GROUNDWATER FACTS

The Santa Susana Field Lab has an aquifer (groundwater) directly below it. DTSC claims the SSFL aquifer doesn’t impact local groundwater but EPA has questioned that assertion.

• The SSFL groundwater is regulated by the DTSC. The SSFL surface water and NPDES are regulated by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board.

• According to the Water Board, groundwater is difficult, costly, and extremely slow to remediate.

• 500,000 gallons of TCE contaminate the SSFL groundwater, in addition to perchlorate, radionuclides, and other contaminates of concern.

• Boeing’s Groundwater Covenant will last “in perpetuity” and allows the highly polluted groundwater under the Santa Susana Field Laboratory to remain polluted for “an indeterminate amount of time.”