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Camp Roberts
Camp Roberts is a California National Guard post located on both sides of the Salinas River in Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties. It was opened in 1941. Camp Roberts is roughly 25 miles southeast of Fort Hunter Liggett. Camp Roberts is host to annual training for California Army National Guard units.
Data released by the Army through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show PFAS contamination detected at 2.25 parts per trillion (ppt) in tests of drinking water at Camp Roberts. The tests were conducted in 2017. The carcinogen PFTeA was found in the water.
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Extremely low doses of PFAS chemicals have been linked to cancer, harm to the reproductive and immune systems, thyroid disease and other health problems. Harvard health professionals say 1 ppt of the substances may be harmful.
“There are currently no Army personnel or families drinking water with levels of PFOS/PFOA above the Lifetime Health Advisory, (LHA)” the Army told the Environmental Working Group in August, 2019.
The EPA’s LHA for PFAS is set at 70 ppt while California’s Division of Drinking Water has established Notification Levels at 6.5 parts per trillion for PFOS and 5.1 parts per trillion for PFOA, two types of PFAS chemicals.
Firefighting foams made with PFAS and long used on military installations are a major source of PFAS contamination.
(See the complete list across the country.)
Extremely low doses of PFAS chemicals have been linked to cancer, harm to the reproductive and immune systems, thyroid disease and other health problems. Harvard health professionals say 1 ppt of the substances may be harmful.
“There are currently no Army personnel or families drinking water with levels of PFOS/PFOA above the Lifetime Health Advisory, (LHA)” the Army told the Environmental Working Group in August, 2019.
The EPA’s LHA for PFAS is set at 70 ppt while California’s Division of Drinking Water has established Notification Levels at 6.5 parts per trillion for PFOS and 5.1 parts per trillion for PFOA, two types of PFAS chemicals.
Firefighting foams made with PFAS and long used on military installations are a major source of PFAS contamination.
Camp Roberts - Source - DOD
1 Active Site where military cleanup actions are still ongoing. The risk level of a site refers to a relative risk assessment made by the DOD, which prioritizes the cleanup of sites that pose greatest threat to safety, human health, and the environment.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
INDUNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS RIAL AREA SHOPS (900 BLOCK) Spill Site Area
Camp Roberts is invluded in this report: Bases and Facilities with Significant Current or Historical U.S. Nuclear Weapons or Naval Nuclear Propulsion Missions Compiled by Stephen I. Schwartz, 2002
https://www.brookings.edu/bombs-in-the-backyard/
1 Active Site where military cleanup actions are still ongoing. The risk level of a site refers to a relative risk assessment made by the DOD, which prioritizes the cleanup of sites that pose greatest threat to safety, human health, and the environment.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
INDUNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS RIAL AREA SHOPS (900 BLOCK) Spill Site Area
Camp Roberts is invluded in this report: Bases and Facilities with Significant Current or Historical U.S. Nuclear Weapons or Naval Nuclear Propulsion Missions Compiled by Stephen I. Schwartz, 2002
https://www.brookings.edu/bombs-in-the-backyard/
Camp Roberts is included in the report “Bases and Facilities with Significant Historical U.S. Nuclear Weapons or Naval Nuclear Propulsion Missions - 2002” Radioactive
Compiled by Stephen I. Schwartz, 2002
https://www.brookings.edu/bombs-in-the-backyard/
San Miguel Community Services District San Miguel, California
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA4010010
Serves: 2,336 Data available: 2012—2017 Source: Groundwater Contaminants Detected 9
EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
17 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=CA4010010
Serves: 2,336 Data available: 2012—2017 Source: Groundwater Contaminants Detected 9
EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
17 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 the San Miguel Community Services District's water for PFOS/PFOA in 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
INDUSTRIAL AREA SHOPS (900 Army California MTC-H CAMP ROBERTS DERA CPRO-10 BLOCK) 201802 0 1
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
INDUSTRIAL AREA SHOPS (900 Army California MTC-H CAMP ROBERTS DERA CPRO-10 BLOCK) 201802 0 1
93451 San Miguel Paso Robles