Imagine living in a place where the water you drink, cook with, and bathe in could be a hidden danger. For many military families, this nightmare has been a harsh reality. Across numerous military bases, contaminated water has posed serious health risks, affecting thousands of service members and their dependents.
The issue of toxic water at military installations isn’t just a relic of the past; it’s an ongoing concern. Contaminants like PFAS, lead, and other hazardous substances have been found in alarming levels, leading to a host of health problems among our nation’s veterans and servicemembers as well as their dependents. Understanding the scope of this issue is crucial for those who live on these bases and for anyone concerned about environmental health.
Contaminants in Military Water Supply
Military bases across the United States have been contaminated by several harmful substances. The primary culprits, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as “forever chemicals,” remain in the environment persistently with no natural method of elimination. At least 500 bases are confirmed sources of PFAS contamination, and hundreds more are suspected and now being investigated.
While there are thousands of different types of PFAS chemicals, military bases have particularly high concentrations of PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid), PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonate) and PFHxS (perfluorohexane sulfonate) as well as other PFAS in their drinking water systems.
Contaminants in the water pose significant health risks to military personnel and nearby communities. Over time, exposure to high levels of PFAS compounds links to health issues like cancer, liver damage, and immune system effects.
Sources of Military Base Water Contamination |
How Contamination and Exposure Occurs |
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Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) |
AFFF, used extensively in firefighting on military bases, contains some of the more toxic subtypes of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). Scientific research underscores the severe health risks associated with exposure to PFAS, especially the PFOA and PFOS subtypes. PFOA and PFOS are in AFFF which has been used for many decades on military bases to fight high temperature fuel fires. Contamination on and around military bases is far greater than any other geography or municipality due to the disproportionate need for occupational use of AFFF. These chemicals persist in the environment when they are used and run off into the ground and surrounding environment, leading to contamination of drinking water systems, which are then consumed by servicemembers and their families who reside on or near military bases. |
Jet Fuel / Benzene |
Jet fuel leaks and spills at military bases lead to groundwater contamination. This type of pollution poses a significant threat to nearby water supplies. Jet fuel’s toxic components include benzene, increasing the risk of leukemia and other blood disorders for exposed populations. |
Landfills and Waste Sites |
Landfills and waste disposal sites on or near military installations contribute to water contamination. Hazardous waste, including chemicals and heavy metals like lead, leaches into groundwater over time and subsequently consumed through drinking water. |
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks |
Underground storage tanks, particularly those used for fuel and chemicals, often develop leaks. These leaks release contaminants into the soil and groundwater, affecting nearby water supplies. The degradation products of these chemicals may pose additional health risks. |
Sources of Military Base Water Contamination
Understanding AFFF Contamination on Military Bases
AFFF was co-developed in the 1960s by the 3M Company and the US Navy to tackle high-intensity fires, particularly those involving jet fuels. Its unique formulation allows it to form an aqueous film that quickly smothers fires, preventing re-ignition. The foam became a staple in military firefighting arsenals, especially for use on airfields and naval vessels where flammable liquids are prevalent.
Despite its effectiveness, concerns about the environmental persistence of its key components and effects on human health were raised by the US military early on.
AFFF contains PFAS, a group of man-made chemicals that include perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS). These substances are characterized by their carbon-fluorine bonds — one of the strongest in organic chemistry — making them resistant to degradation. This persistence means that once released into the environment, PFAS can remain for decades, accumulating in soil, water, and living organisms, thus the term, “forever chemicals”.
Impact on Soil and Water
The use of AFFF on military bases has led to significant contamination of soil and groundwater. PFAS compounds can leach through the soil, contaminating aquifers and surface water bodies.
Studies have found PFAS concentrations in groundwater near military installations to be significantly higher than the levels deemed safe by environmental agencies. This contamination poses a risk not only to military personnel but also to surrounding civilian communities.
Bioaccumulation in Wildlife
PFAS can bioaccumulate in wildlife, particularly in aquatic ecosystems. Fish and other marine organisms can absorb these chemicals, which then travel up the food chain, leading to higher concentrations in predators. This bioaccumulation can have severe ecological impacts, disrupting reproductive systems and increasing mortality rates in affected species.
Exposure to PFAS Linked to Adverse Health Outcomes
Exposure to PFAS has been linked to a range of serious health problems. While research is ongoing, several studies have identified potential risks associated with prolonged exposure to these chemicals.
Cancer and Chronic Diseases
AFFF contains high concentrations of certain PFAS chemicals, particularly PFOA and PFOS. There is growing evidence that PFOA and PFOS exposure can increase the risk of certain cancers, including kidney and testicular cancer.
In fact, currently the International Agency for Research on Cancer designates PFOA as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1) and PFOS as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B).
Reproductive and Developmental Effects
PFAS exposure has also been linked to reproductive and developmental issues. Pregnant women exposed to high levels of PFAS may face higher risks of preeclampsia and preterm birth.
Moreover, studies suggest that PFAS can affect fetal development, leading to low birth weights and developmental delays in children.
Immune System Effects
PFAS exposure weakens the immune response, reducing effectiveness against infections and response to vaccines. PFAS exposure may also cause immune system malfunctions and has been linked to causing serious conditions like ulcerative colitis (UC).
Nervous System Effects
Some studies have also linked prolonged exposure to PFAS chemicals to nervous system conditions such as Parkinson’s Disease.
Other Health Effects
High PFAS levels disrupt liver function, potentially leading to conditions like non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
Additionally, PFAS have been associated with severe thyroid disease and increased cholesterol levels.
All of these health issues pose significant concerns for both current and former military personnel and their families stationed at contaminated bases.
List of Military Bases with Contaminated Water
The Department of Defense (DoD) has acknowledged the widespread contamination of military bases across the United States, resulting from the use of AFFF. This contamination poses significant risks to both military personnel and surrounding communities, prompting urgent efforts for mitigation and cleanup. Below is a table listing over 500 U.S. military bases identified with PFAS contamination, while hundreds more are still in the process of being investigated and tested.
