Orange County Water District works to clean polluted groundwater from decades of manufacturing
Orange County Water District works to clean polluted groundwater from decades of manufacturing A water sample is tested for PFAS compounds at the Orange County Water District in 2019. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) April 1, 2021 4:07 PM PT Print Underneath Orange County is a hidden arterial highway that groundwater moves through before eventually finding its way into homes. More than 70% of the water served in Orange County is from groundwater. But some of that water has become contaminated from industrial manufacturing when harmful chemicals that weren’t properly disposed of...