SAN FERNANDO VALLEY (AREA 2)
GLENDALE, CA
Superfund Site Profile
Site Contacts
Community Involvement Coordinator
Melissa Lasanta-Edwards
(213) 414-0385
Remedial Project Manager
Larry Sievers
(213) 817-2260
Site Location
Street Address:CRYSTAL SPRINGS WELLFIELD AREA
GLENDALE, CA 91209
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Background
The San Fernando Valley (Area 2) site is a 6,680-acre area of contaminated groundwater in Glendale, California. The site is one of four Superfund sites in the San Fernando Valley. Numerous potentially responsible parties (PRPs) contaminated groundwater in the region with volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE).
In 1980, sampling discovered levels of VOCs above federal and state drinking water standards in a number of production wells in the San Fernando Valley. In response to the public health threat, the cities either shut down their wells and provided alternate sources of drinking water or blended contaminated well water ...
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