(Data current as of July 2024)
Military Base / Site Name | State | Total PFAS Contamination Levels (in ppt) |
England Air Force Base | Louisiana | 33,502,500.0 |
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake | California | 8,000,000.0 |
JBPHH Pearl Harbor HI | Hawaii | 4,535,332.0 |
Patrick Air Force Base | Florida | 4,510,000.0 |
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base | South Carolina | 3,479,800.0 |
Sheppard Air Force Base | Texas | 2,859,600.0 |
Altus Air Force Base | Oklahoma | 2,739,880.0 |
Marine Corps Base Quantico | Virginia | 2,293,632.7 |
Langley Air Force Base | Virginia | 2,275,000.0 |
Fallon NV NAS | Nevada | 2,165,594.4 |
Fort Stewart – Hunter AAF | Georgia | 2,136,700.0 |
Holloman Air Force Base | New Mexico | 1,916,859.0 |
Little Rock AFB | Arkansas | 1,838,620.0 |
Plattsburgh Air Force Base | New York | 1,697,874.0 |
Dyess Air Force Base | Texas | 1,623,170.0 |
Chanute Air Force Base | Illinois | 1,577,510.0 |
Naval Air Station Key West | Florida | 1,500,500.0 |
Barksdale Air Force Base | Louisiana | 1,363,252.0 |
Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station | New York | 1,341,000.0 |
Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland | Texas | 1,272,000.0 |
Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex | Texas | 1,247,000.0 |
Charleston Air Force Base | South Carolina | 1,184,000.0 |
Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme | California | 1,080,000.0 |
Mather Air Force Base | California | 1,072,210.0 |
Schriever AFB | Colorado | 1,060,000.0 |
West Bend AASF #1 / Armory | Wisconsin | 990,436.2 |
AFP 4 | Texas | 988,844.0 |
Tyndall Air Force Base | Florida | 957,000.0 |
NAS New Orleans | Louisiana | 929,884.0 |
Travis Air Force Base | California | 918,000.0 |
Westover Air Reserve Base | Massachusetts | 882,510.0 |
Fort Smith Municipal Airport | Arkansas | 861,800.0 |
Eaker Air Force Base | Arkansas | 838,197.0 |
Columbus Air Force Base | Mississippi | 831,868.0 |
Corpus Christi Texas Naval Air Station | Texas | 801,370.0 |
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin | California | 770,000.0 |
Vance Air Force Base | Oklahoma | 690,000.0 |
Barking Sands HI PMRF | Hawaii | 686,722.0 |
Moody Air Force Base | Georgia | 665,000.0 |
MacDill Air Force Base | Florida | 599,900.0 |
Eglin Air Force Base | Florida | 560,460.0 |
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station | North Carolina | 559,623.0 |
Ellsworth Air Force Base | South Dakota | 551,000.0 |
Offutt AFB | Nebraska | 526,000.0 |
McConnell AFB | Kansas | 515,000.0 |
Minot Air Force Base | North Dakota | 509,000.0 |
Naval Air Station Oceana | Virginia | 493,600.0 |
Randolph Air Force Base | Texas | 490,555.0 |
Klamath Falls International Airport | Oregon | 486,890.0 |
Eielson Air Force Base | Alaska | 441,395.0 |
Joe Foss Field Air National Guard Base | South Dakota | 439,412.0 |
Hurlburt Field Air Force Base | Florida | 430,213.0 |
Pearl Harbor HI FISC | Hawaii | 416,760.0 |
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base | North Carolina | 414,000.0 |
Jacksonville International Airport | Florida | 412,600.0 |
Fairchild Air Force Base | Washington | 403,510.7 |
Fort Stewart | Georgia | 389,200.0 |
Horsham Air Guard Station | Pennsylvania | 388,768.0 |
Naval Air Station Jacksonville | Florida | 387,880.0 |
Galena Air Force Base | Alaska | 386,463.0 |
Edwards Air Force Base | California | 378,000.0 |
Naval Air Station Cecil Field | Florida | 374,353.2 |
Fort Sill | Oklahoma | 366,100.0 |
Gabreski Air National Guard Base | New York | 355,404.0 |
Peoria International Airport | Illinois | 349,353.0 |
Cape Canaveral | Florida | 346,505.4 |
Fort Carson | Colorado | 345,238.0 |
Naval Air Station Alameda | California | 336,000.0 |
Dover Air Force Base | Delaware | 335,000.0 |
Robins Air Force Base | Georgia | 330,000.0 |
Buckley Air Force Base | Colorado | 308,000.0 |
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst – McGuire | New Jersey | 294,900.0 |
Norfolk Virginia Naval Base | Virginia | 284,922.1 |
Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Area – Vieques | Puerto Rico | 278,003.0 |
US Naval Research Laboratory Chesapeake Bay Detachment | Maryland | 250,180.4 |
Kaneohe Bay HI MCB | Hawaii | 243,978.0 |
Wurtsmith Air Force Base | Michigan | 235,488.1 |
Naval Air Station Whiting Field | Florida | 232,427.0 |
Arnold Air Force Base | Tennessee | 228,319.0 |
Dobbins Air Force Base | Georgia | 228,300.0 |
Vandenberg Air Force Base | California | 213,500.0 |
Keesler Air Force Base | Mississippi | 211,060.0 |
Hancock Field Air National Guard Base | New York | 199,400.0 |
Beaufort SC MCAS | South Carolina | 186,710.0 |
K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base | Michigan | 179,305.0 |
McAlester Army Ammunition Plant | Oklahoma | 178,100.0 |
Hector Field International Airport | North Dakota | 172,429.0 |
Salt Lake City International Airport | Utah | 172,000.0 |
Philadelphia NS | Pennsylvania | 171,725.1 |
Tinker Air Force Base | Oklahoma | 170,000.0 |
General Mitchell International Airport | Wisconsin | 169,115.0 |
Reno Tahoe International Airport | Nevada | 166,300.0 |
Scott AFB | Illinois | 157,000.0 |
Whiteman Air Force Base | Missouri | 147,800.0 |
F.E. Warren Air Force Base | Wyoming | 147,000.0 |
Rickenbacker Air Force Base | Ohio | 141,845.1 |
Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base | Alabama | 140,000.0 |
Atlantic City | New Jersey | 135,086.0 |
Tulsa International Airport | Oklahoma | 134,840.0 |
W.K. Kellogg Airport | Michigan | 129,790.0 |
Easten West Virginia Regional Airport | West Virginia | 128,060.0 |
Cheyenne Municipal Airport | Wyoming | 125,540.0 |
Burlington International Airport | Vermont | 125,080.0 |
Kelly Air Force Base | Texas | 122,939.0 |
Air Force Plant 6 | Georgia | 121,000.0 |
Savannah International Airport | Georgia | 119,190.0 |
Naval Air Station Pensacola | Florida | 117,727.0 |
Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base | Texas | 116,920.0 |
Key Field Air National Guard Base | Mississippi | 111,280.0 |
Naval Research Lab – Washington DC | District of Columbia | 107,508.0 |
Fort Rucker (now called Fort Novosel) | Alabama | 106,200.0 |
King Salmon | Alaska | 106,150.0 |
Fort Eustis | Virginia | 101,600.0 |
Youngstown Air Reserve Station | Ohio | 99,000.0 |
Pease Air Force Base | New Hampshire | 96,900.0 |
Alpena County Regional Airport | Michigan | 92,468.0 |
St Inigoes MD NAVELEXSYS | Maryland | 91,398.0 |
Gulfport Regional Airport | Mississippi | 89,720.0 |
Seneca Army Ammunition Plant | New York | 89,000.0 |
Fort Meade | Maryland | 87,000.0 |
Birmingham International Airport | Alabama | 86,060.0 |
USAF Academy | Colorado | 84,000.0 |
Grand Forks AFB | North Dakota | 83,500.0 |
March Air Force Base | California | 83,456.0 |
Fort Belvoir | Virginia | 83,100.0 |
Nellis AFB | Nevada | 82,681.0 |
Rosecrans Memorial Airport | Missouri | 81,165.0 |
Naval Air Station Pensacola (Saufley Field) | Florida | 79,000.0 |
Portland International Airport | Oregon | 77,873.0 |
New Castle Airport | Delaware | 76,362.0 |
NAS PT MUGU CA NAVAIRWARC | California | 70,061.0 |
US Naval Academy | Maryland | 70,000.0 |
Laughlin Air Force Base | Texas | 67,868.3 |
Fort Pickett ANGB (now called Fort Barfoot) | Virginia | 64,940.0 |
Shaw Air Force Base | South Carolina | 61,000.0 |
Hanscom Air Force Base | Massachusetts | 58,710.0 |
Lovell Field | Tennessee | 54,971.0 |
Toledo Express Airport | Ohio | 54,390.0 |
Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress | Virginia | 52,900.0 |
Des Moines International Airport | Iowa | 52,360.0 |
Naval Air Station South Weymouth | Massachusetts | 52,000.0 |
Selfridge Air National Guard Base | Michigan | 50,940.0 |
Truax Field | Wisconsin | 49,437.0 |
Forbes Field | Kansas | 48,967.0 |
Volk Field | Wisconsin | 48,935.0 |
Chittenden County | Vermont | 47,300.0 |
Portsmouth VA Norfolk NSY | Virginia | 47,132.3 |
Fort McClellan | Alabama | 46,050.0 |
Kings Bay GA NSB | Georgia | 45,759.0 |
Goodfellow AFB | Texas | 45,365.0 |
