WATER TREATMENT ON TAP CITY CONSIDERS BERMITE CLEANUP METHODS.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer VALENCIA - The most promising method of cleaning chemical contamination from Santa Clarita's groundwater has received only tentative state approval to produce drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. . The ion exchange ion exchange n. A reversible chemical reaction occurring between an insoluble solid and a solution during which ions may be interchanged, used in the separation of radioactive isotopes. method is one of several possible water treatments being considered to remove perchlorates, a byproduct by·prod·uct or by-prod·uct n. 1. Something produced in the making of something else. 2. A secondary result; a side effect. Noun 1. of rocket fuel, from the site of the old Bermite munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. factory in the heart of Santa Clarita. Officials from the state Department of Toxic Substances, along with representatives from Santa Clarita LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , which is developing the site for Phoenix-based Remediation Financial Inc., told the members of a citizen advisory group Thursday that one of the methods will be selected by Nov. 3 to clean up the water pumped from the ground during testing. This week, officials launched an investigation into the source and direction of the pollution plume that caused the closures of four municipal wells tapping the vast Saugus Aquifer, a key source of groundwater during droughts. This process could take as long as three years. Water cleaned by two other methods, biological and reverse osmosis reverse osmosis n. The movement of a solvent in the opposite direction from osmosis in such a manner that the solvent moves from a solution of greater concentration through a membrane to a solution of lesser concentration. , is only approved for agriculture and industrial uses by the Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
The ion exchange method, which would cost $4 million to buy and is in place in La Puente, works by using resin to capture the chemicals and remove them from the water. The Santa Clarita City Council has tentatively approved plans to build 3,000 homes in the Porta Bella development on the site of the old factory, where explosives were tested for decades, long before present environmental laws were adopted. Until the cleanup method for the investigation is approved by the DTSC DTSC Department of Toxic Substances Control DTSC DARCOM Technical Steering Committee and set up, the contaminated water will be stored on the site in up to four 20,000 gallon tanks. Approval could take about a month, and set up would follow that immediately, according to DTSC engineering geologist John Naginis. Officials hope that the method picked to clean up the water left over from the investigation will eventually be used to clean all of the groundwater on the site, Ross said. But the water produced by the ion exchange method would first need to be certified by the health department as drinkable, Ross said. The City Council will discuss Santa Clarita LLC's plan to begin development on the land in the heart of the city as each section of the property is cleared by federal officials as being safe and pollutant-free at a meeting on Oct. 3 at City Hall. The cleanup of the groundwater will also be discussed. |
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