Detachment Fallbrook
Unique among most naval weapons facilities, Detachment Fallbrook is located 9 miles inland. Ammunition is transferred to and from ships by a process known as Vertical Replenishment. In this operation, ammunition is taken by truck from a magazine on base to a helicopter pad located inside Camp Pendleton. From there MH-60S Seahawk helicopters pick up the load and transfer it to the receiving ship waiting several miles off the coast. In this manner, large vessels such as amphibious assault ships can be loaded without leaving their primary Southern California operating and training areas. Detachment Fallbrook is home to the only West Coast Air-Launched Missile Production and Storage Facility.
See below for thousands of pages documenting contamination at Detachment Fallbrook 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).
Detachment Fallbrook - Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach
Fallbrook - Source - DOD
12 Active Sites - Sites where military cleanup actions are still ongoing.
Soil Contaminants:
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.02 ppb
Dibutyl phthalate 0.02 ppb
Thallium 0.61 ppb
Antimony and compounds 0.95 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 1.0 ppb
Lead 3.6 ppb
Nickel and compounds 12.4 ppb
Copper and compounds 17.3 ppb
Chromium VI and compounds 36.0 ppb
Vanadium 73.0 ppb
Zinc 92.6 ppb Barium and compounds 197.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 226.0 ppb
Aluminum 18000.0 ppb Iron 30600.0 ppb
Acetone 0.01 ppb
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.03 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.26 ppb
Selenium 0.48 ppb
Lead 3.5 ppb Arsenic (noncancer) 3.5 ppb
Nickel and compounds 16.8 ppb
Copper and compounds 21.8 ppb
Zinc 29.6 ppb Chromium VI and compounds 43.4 ppb
Vanadium 85.9 ppb Barium and compounds 123.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 174.0 ppb
Aluminum 22800.0 ppb Iron 28000.0 ppb
Groundwater Contaminants:
Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) 1.0e-06 ppb
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD 5.0e-06 ppb
Furan 0.0003 ppb
Perchlorate 0.018 ppb
Mercury and compounds 0.116 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.49 ppb
Selenium 0.656 ppb
Silver and compounds 0.895 ppb
Arsenic 3.82 ppb
Antimony and compounds 4.93 ppb
Cobalt 14.1 ppb Cadmium and compounds 15.6 ppb
Nickel (Soluble Salts) 26.2 ppb
Chromium 48.6 ppb
Lead 50.2 ppb
Vanadium 78.4 ppb
Strontium (Stable) 115.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 247.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 446.0 ppb
Zinc 1410.0 ppb
Barium 3170.0 ppb
Aluminum 20200.0 ppb
Iron 27700.0 ppb
12 Active Sites - Sites where military cleanup actions are still ongoing.
Soil Contaminants:
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.02 ppb
Dibutyl phthalate 0.02 ppb
Thallium 0.61 ppb
Antimony and compounds 0.95 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 1.0 ppb
Lead 3.6 ppb
Nickel and compounds 12.4 ppb
Copper and compounds 17.3 ppb
Chromium VI and compounds 36.0 ppb
Vanadium 73.0 ppb
Zinc 92.6 ppb Barium and compounds 197.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 226.0 ppb
Aluminum 18000.0 ppb Iron 30600.0 ppb
Acetone 0.01 ppb
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.03 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.26 ppb
Selenium 0.48 ppb
Lead 3.5 ppb Arsenic (noncancer) 3.5 ppb
Nickel and compounds 16.8 ppb
Copper and compounds 21.8 ppb
Zinc 29.6 ppb Chromium VI and compounds 43.4 ppb
Vanadium 85.9 ppb Barium and compounds 123.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 174.0 ppb
Aluminum 22800.0 ppb Iron 28000.0 ppb
Groundwater Contaminants:
Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) 1.0e-06 ppb
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD 5.0e-06 ppb
Furan 0.0003 ppb
Perchlorate 0.018 ppb
Mercury and compounds 0.116 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.49 ppb
Selenium 0.656 ppb
Silver and compounds 0.895 ppb
Arsenic 3.82 ppb
Antimony and compounds 4.93 ppb
Cobalt 14.1 ppb Cadmium and compounds 15.6 ppb
Nickel (Soluble Salts) 26.2 ppb
Chromium 48.6 ppb
Lead 50.2 ppb
Vanadium 78.4 ppb
Strontium (Stable) 115.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 247.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 446.0 ppb
Zinc 1410.0 ppb
Barium 3170.0 ppb
Aluminum 20200.0 ppb
Iron 27700.0 ppb
Rainbow Municipal WD Serves: 19,611 Data available: 2012—2017
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA3710016
Source: Purchased surface water Contaminants Detected 10 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
28 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=CA3710016
Source: Purchased surface water Contaminants Detected 10 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
28 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 wells of the Rainbow Municipal WD for PFOS/PFOA in 2019.
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