O’Hare Air Reserve Station | Illinois | 44,110.0 |
Dam Neck VA | Virginia | 43,329.6 |
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base | Missouri | 39,851.0 |
Joint Base Andrews | Maryland | 35,700.0 |
Kulis Air National Guard Base | Alaska | 34,188.7 |
Lincoln Municipal Airport | Nebraska | 32,651.0 |
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island – Ault Field | Washington | 32,517.0 |
A Lincoln Springfield (Capital) | Illinois | 32,227.0 |
Peterson Air Force Base | Colorado | 32,000.0 |
Dallas NAS | Texas | 31,110.5 |
Great Falls International Airport | Montana | 30,248.0 |
Fort McCoy | Wisconsin | 30,240.0 |
Cannon Air Force Base | New Mexico | 28,770.0 |
Avon Park Air Force Range | Florida | 28,241.0 |
Lemoore CA NAS | California | 28,060.0 |
NAVFAC Hawaii Pearl Harbor | Hawaii | 27,347.0 |
Warminster Naval Air Warfare Center | Pennsylvania | 27,130.0 |
Will Rogers World Airport | Oklahoma | 26,590.0 |
Reese Air Force Base | Texas | 26,368.7 |
Martin State | Maryland | 25,283.0 |
Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point | North Carolina | 24,750.0 |
Brunswick Naval Air Station | Maine | 24,000.0 |
George Air Force Base | California | 23,920.0 |
Naval Weapons Station Yorktown – Cheatham Annex | Virginia | 23,312.0 |
Camp Merrill | Georgia | 23,200.0 |
Naval Air Station Meridian | Mississippi | 23,000.0 |
Charlotte Douglas International Airport | North Carolina | 21,820.0 |
Yeager (McLaughlin) | West Virginia | 21,641.0 |
Muniz International Airport | Puerto Rico | 20,630.0 |
Naval Station Newport | Rhode Island | 20,420.0 |
Chesapeake VA St Julien Creek | Virginia | 20,116.0 |
Peoria AASF #3 and AASF #4 | Illinois | 19,834.0 |
Fort Lee (now called Fort Gregg-Adams) | Virginia | 19,470.0 |
New London CT NSB | Connecticut | 19,452.0 |
Elmendorf Air Force Base | Alaska | 19,446.3 |
Sioux Gateway Municipal Airport | Iowa | 17,811.0 |
NMC EAD DET Pearl Harbor | Hawaii | 17,748.0 |
Loring Air Force Base | Maine | 16,605.0 |
Great Lakes IL NSTC | Illinois | 16,045.0 |
Creech AFB | Nevada | 15,919.1 |
Fort Benning (now called Fort Moore) | Georgia | 15,700.0 |
Duluth International Airport | Minnesota | 15,652.0 |
Channel Islands Air National Guard | California | 15,340.0 |
Detroit Arsenal | Michigan | 15,300.0 |
Little Creek VA NAVPHIBSE | Virginia | 15,224.2 |
Military Ocean Terminal Concord | California | 14,800.0 |
Long Beach NS/NSY | California | 13,716.5 |
McEntire Air Guard Base | South Carolina | 13,678.0 |
Fort Richardson | Alaska | 13,400.7 |
Homestead AFB | Florida | 12,970.0 |
Air Force Plant 3 | Oklahoma | 12,864.0 |
Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Calverton (NWIRP) | New York | 12,772.5 |
Chase Field NAS | Texas | 12,723.0 |
Grissom Air Force Base | Indiana | 12,610.0 |
Springfield-Beckley Municipal | Ohio | 12,431.0 |
Tucson International Airport | Arizona | 12,235.0 |
ANG Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 11,395.0 |
Dugway Proving Ground | Utah | 11,080.0 |
Fort Wainwright | Alaska | 11,000.0 |
Naval Station Treasure Island | California | 10,750.0 |
MTC-H Camp Grayling-MATES | Michigan | 10,480.7 |
Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | Alabama | 10,385.0 |
Eareckson AFB | Alaska | 10,320.0 |
Bergstrom Air Force Base | Texas | 9,970.0 |
Naval Base Kitsap – Bangor (replacing Bremerton WA Navbase) | Washington | 9,783.0 |
Davenport AASF | Iowa | 9,319.0 |
Boone AASF | Iowa | 9,164.4 |
Beale Air Force Base | California | 9,090.0 |
Fort Sheridan | Illinois | 8,532.5 |
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma | Arizona | 8,440.6 |
Malmstrom Air Force Base | Montana | 8,400.0 |
Fort Polk (now called Fort Johnson) | Louisiana | 8,360.0 |
Schenectady Airport | New York | 8,186.0 |
NAS North Island | California | 7,993.0 |
AASF Main Hangar-cold storage | New Jersey | 7,942.2 |
Mansfield Regional Airport | Ohio | 7,711.0 |
Popago Military Reservation | Arizona | 7,690.9 |
Lincoln AASF/Readiness Center | Nebraska | 7,599.3 |
Fort Jackson | South Carolina | 7,450.0 |
Richmond International Airport | Virginia | 7,390.0 |
McGhee Tyson Airport | Tennessee | 7,355.0 |
Clear Air Force Station | Alaska | 7,184.5 |
Fresno Air Guard/Fresno TASMG | California | 6,895.0 |
Fort Knox | Kentucky | 6,750.0 |
Gary AASF | Indiana | 6,666.0 |
Harrisburg International Airport | Pennsylvania | 6,600.0 |
Fort Devens | Massachusetts | 6,431.0 |
Naval Weaspons Station Earle | New Jersey | 6,420.0 |
Fort Campbell | Kentucky | 6,360.0 |
Cavalier Air Force Station | North Dakota | 5,481.0 |
AASF Meridian | Mississippi | 5,301.0 |
Mechanicsburg PA NAVICP | Pennsylvania | 5,295.0 |
Fort Leavenworth | Kansas | 5,265.0 |
Salisbury AASF #2 | North Carolina | 4,998.2 |
Lowry Air Force Base | Colorado | 4,952.0 |
Quonset State Airport | Rhode Island | 4,887.0 |
Windsor Locks AASF | Connecticut | 4,588.4 |
Camp Lejeune NC MCB | North Carolina | 4,444.0 |
Blue Grass Army Depot | Kentucky | 4,310.0 |
Fort Monroe | Virginia | 4,228.0 |
Anniston Army Depot | Alabama | 4,160.0 |
Puget Sound WA NAVSHIPYD | Washington | 3,882.0 |
El Toro Marine Corps Air Station | California | 3,826.0 |
Savanna Army Depot Activity | Illinois | 3,690.0 |
Parris Island SC MCRD | South Carolina | 3,603.0 |
Duncan Armory AASF | Delaware | 3,245.7 |
ANG Fort Wayne | Indiana | 2,940.0 |
Williams Air Force Base | Arizona | 2,929.0 |
Letterkenny | Pennsylvania | 2,759.0 |
Luke Air Force Base | Arizona | 2,598.5 |
Charleston NS | South Carolina | 2,488.9 |
Camp Atterbury/Range 36 ATG | Indiana | 2,363.5 |
Minneapolis-St Paul IAP | Minnesota | 2,177.7 |
Joint Base Cape Cod | Massachusetts | 2,107.0 |
Pearl Harbor HI NSY | Hawaii | 2,056.5 |
Gentile Air Force Base | Ohio | 1,981.5 |
Newark Air Force Base | Ohio | 1,897.3 |
Naval Air Station Pensacola (Bronson Field) | Florida | 1,888.0 |
Camp San Luis Obispo | California | 1,878.0 |
Barnes Municipal Airport | Massachusetts | 1,843.3 |
Fort Indiantown Gap | Pennsylvania | 1,790.7 |
Willow Grove | Pennsylvania | 1,722.2 |
NASA Wallops Flight Facility | Virginia | 1,718.0 |
Naval Outlying Field Coupeville | Washington | 1,718.0 |
AASF #2 Birmingham | Alabama | 1,677.0 |
AASF #1 R W Shepherd Hope | Alabama | 1,653.0 |
St. Louis Lambert International Airport | Missouri | 1,653.0 |
Vint Hill Farms | Virginia | 1,610.0 |
Camp Beauregard | Louisiana | 1,607.4 |
Waiawa Unit Training Equipment Site (UTES) | Hawaii | 1,568.4 |
Mountain Home Air Force Base | Idaho | 1,541.0 |
Topeka Forbes Field AASF #1 | Kansas | 1,404.8 |
Moffett Field/Moffett Field NAS | California | 1,391.7 |
White Oak – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Detachment | Maryland | 1,365.0 |
Defense Fuel Support Point Verona | New York | 1,300.0 |
Newington | New Hampshire | 1,270.0 |
Naval Support Activity Mid-South | Tennessee | 1,238.0 |
Jackson International Airport | Mississippi | 1,230.4 |
Boone National Guard Center – AASF | Kentucky | 1,181.0 |
Patuxent River Naval Air Station | Washington | 1,158.0 |
Fort Hood (now called Fort Cavazos) | Texas | 1,149.1 |
Fort Buchanan | Puerto Rico | 1,120.0 |
Lake Charles Chenault Airfield | Louisiana | 1,111.4 |
Griffiss Air Force Base | New York | 1,110.0 |
Fort Allen | Puerto Rico | 1,105.0 |
Castle Air Force Base | California | 1,101.0 |
Louisville Air National Guard Base | Kentucky | 1,071.0 |
Joint Forces Training Base – Los Alamitos | California | 1,012.8 |
Helena Aviation Readiness Center – AASF | Montana | 1,007.1 |
Camp Pendleton | California | 996.1 |
JB Myer Henderson Hall | Virginia | 990.0 |
Stanly County Airport | North Carolina | 985.0 |
Hill Air Force Base | Utah | 930.0 |
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base | Ohio | 906.0 |
Fort AP Hill (now called Fort Walker) | Virginia | 900.0 |
MTC-H Camp Grayling Aifield | Michigan | 852.2 |
Gulfport Naval Construction Battalion Center | Mississippi | 829.0 |
MTC-H Camp Grayling-Cantonment | Michigan | 777.5 |
Fort William Henry Harrison /JFHQ MT | Montana | 774.1 |
Boise Air Terminal | Idaho | 760.2 |
Salem AASF – McNary Field | Oregon | 608.3 |
