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Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water: Table 4: Sites Where Top Soil or Ground Water is Contaminated by Perchlorate
Table 4. More than 50 sites nationwide have high levels of perchlorate contamination of ground water or soil.
|
State |
City |
Facility |
Source of contamination |
Type of contamination |
Maximum concentration (ppb) |
|
AL |
Huntsville |
Redstone Arsenal |
Explosives |
Ground Water |
19,000 |
|
AZ |
Benson |
Apache Nitrogen Products |
Explosives manufacturing |
Ground Water |
670 |
|
AZ |
Chandler, Gila River Indian Reservation |
Aerodyne |
Propellant testing |
Ground Water |
18 |
|
AZ |
Tucson |
Davis Monthan Air Force Base |
Explosives/ |
Soil |
NA |
|
AZ |
Goodyear, Phoenix Goodyear Airport |
Unidynamics Phoenix, Inc. |
Explosives/ |
Ground Water |
80 |
|
AZ |
Phoenix |
Universal Propulsion |
Rocket manufacturing |
Soil |
NA |
|
AZ |
Maricopa County |
Unidynamics Phoenix, Inc. White Tanks Disposal Area |
Explosives/ |
Soil |
NA |
|
AR |
East Camden |
Atlantic Research |
Rocket manufacturing |
Ground Water |
2,000,000 |
|
Surface Water |
480,000 |
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|
Soil |
1,000,000 |
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|
CA |
Glen Avon |
Grand Central Rocket |
Dumping at Stringfellow toxic waste dump |
Ground Water |
87,000 |
|
CA |
Yuba City |
Beale AFB |
Titan missile production |
NA |
|
|
CA |
Rancho Cordova and Mather Air Force Base |
Aerojet General |
Rocket manufacturing |
Ground Water |
640,000 |
|
CA |
Lincoln |
Alpha explosives |
Explosives manufacturing |
Ground Water |
67,000 |
|
CA |
Santa Susana |
Boeing/Rocketdyne, NASA at Santa Susana Field Lab US DOE |
Rocket research, testing and production |
Ground Water |
750 |
|
CA |
Edwards |
Edwards Air Force Base, Jet Propulsion Lab, North Base |
Rocket research |
Ground Water |
300 |
|
CA |
Orange County |
El Toro Marine Corps Air Station |
Explosives disposal |
Ground Water |
380 |
|
CA |
Tracy |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site 300 |
US Department of Energy explosives research |
Ground Water |
84 |
|
CA |
Redlands |
Lockheed Propulsion |
Rocket manufacturing |
Ground Water |
NA |
|
CA |
Pasadena |
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab |
Rocket research |
Ground Water |
6,000 |
|
CA |
Rialto |
B.F. Goodrich and/or Fireworks Facility |
Rocket research and manufacturing and/or fireworks manufacture |
Ground Water |
NA |
|
CA |
Glendale |
Grand Central Rocket |
Rocket manufacturing |
Ground Water |
84 |
|
CA |
Baldwin Park |
Aerojet General |
Rocket manufacturing |
Ground Water |
2,180 |
|
CA |
San Nicholas Island, Ventura County |
US Navy Firing Range |
Explosives |
Ground Water |
NA |
|
CA |
San Jose |
United Technologies (UTC) |
Rocket testing |
Ground Water |
180,000 |
|
CA |
Santa Clarita |
Whittaker-Bermite Ordnance |
Ordnance manufacturing |
Surface Water |
3,000 |
|
CA |
Hollister |
Whittaker Ordnance |
Ordnance manufacturing |
Ground Water |
810 |
|
IA |
Ewart |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Ground Water |
29 |
|
IA |
Napier |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Ground Water |
10 |
|
KS |
Herington |
Ammunition Facility |
Ammunition |
Ground Water |
9 |
|
MA |
Bourne |
Massachusetts Military Reservation |
Rocket disposal- open burn/open detonation |
Ground Water |
300 |
|
MD |
Indian Head |
Naval Surface Warfare Center |
Propellant handling |
Surface Water |
>1000 |
|
MD |
Aberdeen |
Aberdeen Proving Ground |
Unknown |
Ground Water |
24 |
|
MO |
Joplin |
ICI Explosives |
Unknown |
Ground Water |
107,000 |
|
MO |
Independence |
