The Regional Water Quality Control Board – the same folks who say Santa Clarita discharges too much salt into the local river – has ruled that the City of Santa Clarita and County of Los Angeles need to start monitoring bacteria levels in the Santa Clara River on a daily basis, even though it’s dry most days of the year.
To that end, on Tuesday the county Board of Supervisors will consider putting about $40,000 toward a monitoring plan.
Under an agreement between the city and county, Santa Clarita would put up the other $20,000 of the total $60,000 cost of hiring a consultant to draft the “in-stream bacteria water quality monitoring plan.”
After it’s drawn up, the plan would go before the Regional Water Quality Control Board for acceptance, and then the city and county would start monitoring bacteria levels.
City, County Required to Monitor Bacteria in Dry River
