San Diego Naval Base
Naval Base San Diego, known as the 32nd Street Naval Station, is the second largest Surface Ship base of the United States. Naval Base San Diego is the principal homeport of the Pacific Fleet, consisting of over 50 ships The base is composed of 13 piers stretched over 977 acres (3.95 km2) of land and 326 acres of water. The total on base population is over 24,000 military personnel and over 10,000 civilians.
See below for thousands of pages documenting contamination at Naval Base San Diego dating back to 1991. Many of the most sensitive records are not available without filing a lengthy and costly Freedom of Information Act Request, (FOIA).
Naval Base San Diego
See Also:
San Diego Former Naval Training Center
San Diego is identified as a DOD installation with known or suspected releases of PFOS/PFOA, according to a DOD Report to Congress on Aqueous Film-Forming Foam - Nov. 3, 2017.
No testing results were made public regarding the base, only that it is likely contaminated with the ”forever chemicals.”
San Diego Air National Guard - Compliance Restoration Program – Western Region 1 Final Site Investigation Work Plan 147th Combat Communications Squadron California Air National Guard San Diego Air National Guard Station San Diego, California, April 2013
San Diego Naval Base - Source - DOD
Groundwater: High Risk
(Diethylamino)Ethane 1100.0 ppb
16900.0 ppb
Aluminum 32976000.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds
Arsenic (cancer endpoint) 45000.0 ppb
Barium and compounds 282000.0 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 700.0 ppb
Carbon Tetrachloride 7000.0 ppb
Chloride 6,220,000,000.0 ppb
Chloroform 12000.0 ppb
Contaminants: 2,4,5-T 30.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 29600.0 ppb
Dalapon 2200.0 ppb
DDT 50.0 ppb
Dibenzo(b,e)(1,4)dioxin,2,3,7,8-tetrachloro- 80.0 ppb
Dichloroethylene, 1,2- (cis) 3000.0 ppb
Fluoride 4900000.0 ppb
Fluoridone 6000000.0 ppb
Lead 8100.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 170.0 ppb
Molybdenum 39800.0 ppb
Propionic acid, 2-(2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxy) 50.0 ppb
Selenium 10000.0 ppb
Silver and compounds 5500.0 ppb
Strontium (Stable) 6,530,000,000.0 ppb
Thallium carbonate 18000.0 ppb
Vanadium 118000.0 ppb
Zinc 94600.0 ppb
Soil Contaminants:
Aluminum 10700.0 ppb
Arsenic (cancer endpoint) 10.3 ppb
Barium and compounds 132.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 58.7 ppb
Lead 17.8 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 0.13 ppb
Methylene chloride 0.01 ppb
Vanadium 59.8 ppb
Zinc 74.9 ppb
Sediment (Marine):
Aldrin 0.0051 ppb
Chlordane 0.17 ppb
DDE 0.02 ppb
DDD 0.025 ppb
DDT 0.012 ppb
Endrin 0.015 ppb
Naphthalene 550.0 ppb
Surface Water:
Copper and compounds 367000.0 ppb
Aluminum 3200000.0 ppb
Arsenic 19400.0 ppb
Barium 154000.0 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 7840.0 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 2270.0 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 350.0 ppb
Chloroform 4700.0 ppb
Chromium 57800.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 7750000.0 ppb
Mercury (Inorganic) 105.0 ppb
Mercury (Inorganic) 671.0 ppb
Naphthalene 550000.0 ppb
Silver and compounds 40.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 2000.0 ppb
Groundwater: High Risk
(Diethylamino)Ethane 1100.0 ppb
16900.0 ppb
Aluminum 32976000.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds
Arsenic (cancer endpoint) 45000.0 ppb
Barium and compounds 282000.0 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 700.0 ppb
Carbon Tetrachloride 7000.0 ppb
Chloride 6,220,000,000.0 ppb
Chloroform 12000.0 ppb
Contaminants: 2,4,5-T 30.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 29600.0 ppb
Dalapon 2200.0 ppb
DDT 50.0 ppb
Dibenzo(b,e)(1,4)dioxin,2,3,7,8-tetrachloro- 80.0 ppb
Dichloroethylene, 1,2- (cis) 3000.0 ppb
Fluoride 4900000.0 ppb
Fluoridone 6000000.0 ppb
Lead 8100.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 170.0 ppb
Molybdenum 39800.0 ppb
Propionic acid, 2-(2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxy) 50.0 ppb
Selenium 10000.0 ppb
Silver and compounds 5500.0 ppb
Strontium (Stable) 6,530,000,000.0 ppb
Thallium carbonate 18000.0 ppb
Vanadium 118000.0 ppb
Zinc 94600.0 ppb
Soil Contaminants:
Aluminum 10700.0 ppb
Arsenic (cancer endpoint) 10.3 ppb
Barium and compounds 132.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 58.7 ppb
Lead 17.8 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 0.13 ppb
Methylene chloride 0.01 ppb
Vanadium 59.8 ppb
Zinc 74.9 ppb
Sediment (Marine):
Aldrin 0.0051 ppb
Chlordane 0.17 ppb
DDE 0.02 ppb
DDD 0.025 ppb
DDT 0.012 ppb
Endrin 0.015 ppb
Naphthalene 550.0 ppb
Surface Water:
Copper and compounds 367000.0 ppb
Aluminum 3200000.0 ppb
Arsenic 19400.0 ppb
Barium 154000.0 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 7840.0 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 2270.0 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 350.0 ppb
Chloroform 4700.0 ppb
Chromium 57800.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 7750000.0 ppb
Mercury (Inorganic) 105.0 ppb
Mercury (Inorganic) 671.0 ppb
Naphthalene 550000.0 ppb
Silver and compounds 40.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 2000.0 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 SAN DIEGO NS DERA SITE 00001 SAN DIEGO NS 201809 6,238 2
Navy California SAN DIEGO NS DERA SITE 00017 SAN DIEGO NS 201809 0 2
Navy California SAN DIEGO NS DERA SITE 00022 SAN DIEGO NS 203010 22,362 14
Navy California SAN DIEGO NS DERA SITE 00024 SAN DIEGO NS 202410 4,980
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 SAN DIEGO NS DERA SITE 00001 SAN DIEGO NS 201809 6,238 2
Navy California SAN DIEGO NS DERA SITE 00017 SAN DIEGO NS 201809 0 2
Navy California SAN DIEGO NS DERA SITE 00022 SAN DIEGO NS 203010 22,362 14
Navy California SAN DIEGO NS DERA SITE 00024 SAN DIEGO NS 202410 4,980
City of San Diego Serves: 1,326,200 Data available: 2012—2017
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA3710020
Source: Surface water Contaminants Detected 11 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
26 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=CA3710020
Source: Surface water Contaminants Detected 11 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
26 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 San Diego's water for PFOS/PFOA in 2019.
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