Mojave Gunnery Range
In August 1944, the Department of the Navy acquired land near Mojave to conduct aerial bombing, strafing and air-to-ground rocket range training. The 11th Naval District developed a training area consisting of six stationary ground targets and one mobile ground target that were used by pilots stationed out of Marine Corps Air Station, Mojave. After World War II, Marine Corps Air Station, Mojave became Naval Air Station, Mojave, and the Mojave Gunnery Range “C” training area was used by Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern; Naval Air Station, Mojave; and the U.S. Army to test and evaluate pilotless aircraft.
Naval Air Station, Mojave closed in January 1947 and the training area remained idle until 1951 when Marines from El Toro used the air field as an auxiliary field. The air field was renamed Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station, Mojave and was referred to as an Advanced Gunnery Range. In December 1958, the leases for the training area were terminated and in January 1959 Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station, Mojave officially closed.
Mojave -Source - DOD
Soil Contaminants:
Chromium (1:6 ratio Cr VI:Cr III) 19.9 mg/kg
Cobalt 8.5 mg/kg
Copper 15.7 mg/kg Total
Lead 11.1 mg/kg
Molybdenum 0.6 mg/kg
Nickel 12.0 mg/kg
Tin 5.7 mg/kg
Titanium 732.0 mg/kg
Vanadium 32.3 mg/kg
Zinc 122.0 mg/kg
Soil Contaminants:
Chromium (1:6 ratio Cr VI:Cr III) 19.9 mg/kg
Cobalt 8.5 mg/kg
Copper 15.7 mg/kg Total
Lead 11.1 mg/kg
Molybdenum 0.6 mg/kg
Nickel 12.0 mg/kg
Tin 5.7 mg/kg
Titanium 732.0 mg/kg
Vanadium 32.3 mg/kg
Zinc 122.0 mg/kg
Mojave Public Utility District Serves: 4,000 Data available: 2012—2017
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA1510014
Source: Purchased surface water Contaminants Detected 8 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
16 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=CA1510014
Source: Purchased surface water Contaminants Detected 8 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
16 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 Mojave's water for PFOS/PFOA in 2019.
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