Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the US. It is in San Diego County, and bordered by Oceanside to the south, Cleveland National Forest, San Clemente, and Orange County to the north, Riverside County to the northeast, and Fallbrook to the east.
PFOS/PFOA was found in the drinking water at 77 ppt, many times the California notification level. (See below for well water test results.)
The affected reservoir was drained and replaced with water from another source. From the Marine Corps: "Resampling confirmed levels below the Health Advisories Level in the current water supply and levels slightly above the Health Advisories Level in the well taken out of service. Installation will continue to monitor the system."
Source: Addressing Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Maureen Sullivan Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Environment, Safety & Occupational Health) March 2018
https://partner-mco-archive.s3.amazonaws.com/client_files/1524589484.pdf
PFOS/PFOA was found in the drinking water at 77 ppt, many times the California notification level. (See below for well water test results.)
The affected reservoir was drained and replaced with water from another source. From the Marine Corps: "Resampling confirmed levels below the Health Advisories Level in the current water supply and levels slightly above the Health Advisories Level in the well taken out of service. Installation will continue to monitor the system."
Source: Addressing Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Maureen Sullivan Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Environment, Safety & Occupational Health) March 2018
https://partner-mco-archive.s3.amazonaws.com/client_files/1524589484.pdf
See below for several hundred thousand pages documenting contamination at Camp Pendleton dating back to 1991. The most up to date records on water contamination are not available without filing a lengthy and costly Freedom of Information Act Request, (FOIA). Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base Superfund Site
The Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base site covers 125,000 acres in San Diego County, California. The base provides housing, training, logistical and administrative support for the Fleet Marine Force units. Disposal practices have contaminated the groundwater and soil. In an initial investigation, the Marine Corps found nine areas of contamination. Waste generation operations include maintenance and repair of vehicles (trucks, tanks and aircraft), landfill operations, waste disposal areas such as scrap yards, and firefighting drill areas. The base contains wetlands, streams and rivers that feed into the Pacific Ocean. This land is the only remaining undeveloped area between Los Angeles and San Diego. The site’s long-term cleanup is ongoing.
Risks and pathways addressed by the cleanup include health risks from people ingesting or touching contaminants in soil and groundwater. Though groundwater provides drinking water to the entire installation, the current drinking water supply is within drinking water standards.
View a full list of contaminants of concern for this site.
Want to know more? https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0902732
These statistics were generated from a different era. Today, the EPA represents corporate interests and is no longer an advocate for public health.
The Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base site covers 125,000 acres in San Diego County, California. The base provides housing, training, logistical and administrative support for the Fleet Marine Force units. Disposal practices have contaminated the groundwater and soil. In an initial investigation, the Marine Corps found nine areas of contamination. Waste generation operations include maintenance and repair of vehicles (trucks, tanks and aircraft), landfill operations, waste disposal areas such as scrap yards, and firefighting drill areas. The base contains wetlands, streams and rivers that feed into the Pacific Ocean. This land is the only remaining undeveloped area between Los Angeles and San Diego. The site’s long-term cleanup is ongoing.
Risks and pathways addressed by the cleanup include health risks from people ingesting or touching contaminants in soil and groundwater. Though groundwater provides drinking water to the entire installation, the current drinking water supply is within drinking water standards.
View a full list of contaminants of concern for this site.
Want to know more? https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0902732
These statistics were generated from a different era. Today, the EPA represents corporate interests and is no longer an advocate for public health.
Well water found to contain 820.8 ppt of PFAS
Carbon filter systems can treat PFAS-contaminated water.
The Camp Pendleton community water system serves 39,400 people. In 2017, drinking water wells on the base were shown to contained 820.8 ppt of these carcinogens: PFBS, PFHpA, PFHxA, PFHxS, PFNA, PFOA, PFOS.
This total reflects what was in the water when it was tested, not necessarily what is coming out of taps today. The water in the ground is poisonous so it is imperative for water officials to filter out the carcinogens while state regulators closely monitor the chemical content of tap water.
Water systems have three options: they can take contaminated wells offline, they can blend water from contaminated wells with cleaner sources, or they can install expensive water treatment filters to reduce PFAS levels.
Source: Environmental Working Group
This total reflects what was in the water when it was tested, not necessarily what is coming out of taps today. The water in the ground is poisonous so it is imperative for water officials to filter out the carcinogens while state regulators closely monitor the chemical content of tap water.
Water systems have three options: they can take contaminated wells offline, they can blend water from contaminated wells with cleaner sources, or they can install expensive water treatment filters to reduce PFAS levels.
