Chromium Found in Soil and Ground Water
Chromium and chromium 6 have contaminated the soil and shallow ground water at a Santa Ana industrial site, but officials said the carcinogenic substances have not been detected in the county’s drinking water.
Jeanne Garcia, spokeswoman for the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, said the contaminated site is at Embee Inc., a chrome plating business, on South Hathaway Street.
Garcia said that Embee is cooperating with authorities but that the source of the pollution has not been identified.
Tom Seckington, a hazardous-substance engineer with the agency, said there is no imminent danger to drinking water. He said that drinking water is pumped from an aquifer about 600 feet below the surface, while the contaminated ground water is from 8 to 18 feet below ground.
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