Sky Harbor International Airport | Arizona | 558.9 |
Bradley International Airport | Connecticut | 552.1 |
Belmont Armory | Michigan | 521.6 |
Fort Gordon (renamed to Fort Eisenhower) – Gillem Annex | Georgia | 514.8 |
Lansing Airport Hangar | Michigan | 477.9 |
AAOF Blair Hangar | US Virgin Islands | 467.4 |
Joint Base Lewis-McChord – Lewis | Washington | 464.0 |
Chesterfield Limited AASF | Virginia | 454.0 |
Pine Bluff Arsenal | Arkansas | 450.0 |
Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field | California | 440.0 |
Wright-Patterson AFB | Ohio | 385.0 |
NWS Yorktown | Virginia | 361.0 |
Navy VLF Transmitter Cutler | Maine | 360.0 |
Fort Hunter Liggett | California | 356.0 |
McClellan Air Force Base | California | 348.0 |
Fort Ord | California | 342.0 |
Groton AVCRAD and TASMG Hangar 2 | Connecticut | 337.0 |
Vega Baja Readiness Center | Puerto Rico | 323.5 |
Jefferson Proving Ground | Indiana | 321.8 |
North Penn | Pennsylvania | 315.6 |
Waterloo Big Rock AASF #2 | Iowa | 315.3 |
NSWC White Oak | Maryland | 308.9 |
El Campo TNG Site | Texas | 294.3 |
Norton Air Force Base | California | 291.8 |
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base | Arizona | 290.8 |
Nashville Metropolitan Airport | Tennessee | 272.5 |
Camp Grayling | Michigan | 270.8 |
Tarheel Army Missile Plant | North Carolina | 268.4 |
Point Barrow Long Range Radar Site | Alaska | 265.1 |
Tooele Army Depot | Utah | 262.5 |
Amchitka Air Force Base | Alaska | 262.0 |
NSA Monterey | California | 260.0 |
Fort Drum | New York | 258.2 |
Air Force Plant 42 | California | 236.7 |
Sierra Army Depot | California | 232.3 |
Camp Dodge Johnston Training Site | Iowa | 207.6 |
Indian Head | Maryland | 195.3 |
Decatur AASF #1 | Illinois | 188.3 |
USAG HI – Hawaii – Wheeler Army Airfield | Hawaii | 173.9 |
Bethpage NY NWIRP | New York | 168.3 |
Bedford Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant | Massachusetts | 167.0 |
AASF Byrd Field | Virginia | 161.5 |
Picatinny Arsenal | New Jersey | 161.2 |
Newport Chemical Depot | Indiana | 161.0 |
Grand Island AASF/RC | Nebraska | 151.9 |
Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow | California | 149.0 |
Air Force Plant 44 | Arizona | 147.0 |
Fort Greely | Alaska | 146.0 |
Esler Field AASF #2 | Louisiana | 145.3 |
Norfolk NG Site | Nebraska | 143.6 |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Maine | 140.0 |
AASF Tupelo | Mississippi | 139.0 |
Washington Navy Yard | District of Columbia | 132.0 |
Fort Irwin | California | 129.7 |
Camp Smith | New York | 123.4 |
Camp Ethan Allen | Vermont | 123.4 |
USAG HI – Fort Shafter/Tripler Army Medical Center | Hawaii | 118.6 |
Kalaoloa Facility (Former Barbers Point-NAS) | Wisconsin | 113.1 |
Radford Army Ammunition Plant | Virginia | 112.2 |
Guam NAVACTS | Guam | 107.9 |
Naval Air Warfare Center Trenton | New Jersey | 105.1 |
JB Lewis McChord – Yakima Training Center | Washington | 100.0 |
Memphis International Airport | Tennessee | 95.9 |
Fort Bragg (now called Fort Liberty) | North Carolina | 93.2 |
Badger Army Ammunition Plant | Wisconsin | 90.2 |
New Boston Air Force Station | New Hampshire | 85.0 |
US Military Academy / West Point Military Reservation | New York | 80.5 |
Keyport WA NUWC DIV | Washington | 77.0 |
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory | New Hampshire | 71.8 |
Fort Meade – Phoenix Military Reservation | Maryland | 68.8 |
Yuma Proving Ground | Arizona | 68.6 |
Marianna Readiness Center | Florida | 66.5 |
Coventry TNG Site | Rhode Island | 65.8 |
Center Strafford Training Site | New Hampshire | 60.6 |
NSWC Louisville | Kentucky | 58.4 |
Camp Pendleton SMR | Virginia | 55.8 |
Bangor International Airport | Maine | 55.1 |
Air Force Plant PJKS | Colorado | 54.0 |
Camp Navajo | Arizona | 52.0 |
Sharpe Army Depot | California | 47.2 |
Air Force Plant 85 | Ohio | 46.1 |
Silverbell Army Heliport | Arizona | 43.9 |
Pueblo SWMU | Colorado | 42.0 |
Carlisle Barracks | Pennsylvania | 40.9 |
Hammond AASF #1 | Louisiana | 40.1 |
Ocala Readiness Center | Florida | 40.1 |
AASF #2 Bates Field Mobile | Alabama | 39.5 |
Rock Island Arsenal | Illinois | 36.1 |
Fort Riley | Kansas | 35.5 |
Coronado Warner Spings | California | 35.0 |
Red River Army Depot | Texas | 32.6 |
Fort Bragg (now called Fort Liberty)- Camp Mackall | North Carolina | 32.0 |
Tooele Army Depot South (Deseret Chemical Depot) | Utah | 31.0 |
Camp Tarlton | Ohio | 30.2 |
Camp Williams | Utah | 29.9 |
Scranton Army Ammunition Plant | Pennsylvania | 28.9 |
Kirtland AFB | New Mexico | 27.9 |
Fort Huachuca | Arizona | 26.5 |
Camp Ripley | Minnesota | 25.8 |
Bangor Training Site | Maine | 25.0 |
Davisville NCBC | Rhode Island | 23.1 |
Grand Ledge Army Aviation Support | Michigan | 22.5 |
USAG HI – Oahu – Schofield Barracks | Hawaii | 22.0 |
Corry Station | Florida | 21.5 |
Aberdeen Proving Ground | Maryland | 20.1 |
North Smithfield ANG Station | Rhode Island | 19.7 |
Camp Parks | California | 18.6 |
Hulman International Airport | Indiana | 17.6 |
Camp Santiago Joint Maneuver Training Center | Puerto Rico | 16.9 |
Fort Gordon (renamed to Fort Eisenhower) | Georgia | 16.3 |
Gunpowder Military Reservation | Maryland | 15.5 |
Christmas Valley AFS | Oregon | 15.2 |
Shelbyville Army Aviation Support Facility | Indiana | 15.1 |
Frederick Readiness Center | Maryland | 14.6 |
Midwest City Readiness Center | Oklahoma | 11.9 |
Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility | Hawaii | 10.2 |
Tobyhanna Army Depot | Pennsylvania | 10.0 |
Bend NG Site (COTEF) | Oregon | 9.7 |
Camp Grafton | North Dakota | 9.6 |
Camp Guernsey | Wyoming | 9.6 |
Custer TNG Site | South Dakota | 9.1 |
NSAHR Northwest | Virginia | 8.1 |
Franklin NG Site | New Jersey | 7.7 |
NOLF Silverhill | Florida | 7.0 |
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant | Iowa | 7.0 |
Fort Detrick | Maryland | 6.9 |
Camp Baker | Maryland | 6.6 |
Lake City AAP | Missouri | 6.3 |
Billings NG Site | Montana | 6.2 |
Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station | Colorado | 6.1 |
North Hyde Park TNG Site | Vermont | 6.1 |
Camp Ashland | Nebraska | 5.8 |
Lane County AFRC | Oregon | 5.8 |
Camp Minden | Louisiana | 5.7 |
West Camp Rapid | South Dakota | 5.7 |
Westminster TNG Site | Vermont | 5.6 |
Fort Leonard Wood | Missouri | 5.6 |
Holston Army Ammunition Plant | Tennessee | 5.0 |
Milan Army Ammunition Plant | Tennessee | 5.0 |
Camp McCain | Mississippi | 4.6 |
Camp Ravenna | Ohio | 4.4 |
Camp Rilea | Oregon | 4.2 |
Stone’s Ranch Military Reservation | Connecticut | 4.1 |
Camp Fretterd Readiness Center | Maryland | 4.0 |
Watervliet Arsenal | New York | 4.0 |
Camp Gruber | Oklahoma | 4.0 |
Biak Training Center | Oregon | 3.7 |
Ontario Readiness Center | Oregon | 3.5 |
Queen Anne Readiness Center | Maryland | 3.2 |
Rehoboth NG Site | Massachusetts | 3.2 |
Camp Davis | North Dakota | 2.7 |
Camp Bowie | Texas | 2.7 |
Camp Roberts | California | 2.4 |
Miramar CA MCAS | California | 2.1 |
Camp Blanding | Florida | 2.1 |
NOLF Whitehouse | Florida | 2.0 |
Redstone Arsenal | Alabama | 1.9 |
Limestone Hills Training Area | Montana | 1.9 |
Lebanon Motor Pool NG Site | Oregon | 1.9 |
Seneca Lake | New York | 1.8 |
Garrison NG Site | North Dakota | 1.7 |
Camp Shelby | Mississippi | 1.7 |
Flemington NG Site | New Jersey | 1.7 |
McCrady Training Center | South Carolina | 1.7 |
Okahumpka | Florida | 1.5 |
Fishers Island | New York | 1.5 |
NSWC Crane | Indiana | 1.4 |
Greenlief Training Site | Nebraska | 1.4 |
Alcantra Armory Complex | Alaska | 1.3 |
Blossom Point | Maryland | 1.1 |
Gerry Reserve Center | New York | 1.1 |
Horsehead TNG Site | New York | 1.0 |
Stewart International Airport | New York | 1.0 |
Hayward TNG Site | Wisconsin | 0.9 |
Bog Brook Training Site | Maine | 0.8 |
Roseburg Armory | Oregon | 0.8 |
Jackson Readiness Center | Michigan | 0.7 |
Bridgeton NG Site | New Jersey | 0.7 |
SSG Frederick J. III Jr. Reserve Center | New York | 0.7 |
Salem Anderson Readiness Center | Oregon | 0.7 |
Buckeye TNG Site | Arizona | 0.5 |
Camp Florence (FMR) | Arizona | 0.5 |
