Treasure Island Naval Air Station
Naval Station Treasure Island is a former United States Navy facility that operated on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay from 1942 to 1997.
Three wells were tested at the Navy’s old Treasure Island Naval Station and three were found to be poisonous.
PFOS/PFOA were found in the groundwater at 10,750 ppt, many times over the EPA’s Lifetime Health Advisory of 70 ppt.
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
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Treasure Island, the former naval base, is being transformed into a $6 billion development of condos and shops. It was once considered hazardous enough to be a federal Superfund waste site but was never officially named one, newly disclosed documents show. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-Treasure-Island-poised-for-building-boom-14451339.php?psid=nKnJm#photo-18286303 |
See below for thousands of pages documenting contamination at
Former Naval Air Station Treasure Island
Treasure Island - Source - DOD
Groundwater Contaminants:
1,1-Dichloroethylene 2000000.0 ppb
1,2-Dichloroethylene (mixture) 13000000.0 ppb
Aluminum 6470000.0 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 19800.0 ppb
Barium and compounds 136000.0 ppb
Iron 21300000.0 ppb
Lead 51300.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 1860000.0 ppb
Nickel and compounds 33700.0 ppb
Silver and compounds 11100.0 ppb
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) 29000000.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 28000000.0 ppb
Vanadium 25500.0 ppb
Vinyl chloride 850000.0 ppb
Zinc 88400.0 ppb
Soil Contaminants:
Aluminum 16100.0 ppb
Anthracene 5.0 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 7.9 ppb
Barium and compounds 327.0 ppb
Benzene 0.45 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.63 ppb
Copper and compounds 49.2 ppb
Ethylbenzene 5.1 ppb
Fluorene 17.0 ppb
Iron 27000.0 ppb
Lead 8.2 ppb
Manganese and compounds 412.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 0.38 ppb
Methoxychlor 0.07 ppb
Methyl ethyl ketone 6.1 ppb
Methylnaphthalene,2 130.0 ppb
Naphthalene 30.0 ppb
Nickel and compounds 90.1 ppb
Pyrene 4.7 ppb
Selenium 0.63 ppb
Silver and compounds 20.1 ppb
Toluene 5.3 ppb
Vanadium 46.5 ppb
Xylene (mixed) 29.0 ppb
Zinc 77.4 ppb
Groundwater Contaminants:
1,1-Dichloroethylene 2000000.0 ppb
1,2-Dichloroethylene (mixture) 13000000.0 ppb
Aluminum 6470000.0 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 19800.0 ppb
Barium and compounds 136000.0 ppb
Iron 21300000.0 ppb
Lead 51300.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 1860000.0 ppb
Nickel and compounds 33700.0 ppb
Silver and compounds 11100.0 ppb
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) 29000000.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 28000000.0 ppb
Vanadium 25500.0 ppb
Vinyl chloride 850000.0 ppb
Zinc 88400.0 ppb
Soil Contaminants:
Aluminum 16100.0 ppb
Anthracene 5.0 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 7.9 ppb
Barium and compounds 327.0 ppb
Benzene 0.45 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.63 ppb
Copper and compounds 49.2 ppb
Ethylbenzene 5.1 ppb
Fluorene 17.0 ppb
Iron 27000.0 ppb
Lead 8.2 ppb
Manganese and compounds 412.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 0.38 ppb
Methoxychlor 0.07 ppb
Methyl ethyl ketone 6.1 ppb
Methylnaphthalene,2 130.0 ppb
Naphthalene 30.0 ppb
Nickel and compounds 90.1 ppb
Pyrene 4.7 ppb
Selenium 0.63 ppb
Silver and compounds 20.1 ppb
Toluene 5.3 ppb
Vanadium 46.5 ppb
Xylene (mixed) 29.0 ppb
Zinc 77.4 ppb
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
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC SITE 00006 TREASURE ISLAND NS 201705 0 1
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC SITE 00008 TREASURE ISLAND NS 201906 0 3
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC SITE 00011 TREASURE ISLAND NS 202207 3,422 6
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC SITE 00012 TREASURE ISLAND NS 202209 15,171 6
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC SITE 00024 TREASURE ISLAND NS 201909 409 3
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC SITE 00029 TREASURE ISLAND NS 201908 0 3
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC SITE 00030 TREASURE ISLAND NS 201610 0 0
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC UST 000023 TREASURE ISLAND NS 202006 1,089 4
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 TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC SITE 00006 TREASURE ISLAND NS 201705 0 1
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC SITE 00008 TREASURE ISLAND NS 201906 0 3
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC SITE 00011 TREASURE ISLAND NS 202207 3,422 6
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC SITE 00012 TREASURE ISLAND NS 202209 15,171 6
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC SITE 00024 TREASURE ISLAND NS 201909 409 3
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC SITE 00029 TREASURE ISLAND NS 201908 0 3
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC SITE 00030 TREASURE ISLAND NS 201610 0 0
Navy California TREASURE ISLAND NS BRAC UST 000023 TREASURE ISLAND NS 202006 1,089 4
Treasure Island Serves: 2,400 Data available: 2012—2017
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA3810702
Source: Purchased surface water Contaminants Detected 2 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
8 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.
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA3810702
Source: Purchased surface water Contaminants Detected 2 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
8 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 did not test Treasure Island's water for PFOS/PFOA in 2019.
94130 San Francisco Oakland
The view from contaminated Treasure Island. - Getty Images.
In the News
Business Insider, January 13, 2020
Residents of San Francisco's Treasure Island believe nuclear contamination has made them sick for years. The site is getting 8,000 new homes.https://www.businessinsider.com/treasure-island-nuclear-contamination-san-francisco-development-2019-12