On June 28, 2022, the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, awarded the Santa Clarita Water Agency, (SCV Water) a final judgment of $65.9 million for the cleanup of local groundwater contamination by the Whittaker Corporation.  An earlier settlement in the case with Saugus Industrial Center, a cross defendant, resulted in a $2.9 million contribution, for a total recovery ...

The Whittaker-Bermite site cleanup of the soil has been reportedly completed after over a decade, officials said Tuesday. The 996-acre plot next to the Metrolink station on Soledad Canyon Road in the hills behind the Saugus Swap Meet was used in part for a munitions factory in the first half of the last century, leaving decades worth of contaminants in ...

Santa Clarita officials are hosting a meeting Wednesday to discuss the status of the Whittaker Bermite cleanup effort, a contaminated site in Saugus