Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant
The Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant is located just outside Riverbank, California, in Stanislaus County. The facility was built in 1942 as an aluminum reduction plant operated by Alcoa producing 48,000 tons per year for World War II aircraft manufacture until 1944. It was reactivated in 1951 for the Korean War and was the United States' largest producer of steel cartridge cases until 1958. It reopened in 1966 manufacturing mortar shells and projectiles for the Vietnam War and remained in production until 1981.The facility includes 192 buildings on 172 acres.
In 2005, the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended that the base be closed and its functions transferred to Rock Island Arsenal. The Riverbank Local Redevelopment Authority assumed responsibility for the site in 2010.
In 2005, the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended that the base be closed and its functions transferred to Rock Island Arsenal. The Riverbank Local Redevelopment Authority assumed responsibility for the site in 2010.
Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant Superfund Site
The 173-acre Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant is located near Modesto, California. Manufacturing operations at the site contaminated groundwater, soils and sediments with heavy metals. Cleanup, operation and maintenance activities, and monitoring are ongoing.
Risks and pathways addressed by the cleanup include health risks from people ingesting, inhaling or touching contaminants in soil, groundwater and groundwater vapors.
View a full list of contaminants of concern for this site.
Want to know more? https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0902785
CHROMIUM Groundwater
CYANIDE Groundwater
The 173-acre Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant is located near Modesto, California. Manufacturing operations at the site contaminated groundwater, soils and sediments with heavy metals. Cleanup, operation and maintenance activities, and monitoring are ongoing.
Risks and pathways addressed by the cleanup include health risks from people ingesting, inhaling or touching contaminants in soil, groundwater and groundwater vapors.
View a full list of contaminants of concern for this site.
Want to know more? https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0902785
CHROMIUM Groundwater
CYANIDE Groundwater
Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant - Source - DOD
3 Active Sites
PCB STORMWATER
PCB CONTAMINATED SOIL
GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION
3 Active Sites
PCB STORMWATER
PCB CONTAMINATED SOIL
GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION
City of Riverbank Serves: 22,201 Data available: 2012—2017 Source: Groundwater
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/search-results.php?zip5=95367&searchtype=zip
Contaminants Detected 5 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
12 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.
What To Do
FILTER CONTAMINANTS OUT
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL OFFICIAL
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/search-results.php?zip5=95367&searchtype=zip
Contaminants Detected 5 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
12 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.
What To Do
FILTER CONTAMINANTS OUT
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL OFFICIAL
The California Water Board did not test Riverbank'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
RIVERBANK ARMY AMMUNITION GROUNDWATER Army California PLANT BRAC RBAAP-03 CONTAMINATION
RIVERBANK ARMY AMMUNITION Army California PLANT BRAC RBAAP-12 PCB CONTAMINATED SOIL
RIVERBANK ARMY AMMUNITION Army California PLANT BRAC RBAAP-13 PCB STORMWATER
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