Long Beach - Former Naval Station
The Long Beach Naval Shipyard, which closed in 1997, was located on Terminal Island between the city of Long Beach and the San Pedro district of Los Angeles, approximately 23 miles south of the Los Angeles International Airport. The primary role of the former naval station was the overhaul and maintenance of conventionally-powered US Navy surface ships.
See below for thousands of pages documenting contamination at the former Long Beach Naval Shipyard.
Former Long Beach Naval Station
Long Beach 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.”
Long Beach - Source - DOD
This site is under ongoing monitoring until Sep 2049
CONTAMINATED AREAS
Groundwater Contaminants:
1,2-Dichloroethane (EDC) 79330.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 79000.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 79000.0 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 53000.0 ppb
Carbon disulfide 75000.0 ppb
Chloroform 460000.0 ppb
cis-Dichloroethylene 11000000.0 ppb
Dibromochloromethane 394000.0 ppb
PCE 1500000.0 ppb
PCE 1500000.0 ppb
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) 18540.0 ppb
Thallium 22000.0 ppb
Trans-dichloroethylene, 1,2- 420000.0 ppb
Trichloroethane, 1,1,1- 51000.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 360000.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 360000.0 ppb
Vinyl chloride 22000.0 ppb
Soil Contaminants:
1,2-Dichloroethane (EDC) 79330.0 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 8.98 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 21.3 ppb
Benzo[a]pyrene 0.76 ppb
Chloroform 460000.0 ppb
Colbalt 13200.0 ppb
Dibromochloromethane 394000.0 ppb
PCE 680.0 ppb
Pentachlorophenol 9.5 ppb
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) 10800.0 ppb
Vinyl chloride 600.0 ppb
This site is under ongoing monitoring until Sep 2049
CONTAMINATED AREAS
Groundwater Contaminants:
1,2-Dichloroethane (EDC) 79330.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 79000.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 79000.0 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 53000.0 ppb
Carbon disulfide 75000.0 ppb
Chloroform 460000.0 ppb
cis-Dichloroethylene 11000000.0 ppb
Dibromochloromethane 394000.0 ppb
PCE 1500000.0 ppb
PCE 1500000.0 ppb
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) 18540.0 ppb
Thallium 22000.0 ppb
Trans-dichloroethylene, 1,2- 420000.0 ppb
Trichloroethane, 1,1,1- 51000.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 360000.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 360000.0 ppb
Vinyl chloride 22000.0 ppb
Soil Contaminants:
1,2-Dichloroethane (EDC) 79330.0 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 8.98 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 21.3 ppb
Benzo[a]pyrene 0.76 ppb
Chloroform 460000.0 ppb
Colbalt 13200.0 ppb
Dibromochloromethane 394000.0 ppb
PCE 680.0 ppb
Pentachlorophenol 9.5 ppb
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) 10800.0 ppb
Vinyl chloride 600.0 ppb
Long Beach Water Department Serves: 470,292 Data available: 2012—2017 Source: Purchased surface water
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA1910065
Contaminants Detected 8 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
25 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=CA1910065
Contaminants Detected 8 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
25 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 Long Beach's water for PFOS/PFOA in 2019.
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