Lemoore Naval Air Station
Naval Air Station Lemoore is located in Kings County and Fresno County, California. Lemoore is the Navy's newest and largest Master Jet Base. Strike Fighter Wing Pacific, along with its associated squadrons, call this home.
See below for thousands of pages documenting contamination at Lemoore 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).
Lemoore Naval Air Station
Lemoore Naval Air Station
Lemoore 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.”
Lemoore Naval Air Station - Source - DOD
CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 5600.0 ppb
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 12000.0 ppb
1,1-Dichloroethane 3800.0 ppb
1,1-Dichloroethylene 230000.0 ppb
1,2-Dichlorobenzene 32000.0 ppb
1,2-Dichloroethane (EDC) 7000.0 ppb
1,4-Dichlorobenzene 2700.0 ppb
Acetone 28000.0 ppb
Aluminum 11700000.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 1010000.0 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 20000.0 ppb
Barium and compounds 111000.0 ppb
Benzene 12000000.0 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 5000.0 ppb
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 120000.0 ppb
Bromodichloromethane 6600.0 ppb
Bromoform (tribromomethane) 5000.0 ppb
Butyl benzyl phthalate 3000.0 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 25000.0 ppb
Chloroform 7200.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 33100.0 ppb
Dibromochloromethane 6000.0 ppb
Diethyl phthalate 7000.0 ppb
Dimethyl phthalate 4000.0 ppb
Fluoride 230000.0 ppb
Iron 15800000.0 ppb
Lead 20000.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 433000.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 200.0 ppb
Methylene chloride 18000.0 ppb
Molybdenum 374000.0 ppb
MTBE 130000000.0 ppb
Nickel and compounds 70000.0 ppb
Nitrate 15000000.0 ppb
Phenol 22000.0 ppb
Selenium 281000.0 ppb
Silver and compounds 20000.0 ppb
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) 2100.0 ppb
Toluene 390.0 ppb Ethylbenzene 400.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 5300000.0 ppb
Vanadium 33000.0 ppb
Xylene, o- 750.0 ppb Xylene (mixed) 1410.0 ppb
Zinc 129000.0 ppb
Soil:
Aluminum 20200.0 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 9.2 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 1.6 ppb
Copper and compounds 40.6 ppb
Fluoranthene 0.08 ppb
Fluoride 15.9 ppb
Iron 32900.0 ppb
Lead 17.3 ppb
Manganese and compounds 626.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 0.3 ppb
Methyl ethyl ketone 0.03 ppb
Nickel and compounds 132.0 ppb
Selenium 3.2 ppb
Silver and compounds 1.3 ppb
Vanadium 63.9 ppb
Zinc 89.1 ppb
CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 5600.0 ppb
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 12000.0 ppb
1,1-Dichloroethane 3800.0 ppb
1,1-Dichloroethylene 230000.0 ppb
1,2-Dichlorobenzene 32000.0 ppb
1,2-Dichloroethane (EDC) 7000.0 ppb
1,4-Dichlorobenzene 2700.0 ppb
Acetone 28000.0 ppb
Aluminum 11700000.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 1010000.0 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 20000.0 ppb
Barium and compounds 111000.0 ppb
Benzene 12000000.0 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 5000.0 ppb
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 120000.0 ppb
Bromodichloromethane 6600.0 ppb
Bromoform (tribromomethane) 5000.0 ppb
Butyl benzyl phthalate 3000.0 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 25000.0 ppb
Chloroform 7200.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 33100.0 ppb
Dibromochloromethane 6000.0 ppb
Diethyl phthalate 7000.0 ppb
Dimethyl phthalate 4000.0 ppb
Fluoride 230000.0 ppb
Iron 15800000.0 ppb
Lead 20000.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 433000.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 200.0 ppb
Methylene chloride 18000.0 ppb
Molybdenum 374000.0 ppb
MTBE 130000000.0 ppb
Nickel and compounds 70000.0 ppb
Nitrate 15000000.0 ppb
Phenol 22000.0 ppb
Selenium 281000.0 ppb
Silver and compounds 20000.0 ppb
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) 2100.0 ppb
Toluene 390.0 ppb Ethylbenzene 400.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 5300000.0 ppb
Vanadium 33000.0 ppb
Xylene, o- 750.0 ppb Xylene (mixed) 1410.0 ppb
Zinc 129000.0 ppb
Soil:
Aluminum 20200.0 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 9.2 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 1.6 ppb
Copper and compounds 40.6 ppb
Fluoranthene 0.08 ppb
Fluoride 15.9 ppb
Iron 32900.0 ppb
Lead 17.3 ppb
Manganese and compounds 626.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 0.3 ppb
Methyl ethyl ketone 0.03 ppb
Nickel and compounds 132.0 ppb
Selenium 3.2 ppb
Silver and compounds 1.3 ppb
Vanadium 63.9 ppb
Zinc 89.1 ppb
Lemoore Naval Air Station Serves: 11,500 Data available: 2012—2017 Source: Surface water
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA1610700
Contaminants Detected 10 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
19 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=CA1610700
Contaminants Detected 10 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
19 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 Lemoore'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
Navy California LEMOORE NAS DERA SITE 00014 LEMOORE NAS 202109 4,977 5
Navy California LEMOORE NAS DERA SITE 00018 LEMOORE NAS 202409 4,292 8
Navy California LEMOORE NAS DERA UST 000003 LEMOORE NAS 202409 4,791 8
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