Fresno Air National Guard
The California Air National Guard Base in Fresno is home to the 144th Fighter Wing. The mission of the 144th Fighter Wing is to provide Air Superiority in support of worldwide joint operations as well as Air Defense of the United States. Additionally, the wing provides agile combat support, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to combatant commanders around the globe. The Wing also provides a variety of homeland defense capabilities to U.S. NORTHCOM.
Fresno ANG 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.”
Aqueous Film Forming Foam Report to Congress, October, 2017
Fresno - Source - DOD
14 Inactive Sites
Sites where military cleanup actions are complete, according to the DOD. Note that this status does not necessarily mean the site is no longer hazardous, as many of these sites are put under long-term monitoring or other restrictions.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
Response Complete
Contaminated: Groundwater Sediment Soil Surface Water
Contaminated: Groundwater Sediment Soil Surface Water
BATTERY ACID NEUTRALIZATION PIT AT BUILDING 102
STORAGE AREA AT MARINE CORPS SUBLEASE
Contaminated: Groundwater Sediment Soil Surface Water
SUSPECT BURIAL SITE
Disposal Pit and Dry Well
Groundwater: Risk Not Evaluated
Sediment (Ecological): Risk Not Evaluated
Sediment (Human): Risk Not Evaluated
Soil: Risk Not Evaluated
Surface Water: Risk Not Evaluated
Surface Water (Ecological): Risk Not Evaluated
14 Inactive Sites
Sites where military cleanup actions are complete, according to the DOD. Note that this status does not necessarily mean the site is no longer hazardous, as many of these sites are put under long-term monitoring or other restrictions.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
Response Complete
Contaminated: Groundwater Sediment Soil Surface Water
Contaminated: Groundwater Sediment Soil Surface Water
BATTERY ACID NEUTRALIZATION PIT AT BUILDING 102
STORAGE AREA AT MARINE CORPS SUBLEASE
Contaminated: Groundwater Sediment Soil Surface Water
SUSPECT BURIAL SITE
Disposal Pit and Dry Well
Groundwater: Risk Not Evaluated
Sediment (Ecological): Risk Not Evaluated
Sediment (Human): Risk Not Evaluated
Soil: Risk Not Evaluated
Surface Water: Risk Not Evaluated
Surface Water (Ecological): Risk Not Evaluated
Fresno, California Serves: 522,352 Data available: 2012—2017 Source: Surface water
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA1010007
Contaminants Detected 11 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
40 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=CA1010007
Contaminants Detected 11 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
40 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 tested 7 wells in Fresno and found all 7 to be contaminated with PFAS.
The average well was contaminated with 8.7 ppt of PFAS. See First round of PFAS sampling for CA Public Water Systems - April 1st to June 30th 2019
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