Point Loma
Naval Submarine Base
Naval Base Point Loma consists of seven facilities: Submarine Base, Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command, Fleet Combat Training Center Pacific, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), SPAWAR Systems Center, the Fleet Intelligence Command Pacific and Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar. The on-base population is around 22,000 Navy and civilian personnel.
See below for thousands of pages documenting contamination at Point Loma dating back to 1993. Many of the most sensitive records are not available without filing a lengthy and costly Freedom of Information Act Request, (FOIA).
Point Loma - Naval Submarine Base
During the ESI field activities, six hand auger borings and six sonic borings were advanced.
Analytical groups detected in soil samples collected during the 2013 field investigation
included volatile organic compounds (VOCs), semivolatile organic compounds (including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [PAHs]), total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), metals, and pesticides.
Soil samples were also analyzed for polychlorinated biphenyls, but none were detected. Six soil gas samples were also collected and analyzed for VOCs. Results of the SLHHRA, SLERA, and BERA (lead) show that there is no unacceptable risk posed to human health or the environment from chemicals in soil or soil gas at IR Site 14.
See also: Point Loma Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Old Town Campus and Point Loma - SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
Point Loma is included in the report “Bases and Facilities with Significant Historical U.S. Nuclear Weapons or Naval Nuclear Propulsion Missions - 2002” Radioactive
Compiled by Stephen I. Schwartz, 2002
https://www.brookings.edu/bombs-in-the-backyard/
City of San Diego Serves: 1,326,200 Data available: 2012—2017
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA3710020
Source: Surface water Contaminants Detected 11 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
26 Total Contaminants
WG'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=CA3710020
Source: Surface water Contaminants Detected 11 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
26 Total Contaminants
WG'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 San Diego's water for PFOS/PFOA in 2019.
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