COUNTY WANTS VALLEY'S GROUNDWATER CHECKED.Byline: Douglas Haberman Daily News Staff Writer After state officials issued an alarm and then quickly withdrew it, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . In an Aug. 28 letter to the supervisors, the state Department of Toxic Substances Control said city drinking-water supplies faced ``an imminent and substantial danger'' from soil contamination at a former munitions plant near Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. . But a second letter, dated Sept. 4, said the department ``does not consider the drinking water pumped from the operating San Fernando Valley well fields to be contaminated by hazardous chemicals emanating from'' the Marquardt Co. site at 16555 Saticoy St. ``I'm confused and kind of irritated,'' Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky told health and water-quality officials at Tuesday's board meeting. ``If any of this is true, we're talking about a major threat to public health.'' However, public officials told him there was nothing to worry about. ``It's not a serious problem at all,'' said Mel Blevins, a civil engineer with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. who serves as water master for the upper Los Angeles River The Los Angeles River is an intermittent river flowing through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the west end of the San Fernando Valley, 51 miles (82 km) southeast to its mouth in Long Beach. area. The Marquardt Co. site once was used for the manufacturing of cluster bombs, but the location now contains soundstages. Blevins said contamination moves 300 feet a year at most, and the groundwater wells are five miles from the Marquardt site. The board unanimously approved Yaroslavsky's motion for a report from hazardous materials experts for the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La and the Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
Officials from the state Department of Toxic Substances Control didn't attend the meeting and couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday afternoon. ``I do not see any reason for the public to be concerned at this time,'' Dr. Jonathan Fielding, the county's public health officer, said in an interview after the vote. |
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