Military Base Contamination in Pennsylvania
11 installations in Pennsylvania are profiled on this site for documented environmental contamination. Each page covers what was found, the cleanup status, and the health concerns for those who served there.
Biddle Air National Guard Base (formerly Horsham Air Guard Station)
A Pennsylvania Air National Guard base in Horsham where AFFF firefighting foam has been associated with PFAS in groundwater.
Former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster (Naval Air Development Center)
The former Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, Pennsylvania is a Superfund site with documented groundwater, solvent, and PFAS contamination.
Former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
The former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, a historic Navy installation closed under BRAC, has been associated with several environmental contaminants.
Fort Indiantown Gap
Fort Indiantown Gap, a Pennsylvania National Guard installation, was added in 2019 to the state environmental agency list of PFAS contamination sites.
Letterkenny Army Depot
Letterkenny Army Depot in Pennsylvania hosts two Superfund sites where solvents such as TCE, along with heavy metals and PCBs, contaminated soil and groundwater, and solvent plumes reached residential wells off post.
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove
Groundwater at the former NAS JRB Willow Grove in Pennsylvania tested at 329,500 ppt of combined PFOS and PFOA from firefighting foam, affecting area drinking water and prompting a Superfund cleanup.
Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster
PFAS from firefighting foam and solvent contamination at the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster affected drinking water wells in surrounding Bucks County communities.
Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg
A Navy supply installation in Pennsylvania listed on the Superfund NPL for groundwater and soil contamination.
North Penn US Army Reserve Center
A former Nike missile site in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania identified among Army facilities with PFAS concerns.
Pittsburgh Air National Guard Base
A Pennsylvania Air National Guard base near Pittsburgh airport where testing found PFAS above federal thresholds at most sampled sites.
Tobyhanna Army Depot
Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania, a Superfund site listed in 1990, has documented solvent and PFAS contamination in groundwater, soils, and sediments.