Lake City Army Ammunition Facility |
Ammunition |
Ground Water |
79 |
|
NE |
Mead |
Unknown |
Fireworks facility |
Ground Water |
24 |
|
NM |
Gallup |
Fort Windgate Depot Activity |
Explosives disposal |
Ground Water |
2,860 |
|
NM |
Alamogordo |
Hollomon Air Force Base |
Rocket testing |
Ground Water |
40 |
|
Surface Water |
16,000 |
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|
NM |
Los Alamos |
Los Alamos National Lab |
US DOE lab chemicals |
Ground Water |
1,662 |
|
Surface Water |
NA |
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|
NM |
White Rock |
Los Alamos National Lab |
US DOE lab chemicals |
Surface Water |
9 |
|
NM |
Melrose |
Melrose Air Force Range |
Explosives |
Ground Water |
25 |
|
NM |
White Sands |
White Sands Missile Range |
Rocket testing |
Ground Water |
21,000 |
|
NV |
Henderson |
Kerr-McGee/BMI |
Perchlorate manufacturing |
Ground Water |
3,700,000 |
|
Surface Water |
120,000 |
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|
NV |
Henderson |
American Pacific Corp/PEPCON |
Perchlorate manufacturing |
Ground Water |
600,000 |
|
NY |
Westhampton |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Ground Water |
3370 |
|
NY |
Yaphank |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Ground Water |
122 |
|
TX |
Karnak |
Longhorn Army Ammunition Depot |
Munitions manufacture, Propellant handling |
Ground Water |
169,000 |
|
Surface Water |
11,000 |
||||
|
TX |
McGregor |
McGregor Naval Weapons Plant |
Propellant handling |
Ground Water |
91,000 |
|
Surface Water |
22,000 |
||||
|
TX |
Amarillo |
Pantex (Department of Energy) |
Open burning/ Open detonation, Explosives |
Ground Water |
5 |
|
TX |
Texarkana |
Red River Army Depot |
Open burning/ Open detonation, Propellant handling |
Ground Water |
80 |
|
TX |
Texarkana |
Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant |
Open burning/ Open detonation, Propellant handling |
Ground Water |
NA |
|
UT |
Magna |
Alliant Tech Systems |
Rocket manufacturing |
Ground Water |
13 |
|
UT |
Kennecott |
Alliant Tech Systems |
Rocket manufacturing |
Ground Water |
5 |
|
UT |
Promontory |
Thiokol |
Rocket manufacturing |
Ground Water |
NA |
|
WA |
near Vancouver |
Camp Bonneville |
Explosives/propellant disposal |
Soil |
NA |
|
WV |
Rocket Center |
Allegheny Ballistics Lab |
Rocket research production, open burn/open detonation |
Surface Water |
400 |
NA = not available.
Source: EWG 2003
References:
- Associated Press (AP). 2003. Army wants company to pay for Redstone cleanup. January 20, 2003.
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). ND. Public Health Assessment: Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant. Karnack, Harrison County, Texas.
- Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CFSWAB). 2002. The potential for perchlorate contamination. A case study: Badger Army Ammunition Plant. May 2002. Merrimac, WI.
- Clean Water Report (CWR). 2002. Possible perchlorate lessons to learn as pollutant progresses to city wells; Maryland. August 12, 2002.
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2001. Memorandum re: Perchlorate occurrence table and maps. March 2, 2001.
- McGuire, K. 2001. Rocket fuel peril studied Arkansas site's concentration among top in US. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, August 12, 2001.
- Oswald, M. 2002. Springs tested for chemical. Albuquerque Journal. January 29, 2002.
- Robertson, J. 2003. Another toxin found in wells at Lake City cleanup site. Kansas City Star. January 28, 2003.
- Speckman, S. 2001. Plume of 'dirty' water is moving. The Desert News. June 18, 200.
- Tollefson, J. 2003. Contaminated spring found near LANL. The Santa Fe New Mexican, February 9, 2003.