Picacho Aviation TNG Site | Arizona | 0.5 |
La Plata Readiness Center | Maryland | 0.4 |
Mead TNG Site | Nebraska | 0.4 |
Grants Pass Armory | Oregon | 0.4 |
Montesano Armory | Washington | 0.4 |
SSG Isadore S. Jachman Reserve Center | Maryland | 0.0 |
White Sands Missile Range | New Mexico | 0.0 |
MCOLF Atlantic | North Carolina | 0.0 |
Military Base / Site Name | State | Total PFAS Contamination Levels (in ppt) |
A Lincoln Springfield (Capital) | Illinois | 32,227.0 |
AAOF Blair Hangar | US Virgin Islands | 467.4 |
AASF #1 R W Shepherd Hope | Alabama | 1,653.0 |
AASF #2 Bates Field Mobile | Alabama | 39.5 |
AASF #2 Birmingham | Alabama | 1,677.0 |
AASF Byrd Field | Virginia | 161.5 |
AASF Main Hangar-cold storage | New Jersey | 7,942.2 |
AASF Meridian | Mississippi | 5,301.0 |
AASF Tupelo | Mississippi | 139.0 |
Aberdeen Proving Ground | Maryland | 20.1 |
AFP 4 | Texas | 988,844.0 |
Air Force Plant 3 | Oklahoma | 12,864.0 |
Air Force Plant 42 | California | 236.7 |
Air Force Plant 44 | Arizona | 147.0 |
Air Force Plant 6 | Georgia | 121,000.0 |
Air Force Plant 85 | Ohio | 46.1 |
Air Force Plant PJKS | Colorado | 54.0 |
Alcantra Armory Complex | Alaska | 1.3 |
Alpena County Regional Airport | Michigan | 92,468.0 |
Altus Air Force Base | Oklahoma | 2,739,880.0 |
Amchitka Air Force Base | Alaska | 262.0 |
ANG Fort Wayne | Indiana | 2,940.0 |
ANG Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 11,395.0 |
Anniston Army Depot | Alabama | 4,160.0 |
Arnold Air Force Base | Tennessee | 228,319.0 |
Atlantic City | New Jersey | 135,086.0 |
Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Area – Vieques | Puerto Rico | 278,003.0 |
Avon Park Air Force Range | Florida | 28,241.0 |
Badger Army Ammunition Plant | Wisconsin | 90.2 |
Bangor International Airport | Maine | 55.1 |
Bangor Training Site | Maine | 25.0 |
Barking Sands HI PMRF | Hawaii | 686,722.0 |
Barksdale Air Force Base | Louisiana | 1,363,252.0 |
Barnes Municipal Airport | Massachusetts | 1,843.3 |
Beale Air Force Base | California | 9,090.0 |
Beaufort SC MCAS | South Carolina | 186,710.0 |
Bedford Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant | Massachusetts | 167.0 |
Belmont Armory | Michigan | 521.6 |
Bend NG Site (COTEF) | Oregon | 9.7 |
Bergstrom Air Force Base | Texas | 9,970.0 |
Bethpage NY NWIRP | New York | 168.3 |
Biak Training Center | Oregon | 3.7 |
Billings NG Site | Montana | 6.2 |
Birmingham International Airport | Alabama | 86,060.0 |
Blossom Point | Maryland | 1.1 |
Blue Grass Army Depot | Kentucky | 4,310.0 |
Bog Brook Training Site | Maine | 0.8 |
Boise Air Terminal | Idaho | 760.2 |
Boone AASF | Iowa | 9,164.4 |
Boone National Guard Center – AASF | Kentucky | 1,181.0 |
Bradley International Airport | Connecticut | 552.1 |
Bridgeton NG Site | New Jersey | 0.7 |
Brunswick Naval Air Station | Maine | 24,000.0 |
Buckeye TNG Site | Arizona | 0.5 |
Buckley Air Force Base | Colorado | 308,000.0 |
Burlington International Airport | Vermont | 125,080.0 |
Camp Ashland | Nebraska | 5.8 |
Camp Atterbury/Range 36 ATG | Indiana | 2,363.5 |
Camp Baker | Maryland | 6.6 |
Camp Beauregard | Louisiana | 1,607.4 |
Camp Blanding | Florida | 2.1 |
Camp Bowie | Texas | 2.7 |
Camp Davis | North Dakota | 2.7 |
Camp Dodge Johnston Training Site | Iowa | 207.6 |
Camp Ethan Allen | Vermont | 123.4 |
Camp Florence (FMR) | Arizona | 0.5 |
Camp Fretterd Readiness Center | Maryland | 4.0 |
Camp Grafton | North Dakota | 9.6 |
Camp Grayling | Michigan | 270.8 |
Camp Gruber | Oklahoma | 4.0 |
Camp Guernsey | Wyoming | 9.6 |
Camp Lejeune NC MCB | North Carolina | 4,444.0 |
Camp McCain | Mississippi | 4.6 |
Camp Merrill | Georgia | 23,200.0 |
Camp Minden | Louisiana | 5.7 |
Camp Navajo | Arizona | 52.0 |
Camp Parks | California | 18.6 |
Camp Pendleton | California | 996.1 |
Camp Pendleton SMR | Virginia | 55.8 |
Camp Ravenna | Ohio | 4.4 |
Camp Rilea | Oregon | 4.2 |
Camp Ripley | Minnesota | 25.8 |
Camp Roberts | California | 2.4 |
Camp San Luis Obispo | California | 1,878.0 |
Camp Santiago Joint Maneuver Training Center | Puerto Rico | 16.9 |
Camp Shelby | Mississippi | 1.7 |
Camp Smith | New York | 123.4 |
Camp Tarlton | Ohio | 30.2 |
Camp Williams | Utah | 29.9 |
Cannon Air Force Base | New Mexico | 28,770.0 |
Cape Canaveral | Florida | 346,505.4 |
Carlisle Barracks | Pennsylvania | 40.9 |
Castle Air Force Base | California | 1,101.0 |
Cavalier Air Force Station | North Dakota | 5,481.0 |
Center Strafford Training Site | New Hampshire | 60.6 |
Channel Islands Air National Guard | California | 15,340.0 |
Chanute Air Force Base | Illinois | 1,577,510.0 |
Charleston Air Force Base | South Carolina | 1,184,000.0 |
Charleston NS | South Carolina | 2,488.9 |
Charlotte Douglas International Airport | North Carolina | 21,820.0 |
Chase Field NAS | Texas | 12,723.0 |
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station | North Carolina | 559,623.0 |
Chesapeake VA St Julien Creek | Virginia | 20,116.0 |
Chesterfield Limited AASF | Virginia | 454.0 |
Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station | Colorado | 6.1 |
Cheyenne Municipal Airport | Wyoming | 125,540.0 |
Chittenden County | Vermont | 47,300.0 |
Christmas Valley AFS | Oregon | 15.2 |
Clear Air Force Station | Alaska | 7,184.5 |
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory | New Hampshire | 71.8 |
Columbus Air Force Base | Mississippi | 831,868.0 |
Coronado Warner Spings | California | 35.0 |
Corpus Christi Texas Naval Air Station | Texas | 801,370.0 |
Corry Station | Florida | 21.5 |
Coventry TNG Site | Rhode Island | 65.8 |
Creech AFB | Nevada | 15,919.1 |
Custer TNG Site | South Dakota | 9.1 |
Dallas NAS | Texas | 31,110.5 |
Dam Neck VA | Virginia | 43,329.6 |
Davenport AASF | Iowa | 9,319.0 |
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base | Arizona | 290.8 |
Davisville NCBC | Rhode Island | 23.1 |
Decatur AASF #1 | Illinois | 188.3 |
Defense Fuel Support Point Verona | New York | 1,300.0 |
Des Moines International Airport | Iowa | 52,360.0 |
Detroit Arsenal | Michigan | 15,300.0 |
Dobbins Air Force Base | Georgia | 228,300.0 |
Dover Air Force Base | Delaware | 335,000.0 |
Dugway Proving Ground | Utah | 11,080.0 |
Duluth International Airport | Minnesota | 15,652.0 |
Duncan Armory AASF | Delaware | 3,245.7 |
Dyess Air Force Base | Texas | 1,623,170.0 |
Eaker Air Force Base | Arkansas | 838,197.0 |
Eareckson AFB | Alaska | 10,320.0 |
Easten West Virginia Regional Airport | West Virginia | 128,060.0 |
Edwards Air Force Base | California | 378,000.0 |
Eglin Air Force Base | Florida | 560,460.0 |
Eielson Air Force Base | Alaska | 441,395.0 |
El Campo TNG Site | Texas | 294.3 |
El Toro Marine Corps Air Station | California | 3,826.0 |
Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base | Texas | 116,920.0 |
Ellsworth Air Force Base | South Dakota | 551,000.0 |
Elmendorf Air Force Base | Alaska | 19,446.3 |
England Air Force Base | Louisiana | 33,502,500.0 |
Esler Field AASF #2 | Louisiana | 145.3 |
F.E. Warren Air Force Base | Wyoming | 147,000.0 |
Fairchild Air Force Base | Washington | 403,510.7 |
Fallon NV NAS | Nevada | 2,165,594.4 |
Fishers Island | New York | 1.5 |
Flemington NG Site | New Jersey | 1.7 |
Forbes Field | Kansas | 48,967.0 |
Fort Allen | Puerto Rico | 1,105.0 |
Fort AP Hill (now called Fort Walker) | Virginia | 900.0 |
Fort Belvoir | Virginia | 83,100.0 |
Fort Benning (now called Fort Moore) | Georgia | 15,700.0 |
Fort Bragg (now called Fort Liberty) | North Carolina | 93.2 |
Fort Bragg (now called Fort Liberty)- Camp Mackall | North Carolina | 32.0 |
Fort Buchanan | Puerto Rico | 1,120.0 |
Fort Campbell | Kentucky | 6,360.0 |
Fort Carson | Colorado | 345,238.0 |
Fort Detrick | Maryland | 6.9 |
Fort Devens | Massachusetts | 6,431.0 |
Fort Drum | New York | 258.2 |
Fort Eustis | Virginia | 101,600.0 |
Fort Gordon (renamed to Fort Eisenhower) | Georgia | 16.3 |
Fort Gordon (renamed to Fort Eisenhower) – Gillem Annex | Georgia | 514.8 |
Fort Greely | Alaska | 146.0 |
Fort Hood (now called Fort Cavazos) | Texas | 1,149.1 |
Fort Huachuca | Arizona | 26.5 |
