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SCV Water Opens New Groundwater Treatment Plant

The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency, (SCV Water) cut the ribbon Wednesday morning on a groundwater treatment plant set to clean water of the chemical pollutant PFAS and supply clean water to Santa Clarita families.  The plant was constructed in 2010 but has been offline since 2019 when PFAS chemicals were discovered in 15 wells around the Santa Clarita Valley, ...

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2018 Toxicity Report Card Reveals Retailer Improvements, Failure

Nearly 40 stores and online retailers were recently evaluated to determine the toxicity level in products sold to their customers, including companies in Santa Clarita. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, who works with retailers to phase out hazardous chemicals and transform the marketplace, published their findings within ...

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UPDATE: Big Rig Truck Spill Prompts Highway 126 Closure Near I-5

Emergency personnel are responding to a chemical spill on Interstate 5 near the Highway 126 interchange, officials said Tuesday. Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies, California Highway Patrol officers and county Fire Department personnel have been on the scene since about 8:40 a.m. Traffic on Highway 126 is shut down in both directions, and there are multiple road closures, but I-5 remains open as officials work to clean up an acid spill. HazMat officials with the Los Angeles County Fire Department are working on getting the road clear.

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