Source: Environmental Working Group
Camp Pendleton - Source - DOD
9 Active Sites where military cleanup actions are still ongoing.
Soil Contaminants:
Heptachlor Epoxide 88000.0 ppb
Dieldrin 220000.0 ppb
Benzo(a)Pyrene 370000.0 ppb
4,4-DDE 5400000.0 ppb
4,4-DDT 7400000.0 ppb
Toxaphene 28000000.0 ppb
2-Methyl-4-Chlorophenoxyacetic Acid 42000000.0 ppb
Butyl benzyl phthalate 0.19 ppb
Toluene 6.4 ppb
Xylene (mixed) 13.0 ppb
Groundwater Contaminants:
Carbon Dichloride 7000.0 ppb
Alpha, Beta-Dichloroethane 12000.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 12000.0 ppb
Contaminants: 4,4-DDT 1600.0 ppb
4,4-DDD 7200.0 ppb
Tetrachloroethylene 500000.0 ppb
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene 860000.0 ppb
Naphthalene 6000000.0 ppb
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 7300000.0 ppb
Arsenic 19900000.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 25000000.0 ppb
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 110000000.0 ppb
1,1-Dichloroethylene 1100.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 11000.0 ppb
1,2,3-Trichloropropane 70000.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 300.0 ppb
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 640.0 ppb
Diethyl phthalate 1600.0 ppb
Selenium 5900.0 ppb
Nickel and compounds 52000.0 ppb
Aluminum 86200.0 ppb
Barium and compounds 172000.0 ppb
Zinc 187000.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 2200000.0 ppb
PCE 3600000.0 ppb Iron 8700000.0 ppb
9 Active Sites where military cleanup actions are still ongoing.
Soil Contaminants:
Heptachlor Epoxide 88000.0 ppb
Dieldrin 220000.0 ppb
Benzo(a)Pyrene 370000.0 ppb
4,4-DDE 5400000.0 ppb
4,4-DDT 7400000.0 ppb
Toxaphene 28000000.0 ppb
2-Methyl-4-Chlorophenoxyacetic Acid 42000000.0 ppb
Butyl benzyl phthalate 0.19 ppb
Toluene 6.4 ppb
Xylene (mixed) 13.0 ppb
Groundwater Contaminants:
Carbon Dichloride 7000.0 ppb
Alpha, Beta-Dichloroethane 12000.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 12000.0 ppb
Contaminants: 4,4-DDT 1600.0 ppb
4,4-DDD 7200.0 ppb
Tetrachloroethylene 500000.0 ppb
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene 860000.0 ppb
Naphthalene 6000000.0 ppb
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 7300000.0 ppb
Arsenic 19900000.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 25000000.0 ppb
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 110000000.0 ppb
1,1-Dichloroethylene 1100.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 11000.0 ppb
1,2,3-Trichloropropane 70000.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 300.0 ppb
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 640.0 ppb
Diethyl phthalate 1600.0 ppb
Selenium 5900.0 ppb
Nickel and compounds 52000.0 ppb
Aluminum 86200.0 ppb
Barium and compounds 172000.0 ppb
Zinc 187000.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 2200000.0 ppb
PCE 3600000.0 ppb Iron 8700000.0 ppb
Camp Pendleton, California Serves: 39,400
Data available: 2012—2017 Source: Groundwater Contaminants Detected 15 EXCEED
EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
32 Total Contaminants
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.
Data available: 2012—2017 Source: Groundwater Contaminants Detected 15 EXCEED
EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
32 Total Contaminants
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.
The California Water Board tested 13 wells at Camp Pendleton and found them all to be contaminated with PFAS during testing in 2019. The average well was shown to have 48 ppt of PFAS. Well 2301 had 68 ppt of PFOS/PFOA, 86.4 ppt of "non-PFOS/PFOA PFAS" for a total PFAS of 154.44 See: First round of PFAS sampling for CA Public Water Systems - April 1st to June 30th 2019
DoD's Installation Restoration Program (IRP) Sites that have not Achieved Response Complete (RC) January 2018
https://www.denix.osd.mil/derp/home/documents/installation-restoration-program-report-to-congress-january-2018/
Key: DERA - Defense Environmental Restoration Account funds
BRAC - Base Realignment and Closure
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Navy California CAMP PENDLETON MCB DERA SITE 01119 CAMP PENDLETON MCB 201703 0 1
Navy California CAMP PENDLETON MCB DERA SITE 01120 CAMP PENDLETON MCB 201812 1,338 2
Navy California CAMP PENDLETON MCB DERA SITE 01121 CAMP PENDLETON MCB 202410 9,679 8
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https://www.denix.osd.mil/derp/home/documents/installation-restoration-program-report-to-congress-january-2018/
Key: DERA - Defense Environmental Restoration Account funds
BRAC - Base Realignment and Closure
Navy California CAMP PENDLETON MCB DERA SITE 00021 CAMP PENDLETON MCB 201708 0 1
Navy California CAMP PENDLETON MCB DERA SITE 00033 CAMP PENDLETON MCB 201905 928 3
Navy California CAMP PENDLETON MCB DERA SITE 00150 CAMP PENDLETON MCB 201709 0 1
Navy California CAMP PENDLETON MCB DERA SITE 01116 CAMP PENDLETON MCB 201809 954 2
Navy California CAMP PENDLETON MCB DERA SITE 01118 CAMP PENDLETON MCB 201905 395 3
Navy California CAMP PENDLETON MCB DERA SITE 01119 CAMP PENDLETON MCB 201703 0 1
Navy California CAMP PENDLETON MCB DERA SITE 01120 CAMP PENDLETON MCB 201812 1,338 2
Navy California CAMP PENDLETON MCB DERA SITE 01121 CAMP PENDLETON MCB 202410 9,679 8
Navy California CAMP PENDLETON MCB DERA UST 001523 CAMP PENDLETON MCB 202104 638 5
Navy California CAMP PENDLETON MCB DERA UST 001536 CAMP PENDLETON MCB 201907 169 3
Navy California CAMP PENDLETON MCB DERA UST 001655 CAMP PENDLETON MCB 201907 169 3
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