Fort Hunter Liggett | California | 356.0 |
Fort Indiantown Gap | Pennsylvania | 1,790.7 |
Fort Irwin | California | 129.7 |
Fort Jackson | South Carolina | 7,450.0 |
Fort Knox | Kentucky | 6,750.0 |
Fort Leavenworth | Kansas | 5,265.0 |
Fort Lee (now called Fort Gregg-Adams) | Virginia | 19,470.0 |
Fort Leonard Wood | Missouri | 5.6 |
Fort McClellan | Alabama | 46,050.0 |
Fort McCoy | Wisconsin | 30,240.0 |
Fort Meade | Maryland | 87,000.0 |
Fort Meade – Phoenix Military Reservation | Maryland | 68.8 |
Fort Monroe | Virginia | 4,228.0 |
Fort Ord | California | 342.0 |
Fort Pickett ANGB (now called Fort Barfoot) | Virginia | 64,940.0 |
Fort Polk (now called Fort Johnson) | Louisiana | 8,360.0 |
Fort Richardson | Alaska | 13,400.7 |
Fort Riley | Kansas | 35.5 |
Fort Rucker (now called Fort Novosel) | Alabama | 106,200.0 |
Fort Sheridan | Illinois | 8,532.5 |
Fort Sill | Oklahoma | 366,100.0 |
Fort Smith Municipal Airport | Arkansas | 861,800.0 |
Fort Stewart | Georgia | 389,200.0 |
Fort Stewart – Hunter AAF | Georgia | 2,136,700.0 |
Fort Wainwright | Alaska | 11,000.0 |
Fort William Henry Harrison /JFHQ MT | Montana | 774.1 |
Franklin NG Site | New Jersey | 7.7 |
Frederick Readiness Center | Maryland | 14.6 |
Fresno Air Guard/Fresno TASMG | California | 6,895.0 |
Gabreski Air National Guard Base | New York | 355,404.0 |
Galena Air Force Base | Alaska | 386,463.0 |
Garrison NG Site | North Dakota | 1.7 |
Gary AASF | Indiana | 6,666.0 |
General Mitchell International Airport | Wisconsin | 169,115.0 |
Gentile Air Force Base | Ohio | 1,981.5 |
George Air Force Base | California | 23,920.0 |
Gerry Reserve Center | New York | 1.1 |
Goodfellow AFB | Texas | 45,365.0 |
Grand Forks AFB | North Dakota | 83,500.0 |
Grand Island AASF/RC | Nebraska | 151.9 |
Grand Ledge Army Aviation Support | Michigan | 22.5 |
Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex | Texas | 1,247,000.0 |
Grants Pass Armory | Oregon | 0.4 |
Great Falls International Airport | Montana | 30,248.0 |
Great Lakes IL NSTC | Illinois | 16,045.0 |
Greenlief Training Site | Nebraska | 1.4 |
Griffiss Air Force Base | New York | 1,110.0 |
Grissom Air Force Base | Indiana | 12,610.0 |
Groton AVCRAD and TASMG Hangar 2 | Connecticut | 337.0 |
Guam NAVACTS | Guam | 107.9 |
Gulfport Naval Construction Battalion Center | Mississippi | 829.0 |
Gulfport Regional Airport | Mississippi | 89,720.0 |
Gunpowder Military Reservation | Maryland | 15.5 |
Hammond AASF #1 | Louisiana | 40.1 |
Hancock Field Air National Guard Base | New York | 199,400.0 |
Hanscom Air Force Base | Massachusetts | 58,710.0 |
Harrisburg International Airport | Pennsylvania | 6,600.0 |
Hayward TNG Site | Wisconsin | 0.9 |
Hector Field International Airport | North Dakota | 172,429.0 |
Helena Aviation Readiness Center – AASF | Montana | 1,007.1 |
Hill Air Force Base | Utah | 930.0 |
Holloman Air Force Base | New Mexico | 1,916,859.0 |
Holston Army Ammunition Plant | Tennessee | 5.0 |
Homestead AFB | Florida | 12,970.0 |
Horsehead TNG Site | New York | 1.0 |
Horsham Air Guard Station | Pennsylvania | 388,768.0 |
Hulman International Airport | Indiana | 17.6 |
Hurlburt Field Air Force Base | Florida | 430,213.0 |
Indian Head | Maryland | 195.3 |
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant | Iowa | 7.0 |
Jackson International Airport | Mississippi | 1,230.4 |
Jackson Readiness Center | Michigan | 0.7 |
Jacksonville International Airport | Florida | 412,600.0 |
JB Lewis McChord – Yakima Training Center | Washington | 100.0 |
JB Myer Henderson Hall | Virginia | 990.0 |
JBPHH Pearl Harbor HI | Hawaii | 4,535,332.0 |
Jefferson Proving Ground | Indiana | 321.8 |
Joe Foss Field Air National Guard Base | South Dakota | 439,412.0 |
Joint Base Andrews | Maryland | 35,700.0 |
Joint Base Cape Cod | Massachusetts | 2,107.0 |
Joint Base Lewis-McChord – Lewis | Washington | 464.0 |
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst – McGuire | New Jersey | 294,900.0 |
Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland | Texas | 1,272,000.0 |
Joint Forces Training Base – Los Alamitos | California | 1,012.8 |
K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base | Michigan | 179,305.0 |
Kalaoloa Facility (Former Barbers Point-NAS) | Wisconsin | 113.1 |
Kaneohe Bay HI MCB | Hawaii | 243,978.0 |
Keesler Air Force Base | Mississippi | 211,060.0 |
Kelly Air Force Base | Texas | 122,939.0 |
Key Field Air National Guard Base | Mississippi | 111,280.0 |
Keyport WA NUWC DIV | Washington | 77.0 |
King Salmon | Alaska | 106,150.0 |
Kings Bay GA NSB | Georgia | 45,759.0 |
Kirtland AFB | New Mexico | 27.9 |
Klamath Falls International Airport | Oregon | 486,890.0 |
Kulis Air National Guard Base | Alaska | 34,188.7 |
La Plata Readiness Center | Maryland | 0.4 |
Lake Charles Chenault Airfield | Louisiana | 1,111.4 |
Lake City AAP | Missouri | 6.3 |
Lane County AFRC | Oregon | 5.8 |
Langley Air Force Base | Virginia | 2,275,000.0 |
Lansing Airport Hangar | Michigan | 477.9 |
Laughlin Air Force Base | Texas | 67,868.3 |
Lebanon Motor Pool NG Site | Oregon | 1.9 |
Lemoore CA NAS | California | 28,060.0 |
Letterkenny | Pennsylvania | 2,759.0 |
Limestone Hills Training Area | Montana | 1.9 |
Lincoln AASF/Readiness Center | Nebraska | 7,599.3 |
Lincoln Municipal Airport | Nebraska | 32,651.0 |
Little Creek VA NAVPHIBSE | Virginia | 15,224.2 |
Little Rock AFB | Arkansas | 1,838,620.0 |
Long Beach NS/NSY | California | 13,716.5 |
Loring Air Force Base | Maine | 16,605.0 |
Louisville Air National Guard Base | Kentucky | 1,071.0 |
Lovell Field | Tennessee | 54,971.0 |
Lowry Air Force Base | Colorado | 4,952.0 |
Luke Air Force Base | Arizona | 2,598.5 |
MacDill Air Force Base | Florida | 599,900.0 |
Malmstrom Air Force Base | Montana | 8,400.0 |
Mansfield Regional Airport | Ohio | 7,711.0 |
March Air Force Base | California | 83,456.0 |
Marianna Readiness Center | Florida | 66.5 |
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin | California | 770,000.0 |
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma | Arizona | 8,440.6 |
Marine Corps Base Quantico | Virginia | 2,293,632.7 |
Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow | California | 149.0 |
Martin State | Maryland | 25,283.0 |
Mather Air Force Base | California | 1,072,210.0 |
Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base | Alabama | 140,000.0 |
McAlester Army Ammunition Plant | Oklahoma | 178,100.0 |
McClellan Air Force Base | California | 348.0 |
McConnell AFB | Kansas | 515,000.0 |
McCrady Training Center | South Carolina | 1.7 |
McEntire Air Guard Base | South Carolina | 13,678.0 |
McGhee Tyson Airport | Tennessee | 7,355.0 |
MCOLF Atlantic | North Carolina | 0.0 |
Mead TNG Site | Nebraska | 0.4 |
Mechanicsburg PA NAVICP | Pennsylvania | 5,295.0 |
Memphis International Airport | Tennessee | 95.9 |
Midwest City Readiness Center | Oklahoma | 11.9 |
Milan Army Ammunition Plant | Tennessee | 5.0 |
Military Ocean Terminal Concord | California | 14,800.0 |
Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point | North Carolina | 24,750.0 |
Minneapolis-St Paul IAP | Minnesota | 2,177.7 |
Minot Air Force Base | North Dakota | 509,000.0 |
Miramar CA MCAS | California | 2.1 |
Moffett Field/Moffett Field NAS | California | 1,391.7 |
Montesano Armory | Washington | 0.4 |
Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) | Alabama | 10,385.0 |
Moody Air Force Base | Georgia | 665,000.0 |
Mountain Home Air Force Base | Idaho | 1,541.0 |
MTC-H Camp Grayling Aifield | Michigan | 852.2 |
MTC-H Camp Grayling-Cantonment | Michigan | 777.5 |
MTC-H Camp Grayling-MATES | Michigan | 10,480.7 |
Muniz International Airport | Puerto Rico | 20,630.0 |
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base | South Carolina | 3,479,800.0 |
NAS New Orleans | Louisiana | 929,884.0 |
NAS North Island | California | 7,993.0 |
NAS PT MUGU CA NAVAIRWARC | California | 70,061.0 |
NASA Wallops Flight Facility | Virginia | 1,718.0 |
Nashville Metropolitan Airport | Tennessee | 272.5 |
Naval Air Station Alameda | California | 336,000.0 |
Naval Air Station Cecil Field | Florida | 374,353.2 |
