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Senate Bill 475 to Ban Salt-Based Water Softeners
Senator George Runner introduced SB475 recently, which would allow the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District to adopt an ordinance to require that salt-based residential water softeners by removed. The Santa Clarita City Council was a co-sponsor of this bill.
Now that Los Angeles County has moved up the timeframe for the salty water problem by 2 years, the area is scrambling to resolve the water softener issues before it's too late. The waste water from these water softeners is said to contribute at least 1/3 of the chloride (salt) in the waste water that runs to the Santa Clara River, which has a negative affect on farming and other resources.
The current program where residents can voluntarily give up these water softeners for a $150 rebate simply isn't working, as many of the old salt-based water softeners still remain in use in the Santa Clarita Valley. It's estimated that the annual sewer bills could jump from $125/year to $500/year if a water treatment plant is required to reduce the chloride levels in the area's waste water. The removal of the salt-based residential water softeners is expected to reduce the chloride levels to acceptable levels.
Alternatives to these water softeners are exchange tanks that can ... more

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