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​               Camp Essex

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Camp Essex and Camp Clipper were sub camps of the US Army Desert Training Center in Riverside County. The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young, this is where General Patton's 3rd Armored Division was stationed. Camp Essex is located at the Fenner Rest Area in Fenner, California, on Interstate 40, 32 miles  west of Needles in San Bernardino County. Camp Clipper was just to the east of Camp Essex, it was a temporary camp for incoming and out going troops. 

Camp Essex and Camp Clipper were built in 1942 to prepare troops to do battle in North Africa to fight the Nazis during World War 2.  The camp had 14 training ranges. The camp was used shortly in 1944 for Italian prisoners of war. The camp closed on 16 March 1944 and is now overseen by the Bureau of Land Management. The army used live-fire exercises and warning signs are still on the site. 

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Camp Essex - Source - DOD
Soil Contaminants:

​Barium 93.0 mg/kg
Beryllium 0.37 mg/kg 
Beryllium 0.58 mg/kg 
Cadmium 0.096 mg/kg 
Cadmium 2.4 mg/kg 
Cobalt 5.7 mg/kg 
Molybdenum 0.73 mg/kg 
Nickel 9.7 mg/kg 
Selenium 0.7 mg/kg 
Silver 0.088 mg/kg 
Strontium 29.0 mg/kg
Thallium nitrate 0.17 mg/kg 
Total Chromium (1:6 ratio Cr VI:Cr III) 11.0 mg/kg 
Vanadium 22.0 mg/kg 

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Needles, California Water  Serves: 3,631
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA3610032
Data available: 2012—2017  Source: Groundwater  Contaminants Detected
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EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the California State Water Resources Control Board, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2019 - March 2019), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.

Legal does not necessarily equal safe. Getting a passing grade from the federal government does not mean the water meets the latest health guidelines.
Legal limits for contaminants in tap water have not been updated in almost 20 years.
The best way to ensure clean tap water is to keep pollution out of source water in the first place.

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​The California Water Board did not test the Needles Water System for PFOS/PFOA in 2019

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