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Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals − here’s what Los Angeles needs to know

  • Written by Andrew J. Whelton, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals − here’s what Los Angeles needs to knowWater runs from a pipe where a home once stood in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles in January 2025. Jay L. Clendenin/Getty Images

The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed thousands of structures, many of them homes, and firefighters continue to battle the infernos. Parts of Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena and other...

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