Naval Air Station Jacksonville | Florida | 387,880.0 |
Naval Air Station Key West | Florida | 1,500,500.0 |
Naval Air Station Meridian | Mississippi | 23,000.0 |
Naval Air Station Oceana | Virginia | 493,600.0 |
Naval Air Station Pensacola | Florida | 117,727.0 |
Naval Air Station Pensacola (Bronson Field) | Florida | 1,888.0 |
Naval Air Station Pensacola (Saufley Field) | Florida | 79,000.0 |
Naval Air Station South Weymouth | Massachusetts | 52,000.0 |
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island – Ault Field | Washington | 32,517.0 |
Naval Air Station Whiting Field | Florida | 232,427.0 |
Naval Air Warfare Center Trenton | New Jersey | 105.1 |
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake | California | 8,000,000.0 |
Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress | Virginia | 52,900.0 |
Naval Base Kitsap – Bangor (replacing Bremerton WA Navbase) | Washington | 9,783.0 |
Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme | California | 1,080,000.0 |
Naval Outlying Field Coupeville | Washington | 1,718.0 |
Naval Research Lab – Washington DC | District of Columbia | 107,508.0 |
Naval Station Newport | Rhode Island | 20,420.0 |
Naval Station Treasure Island | California | 10,750.0 |
Naval Support Activity Mid-South | Tennessee | 1,238.0 |
Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Calverton (NWIRP) | New York | 12,772.5 |
Naval Weapons Station Yorktown – Cheatham Annex | Virginia | 23,312.0 |
Naval Weaspons Station Earle | New Jersey | 6,420.0 |
NAVFAC Hawaii Pearl Harbor | Hawaii | 27,347.0 |
Navy VLF Transmitter Cutler | Maine | 360.0 |
Nellis AFB | Nevada | 82,681.0 |
New Boston Air Force Station | New Hampshire | 85.0 |
New Castle Airport | Delaware | 76,362.0 |
New London CT NSB | Connecticut | 19,452.0 |
Newark Air Force Base | Ohio | 1,897.3 |
Newington | New Hampshire | 1,270.0 |
Newport Chemical Depot | Indiana | 161.0 |
Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station | New York | 1,341,000.0 |
NMC EAD DET Pearl Harbor | Hawaii | 17,748.0 |
NOLF Silverhill | Florida | 7.0 |
NOLF Whitehouse | Florida | 2.0 |
Norfolk NG Site | Nebraska | 143.6 |
Norfolk Virginia Naval Base | Virginia | 284,922.1 |
North Hyde Park TNG Site | Vermont | 6.1 |
North Penn | Pennsylvania | 315.6 |
North Smithfield ANG Station | Rhode Island | 19.7 |
Norton Air Force Base | California | 291.8 |
NSA Monterey | California | 260.0 |
NSAHR Northwest | Virginia | 8.1 |
NSWC Crane | Indiana | 1.4 |
NSWC Louisville | Kentucky | 58.4 |
NSWC White Oak | Maryland | 308.9 |
NWS Yorktown | Virginia | 361.0 |
Ocala Readiness Center | Florida | 40.1 |
Offutt AFB | Nebraska | 526,000.0 |
O’Hare Air Reserve Station | Illinois | 44,110.0 |
Okahumpka | Florida | 1.5 |
Ontario Readiness Center | Oregon | 3.5 |
Parris Island SC MCRD | South Carolina | 3,603.0 |
Patrick Air Force Base | Florida | 4,510,000.0 |
Patuxent River Naval Air Station | Washington | 1,158.0 |
Pearl Harbor HI FISC | Hawaii | 416,760.0 |
Pearl Harbor HI NSY | Hawaii | 2,056.5 |
Pease Air Force Base | New Hampshire | 96,900.0 |
Peoria AASF #3 and AASF #4 | Illinois | 19,834.0 |
Peoria International Airport | Illinois | 349,353.0 |
Peterson Air Force Base | Colorado | 32,000.0 |
Philadelphia NS | Pennsylvania | 171,725.1 |
Picacho Aviation TNG Site | Arizona | 0.5 |
Picatinny Arsenal | New Jersey | 161.2 |
Pine Bluff Arsenal | Arkansas | 450.0 |
Plattsburgh Air Force Base | New York | 1,697,874.0 |
Point Barrow Long Range Radar Site | Alaska | 265.1 |
Popago Military Reservation | Arizona | 7,690.9 |
Portland International Airport | Oregon | 77,873.0 |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Maine | 140.0 |
Portsmouth VA Norfolk NSY | Virginia | 47,132.3 |
Pueblo SWMU | Colorado | 42.0 |
Puget Sound WA NAVSHIPYD | Washington | 3,882.0 |
Queen Anne Readiness Center | Maryland | 3.2 |
Quonset State Airport | Rhode Island | 4,887.0 |
Radford Army Ammunition Plant | Virginia | 112.2 |
Randolph Air Force Base | Texas | 490,555.0 |
Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility | Hawaii | 10.2 |
Red River Army Depot | Texas | 32.6 |
Redstone Arsenal | Alabama | 1.9 |
Reese Air Force Base | Texas | 26,368.7 |
Rehoboth NG Site | Massachusetts | 3.2 |
Reno Tahoe International Airport | Nevada | 166,300.0 |
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base | Missouri | 39,851.0 |
Richmond International Airport | Virginia | 7,390.0 |
Rickenbacker Air Force Base | Ohio | 141,845.1 |
Robins Air Force Base | Georgia | 330,000.0 |
Rock Island Arsenal | Illinois | 36.1 |
Roseburg Armory | Oregon | 0.8 |
Rosecrans Memorial Airport | Missouri | 81,165.0 |
Salem AASF – McNary Field | Oregon | 608.3 |
Salem Anderson Readiness Center | Oregon | 0.7 |
Salisbury AASF #2 | North Carolina | 4,998.2 |
Salt Lake City International Airport | Utah | 172,000.0 |
Savanna Army Depot Activity | Illinois | 3,690.0 |
Savannah International Airport | Georgia | 119,190.0 |
Schenectady Airport | New York | 8,186.0 |
Schriever AFB | Colorado | 1,060,000.0 |
Scott AFB | Illinois | 157,000.0 |
Scranton Army Ammunition Plant | Pennsylvania | 28.9 |
Selfridge Air National Guard Base | Michigan | 50,940.0 |
Seneca Army Ammunition Plant | New York | 89,000.0 |
Seneca Lake | New York | 1.8 |
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base | North Carolina | 414,000.0 |
Sharpe Army Depot | California | 47.2 |
Shaw Air Force Base | South Carolina | 61,000.0 |
Shelbyville Army Aviation Support Facility | Indiana | 15.1 |
Sheppard Air Force Base | Texas | 2,859,600.0 |
Sierra Army Depot | California | 232.3 |
Silverbell Army Heliport | Arizona | 43.9 |
Sioux Gateway Municipal Airport | Iowa | 17,811.0 |
Sky Harbor International Airport | Arizona | 558.9 |
Springfield-Beckley Municipal | Ohio | 12,431.0 |
SSG Frederick J. III Jr. Reserve Center | New York | 0.7 |
SSG Isadore S. Jachman Reserve Center | Maryland | 0.0 |
St Inigoes MD NAVELEXSYS | Maryland | 91,398.0 |
St. Louis Lambert International Airport | Missouri | 1,653.0 |
Stanly County Airport | North Carolina | 985.0 |
Stewart International Airport | New York | 1.0 |
Stone’s Ranch Military Reservation | Connecticut | 4.1 |
Tarheel Army Missile Plant | North Carolina | 268.4 |
Tinker Air Force Base | Oklahoma | 170,000.0 |
Tobyhanna Army Depot | Pennsylvania | 10.0 |
Toledo Express Airport | Ohio | 54,390.0 |
Tooele Army Depot | Utah | 262.5 |
Tooele Army Depot South (Deseret Chemical Depot) | Utah | 31.0 |
Topeka Forbes Field AASF #1 | Kansas | 1,404.8 |
Travis Air Force Base | California | 918,000.0 |
Truax Field | Wisconsin | 49,437.0 |
Tucson International Airport | Arizona | 12,235.0 |
Tulsa International Airport | Oklahoma | 134,840.0 |
Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field | California | 440.0 |
Tyndall Air Force Base | Florida | 957,000.0 |
US Military Academy / West Point Military Reservation | New York | 80.5 |
US Naval Academy | Maryland | 70,000.0 |
US Naval Research Laboratory Chesapeake Bay Detachment | Maryland | 250,180.4 |
USAF Academy | Colorado | 84,000.0 |
USAG HI – Fort Shafter/Tripler Army Medical Center | Hawaii | 118.6 |
USAG HI – Hawaii – Wheeler Army Airfield | Hawaii | 173.9 |
USAG HI – Oahu – Schofield Barracks | Hawaii | 22.0 |
Vance Air Force Base | Oklahoma | 690,000.0 |
Vandenberg Air Force Base | California | 213,500.0 |
Vega Baja Readiness Center | Puerto Rico | 323.5 |
Vint Hill Farms | Virginia | 1,610.0 |
Volk Field | Wisconsin | 48,935.0 |
W.K. Kellogg Airport | Michigan | 129,790.0 |
Waiawa Unit Training Equipment Site (UTES) | Hawaii | 1,568.4 |
Warminster Naval Air Warfare Center | Pennsylvania | 27,130.0 |
Washington Navy Yard | District of Columbia | 132.0 |
Waterloo Big Rock AASF #2 | Iowa | 315.3 |
Watervliet Arsenal | New York | 4.0 |
West Bend AASF #1 / Armory | Wisconsin | 990,436.2 |
West Camp Rapid | South Dakota | 5.7 |
Westminster TNG Site | Vermont | 5.6 |
Westover Air Reserve Base | Massachusetts | 882,510.0 |
White Oak – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Detachment | Maryland | 1,365.0 |
