said SCV Sanitation District Board Member Laurene Weste. "We will keep working to secure funding and reduce costs, and any savings will be passed on to our ratepayers."

 

[출처 = Water World / 2014년 12월 29일]