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Whitaker-Bermite facility: The perchlorate cleanup plan is a reality, says commentary

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on December 1, 2008 at 1:18 pm

From Aquafornia’s hometown newspaper, the Santa Clarita Signal, this commentary by William Pesci, president of the Castaic Lake Water Agency Board of Directors:

Once upon a time, there was a factory where they made things that explode. It was on a 996-acre piece of property in the center of our valley, and people who lived here became accustomed to the sounds of explosions as factory workers tested their wares - military flares, fireworks, munitions and the like.

The Bermite munitions manufacturing plant - later to be known as Whittaker-Bermite - was a key player in the Santa Clarita Valley’s job market, and was also a cog in our nation’s military-industrial complex.

Local residents didn’t think much about it at the time, but making and testing things that explode can be a rather messy business.

We have good news: More than two decades after the last explosion at the Whittaker-Bermite site, we here at the Castaic Lake Water Agency are nearing completion on a much-anticipated water treatment project that will, once and for all, resolve the messy legacy left behind by Whittaker-Bermite.

And, it’s not a fairy tale. The cleanup is, at last, a reality.

Read more of this commentary from the Santa Clarita Signal by clicking here.

December 1, 2008 · Filed Under Perchlorate

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