White Sands Missile Range | New Mexico | 0.0 |
Whiteman Air Force Base | Missouri | 147,800.0 |
Will Rogers World Airport | Oklahoma | 26,590.0 |
Williams Air Force Base | Arizona | 2,929.0 |
Willow Grove | Pennsylvania | 1,722.2 |
Windsor Locks AASF | Connecticut | 4,588.4 |
Wright-Patterson AFB | Ohio | 385.0 |
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base | Ohio | 906.0 |
Wurtsmith Air Force Base | Michigan | 235,488.1 |
Yeager (McLaughlin) | West Virginia | 21,641.0 |
Youngstown Air Reserve Station | Ohio | 99,000.0 |
Yuma Proving Ground | Arizona | 68.6 |
What is the Military Doing to Clean Up Base Drinking Water?
Concerns about PFAS contamination on military bases have grown, with many criticizing the Pentagon’s slow response to pollution issues.
Addressing PFAS contamination on military bases involves a combination of remediation efforts and regulatory measures. The complexity of PFAS chemistry and the widespread nature of the contamination pose significant challenges to these efforts.
The Department of Defense (DoD) initially started testing off-base drinking water in 2016. Critics argue that the DoD failed to act swiftly, despite evidence of dangerous PFAS levels. Over 700 military locations are likely contaminated, exposing nearby communities to health risks like cancer and immune system damage. The use of AFFF firefighting foam, a primary source of PFAS, continues to be a point of contention.
PFAS Remediation
Various techniques are being employed to remediate PFAS-contaminated sites. These include activated carbon filtration, ion exchange resins, and advanced oxidation processes. Each method has its advantages and limitations, and often a combination of approaches is necessary to achieve effective remediation.
Regulatory Measures
In response to growing awareness of PFAS contamination, regulatory agencies have begun to set guidelines and limits for PFAS in drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued health advisories and is working on establishing enforceable standards.
Additionally, several states have implemented their own, often more stringent, regulations to protect public health.
Legal and Financial Implications
The widespread contamination of military bases with PFAS has led to numerous legal and financial repercussions. Affected communities and individuals have sought compensation for health impacts and property devaluation, leading to a wave of lawsuits against manufacturers and users of AFFF.
Internal documents have surfaced showing links between 3M’s manufactured PFAS and health risks on military bases. These documents reveal that 3M was aware of the dangers associated with PFAS exposure but continued supplying AFFF to the military. This revelation has prompted many to question the ethical responsibilities of both 3M and the DoD in protecting public health.
Litigation and Settlements
Several high-profile lawsuits have been filed against chemical manufacturers, including 3M and DuPont, for their role in producing PFAS-containing products. These legal actions have resulted in significant settlements, with funds allocated for environmental cleanup and compensation for affected individuals.
Financial Burden on the Military
The financial burden of PFAS remediation on military budgets is substantial. The Department of Defense has allocated billions of dollars to address PFAS contamination, but ongoing costs are expected to rise as more sites are tested and remediated. Balancing these costs with other defense priorities presents a significant challenge.
Military Base Water Contamination Lawsuit Grows as Discovery Continues
Legal actions against the military continue growing as more individuals come forward. The ongoing discovery process has unveiled additional evidence of negligence. This has intensified the scrutiny on how slowly the Pentagon responded to pollution concerns, fueling the call for stringent measures and greater accountability.
How to File a Military Water Contamination Lawsuit
1. Determine Eligibility
To file a military water contamination lawsuit, you need to determine your eligibility first. Individuals must have:
- Been diagnosed with certain cancers, ulcerative colitis, thyroid disease or Parkinson’s Disease; and,
- Resided or worked at or within 5 miles of a contaminated military base for at least 6 months between 1970 to present day.
2. Collect Relevant Documentation
Gather all necessary documents for your case. This includes medical records showing health issues potentially linked to the contaminants, military service records, and proof of residency on the affected base. These documents support your claim and establish the timeline of exposure.
3. File your claim
Once you have determined your eligibility, you can file a claim in the ongoing AFFF lawsuit. Your lawyer will assist in submitting the required paperwork and represent you in court. This process may involve multiple steps, including depositions and negotiations, before reaching a potential settlement or judgment.
Key Takeaways
» Widespread Contamination: At least 500 US military bases have confirmed PFAS contamination with hundreds more suspected, affecting thousands of service members and their families across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and Guam.
» Health Risks from AFFF: Exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals through firefighting foam (AFFF) contaminated water is linked to serious health issues including cancer, liver damage, and immune system effects.
» Slow Response from DoD: The Department of Defense has faced criticism for its delayed action and inadequate standards in addressing PFAS contamination on military bases.
» Legal Actions and Settlements: There have been significant legal developments, including a $1.185 billion settlement, aimed at compensating affected communities and funding cleanup efforts.
» Sources of Contamination: Key sources of contamination include firefighting foam (AFFF), jet fuel spills, landfills, and leaking underground storage tanks. In addition to military servicemembers and their families, these contaminants pose serious health risks to nearby communities that are affected by the spillover contamination.
» Compensation for Affected Individuals: Active military personnel, veterans, civilian employees, and contractors who have been diagnosed with certain cancers, ulcerative colitis (UC), thyroid disorders, or Parkinson’s Disease can seek legal recourse for damages.
The Path Forward
Ongoing research is crucial to better understand PFAS and develop more effective remediation strategies. Scientists are exploring new materials and methods to break down PFAS in the environment and reduce their persistence.
Policy and advocacy efforts are essential to drive regulatory changes and secure funding for remediation. Environmental groups and affected communities are working to raise awareness of PFAS issues and push for stronger regulations and accountability from polluters.
Conclusion
AFFF contamination on military bases is a complex issue with significant environmental, health, and financial implications. While progress is being made in understanding and addressing PFAS contamination, much work remains to be done. Continued research, robust regulatory frameworks, and sustained advocacy are crucial to mitigate the impact of PFAS and protect both military personnel and the broader public. As we move forward, the lessons learned from this issue can inform better practices and policies to prevent similar contamination in the future.
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- Contaminants in Military Water Supply
- Sources of Military Base Water Contamination
- How Contamination and Exposure Occurs
- Understanding AFFF Contamination on Military Bases
- Exposure to PFAS Linked to Adverse Health Outcomes
- List of Military Bases with Contaminated Water
- What is the Military Doing to Clean Up Base Drinking Water?
- Legal and Financial Implications
- How to File a Military Water Contamination Lawsuit
- Key Takeaways
- The Path Forward