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(11/4/2008) -- TLa instalación de los ablandadores automaticos de agua del tipo que utiliza la sal de roca o gránulos de cloruro de potasio ha sido prohibido en el Valle de Santa Clarita desde 2003. Aunque la mayoría de los hogares no tienen los ablandadores de agua automáticos, muchas unidades se siguen utilizando.
Automatic water softeners discharge a salty waste into the sewer system that is treated by a process that does not remove salt and is released into the Santa Clara River. Too much salt in the river may potentially harm downstream agricultural crops.
The Sanitation District’s goal is to reduce salt in an environmentally friendly, cost-effective and timely manner. Measure S, approved by voters on November 4, 2008, enacts the Santa Clara River Chloride Reduction Ordinance of 2008. The Santa Clara River Chloride Reduction Ordinance of 2008 requires the removal of all residential automatic water softeners by June 30, 2009. Residents affected by the ordinance that own their units are eligible to take advantage of the Automatic Water Softener Rebate Program. The Automatic Water Softener Rebate Program compensates residents for 75 percent of the reasonable value of their units and the reasonable cost of removal and disposal.
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