Board Rejects Report on Water Availability

Amid concerns about development projects exceeding water supplies, the Newhall County Water District board has rejected a planning document that estimates water availability in the Santa Clarita Valley.

The board Thursday approved a resolution expressing a “lack of confidence” in the area’s main water plan, which was produced in 2000. Critics have said the plan probably overestimated available water.

The decision could hinder pending commercial, residential and municipal building projects in the rapidly growing area when the board measures the projects against water availability.