Coronado
Naval Amphibious Base
Naval Base Coronado (NBC) is a consolidated Navy installation encompassing eight military facilities stretching from San Clemente Island, located seventy miles west of San Diego, California, to the Mountain Warfare Training Camp Michael Monsoor and Camp Morena, located sixty miles east of San Diego.
See below for thousands of pages documenting contamination at Coronado 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).
Coronado Naval Amphibious Base
Coronado 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.”
Coronado - Source - DOD
Unexploded Munitions and Ordnance Area
Groundwater Contaminants:
Toluene 8000.0 ppb
Lead 10000.0 ppb
Ethyl benzene 39000.0 ppb
Benzene 39000.0 ppb
Naphthalene 120000.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 400.0 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 1000.0 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 1400.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 8400.0 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 20000.0 ppb
Ethylbenzene 27700.0 ppb
Silver and compounds 31000.0 ppb
Xylene (mixed) 53300.0 ppb
Selenium 100000.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 116000.0 ppb
Zinc 952000.0 ppb
Barium and compounds 1060000.0 ppb
Aluminum 5240000.0 ppb
Soil Contaminants:
Toluene 0.028 ppb
Xylene (Mixed) 2.5 ppb
Ethenylbenzene 3.6 ppb
Benzene 18.0 ppb
DDT 0.02 ppb
DDD,4,4- 0.02 ppb
DDE,4,4- 0.02 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.45 ppb
Thallium sulfate 0.99 ppb
Arochlor 1260 1.1 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 1.23 ppb
Selenium 12.1 ppb
Silver and compounds 13.1 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 17.3 ppb
Vanadium sulfate 46.3 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 81.6 ppb
Nickel and compounds 138.0 ppb
Barium and compounds 241.0 ppb
Chromium VI and compounds 303.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 586.0 ppb
Zinc 2590.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 30700.0 ppb
Sediment (Marine) Contaminants:
Methylene chloride 0.01 ppb
Phenanthrene 0.01 ppb
Acenaphthene 0.02 ppb
Acetone 0.03 ppb
Anthracene 0.07 ppb
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.09 ppb
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene 0.09 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.29 ppb
Benzo[k]fluoranthene 0.31 ppb
Benzo[a]pyrene 0.34 ppb
Benzo[b]fluoranthene 0.42 ppb
Chrysene 0.53 ppb
Benz[a]anthracene 0.63 ppb
Fluoranthene 2.06 ppb
Pyrene 2.26 ppb
Arsenic (cancer endpoint) 3.23 ppb
Nickel and compounds 9.78 ppb
Chromium (total) 33.6 ppb
Lead 162.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 171.34 ppb
Zinc 574.0 ppb
Sediment (Human) Contaminants:
Methylene chloride 0.01 ppb
Phenanthrene 0.01 ppb
Acenaphthene 0.02 ppb
Acetone 0.03 ppb
Anthracene 0.07 ppb
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.09 ppb
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene 0.09 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.29 ppb
Benzo[k]fluoranthene 0.31 ppb
Benzo[a]pyrene 0.34 ppb
Benzo[b]fluoranthene 0.42 ppb
Chrysene 0.53 ppb
Benz[a]anthracene 0.63 ppb
Fluoranthene 2.06 ppb
Pyrene 2.26 ppb
Arsenic (cancer endpoint) 3.23 ppb
Nickel and compounds 9.78 ppb
Lead 23.59 ppb
Chromium (total) 24.6 ppb
Zinc 144.14 ppb
Copper and compounds 171.34 ppb
Surface Water
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 700.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 77000.0 ppb
Zinc 201000.0 ppb
Unexploded Munitions and Ordnance Area
Groundwater Contaminants:
Toluene 8000.0 ppb
Lead 10000.0 ppb
Ethyl benzene 39000.0 ppb
Benzene 39000.0 ppb
Naphthalene 120000.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 400.0 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 1000.0 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 1400.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 8400.0 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 20000.0 ppb
Ethylbenzene 27700.0 ppb
Silver and compounds 31000.0 ppb
Xylene (mixed) 53300.0 ppb
Selenium 100000.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 116000.0 ppb
Zinc 952000.0 ppb
Barium and compounds 1060000.0 ppb
Aluminum 5240000.0 ppb
Soil Contaminants:
Toluene 0.028 ppb
Xylene (Mixed) 2.5 ppb
Ethenylbenzene 3.6 ppb
Benzene 18.0 ppb
DDT 0.02 ppb
DDD,4,4- 0.02 ppb
DDE,4,4- 0.02 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.45 ppb
Thallium sulfate 0.99 ppb
Arochlor 1260 1.1 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 1.23 ppb
Selenium 12.1 ppb
Silver and compounds 13.1 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 17.3 ppb
Vanadium sulfate 46.3 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 81.6 ppb
Nickel and compounds 138.0 ppb
Barium and compounds 241.0 ppb
Chromium VI and compounds 303.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 586.0 ppb
Zinc 2590.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 30700.0 ppb
Sediment (Marine) Contaminants:
Methylene chloride 0.01 ppb
Phenanthrene 0.01 ppb
Acenaphthene 0.02 ppb
Acetone 0.03 ppb
Anthracene 0.07 ppb
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.09 ppb
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene 0.09 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.29 ppb
Benzo[k]fluoranthene 0.31 ppb
Benzo[a]pyrene 0.34 ppb
Benzo[b]fluoranthene 0.42 ppb
Chrysene 0.53 ppb
Benz[a]anthracene 0.63 ppb
Fluoranthene 2.06 ppb
Pyrene 2.26 ppb
Arsenic (cancer endpoint) 3.23 ppb
Nickel and compounds 9.78 ppb
Chromium (total) 33.6 ppb
Lead 162.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 171.34 ppb
Zinc 574.0 ppb
Sediment (Human) Contaminants:
Methylene chloride 0.01 ppb
Phenanthrene 0.01 ppb
Acenaphthene 0.02 ppb
Acetone 0.03 ppb
Anthracene 0.07 ppb
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.09 ppb
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene 0.09 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.29 ppb
Benzo[k]fluoranthene 0.31 ppb
Benzo[a]pyrene 0.34 ppb
Benzo[b]fluoranthene 0.42 ppb
Chrysene 0.53 ppb
Benz[a]anthracene 0.63 ppb
Fluoranthene 2.06 ppb
Pyrene 2.26 ppb
Arsenic (cancer endpoint) 3.23 ppb
Nickel and compounds 9.78 ppb
Lead 23.59 ppb
Chromium (total) 24.6 ppb
Zinc 144.14 ppb
Copper and compounds 171.34 ppb
Surface Water
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 700.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 77000.0 ppb
Zinc 201000.0 ppb
Nas North Island & Nab Coronado Serves: 4,500 Data available: 2012—2017
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA3710750
Source: Purchased surface water Contaminants Detected 11 EXCEED
EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
27 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=CA3710750
Source: Purchased surface water Contaminants Detected 11 EXCEED
EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
27 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 water of the Nas North Island & Nab Coronado Water District for PFAS 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
Navy California CORONADO NAB DERA SITE 00003 CORONADO NAB 201710 0 1
Navy California CORONADO NAB DERA UST 000002 CORONADO NAB 202001 345 3
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