BRIEFLY.Air quality tests conducted by lab Air-quality samples taken near the Santa Susana Santa Susana can refer to several places:
The AQMD AQMD Air Quality Management District AQMD Action Quake Map Depot tested samples in Chatsworth, Porter Ranch and West Hills in response to concerns that burned vegetation and topsoil from the 20,000-acre Topanga Fire could have released contamination into the air. The samples tested for a number of hydrocarbons hydrocarbons (hīˈ·drō·kärˑ·b  nz),n. , including benzene benzene (bĕn`zēn, bĕnzēn`), colorless, flammable, toxic liquid with a pleasant aromatic odor. It boils at 80.1°C; and solidifies at 5.5°C;. Benzene is a hydrocarbon, with formula C6H6. , and compared the results with testing conducted earlier at Fernangeles Elementary School elementary school: see school. in Sun Valley. Results were fairly similar, with some hydrocarbons a little higher in the West Valley tests and some a little lower, officials said. ``This is a quick gauge of whether we saw any significantly elevated levels of hydrocarbons. Had there been a lot of industrial solvent material that was combusted by wildfire then we would have expected to possibly see high levels of hydrocarbons,'' said Sam Atwood, spokesman for the AQMD. - Daily News Customers urged to conserve water Hoping to keep an ample supply of water available to firefighters, the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District is urging customers to conserve water. Customers in Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Hidden Hills, Westlake Village, Chatsworth and West Hills are asked to not water their lawns, fill their pools or use large amounts of water. - Daily News |
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