PFAS
What to Do If You Were Exposed to PFAS: A Practical Guide for Service Members and Families
A calm, step by step guide for veterans and families who may have encountered PFAS from firefighting foam or contaminated base water.
Red Hill: The Fuel Crisis That Threatened Pearl Harbor's Water
How a 2021 jet fuel leak at the Red Hill facility tainted the Navy water system, sickened thousands of families, and forced the tanks to close.
Dugway Proving Ground
An Army chemical and biological defense testing installation in Utah's west desert, with documented PFAS groundwater contamination from firefighting foam.
Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center
An overview of documented PFAS contamination and ongoing CERCLA cleanup at the Air National Guard training center in Alpena, Michigan.
Altus Air Force Base
Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma has been associated with PFAS contamination linked to firefighting foam used in training.
Arnold Air Force Base
Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee has been associated with PFAS, PCBs, and chlorinated solvent contamination tied to decades of aerospace testing and fire training.
Barksdale Air Force Base
Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana has faced concerns about PFAS groundwater contamination tied to decades of firefighting foam use.
Barnes Air National Guard Base
Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Massachusetts has been associated with PFAS groundwater contamination from firefighting foam.
Battle Creek Air National Guard Base
Battle Creek Air National Guard Base in Michigan is being investigated for PFAS in soil and groundwater linked to past firefighting foam use.
Beale Air Force Base
A profile of contamination concerns and environmental cleanup at Beale Air Force Base in California.
Blue Grass Army Depot
An active Army depot near Richmond, Kentucky, once home to a chemical-weapons stockpile and now under review for PFAS in nearby water.
Bradley Air National Guard Base
Bradley Air National Guard Base in Connecticut has been associated with PFAS groundwater contamination linked to firefighting foam.
Burlington Air National Guard Base
Burlington Air National Guard Base in Vermont has documented PFAS groundwater contamination linked to decades of firefighting foam use.
Camp Atterbury
An overview of PFAS groundwater concerns at Camp Atterbury, the Army National Guard training base in Indiana.
Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center
Camp Grayling in Michigan was among the state's first military sites where PFAS was found in nearby wells.
Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center (Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant)
A former Ohio ammunition plant, now an Army National Guard training center, with documented explosives, PFAS, metals and PCB contamination.
Camp Navajo
An Arizona Army National Guard training site near Bellemont where PFAS were detected in drinking water during 2016 to 2018.
Camp Ripley (Minnesota National Guard Training Center)
Camp Ripley is a Minnesota Army National Guard training site near Little Falls where historic firefighting foam use is under PFAS investigation.
Cannon Air Force Base
An overview of PFAS groundwater concerns and ongoing cleanup at Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis, New Mexico.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
A profile of PFAS and AFFF contamination concerns at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida.
Columbus Air Force Base
An overview of PFAS concerns at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, tied to past firefighting foam use.
Creech Air Force Base
Creech Air Force Base in Nevada has been associated with PFAS and AFFF firefighting foam contamination concerns.
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona has faced concerns about PFAS, TCE, and jet fuel reaching local groundwater.
Des Moines Air National Guard Base
A profile of Des Moines Air National Guard Base in Iowa and the PFAS concerns tied to historic firefighting foam use.
Detroit Arsenal
Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Michigan is an active Army installation where a CERCLA investigation documented PFAS in groundwater.
Dobbins Air Reserve Base
Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, has been associated with PFAS contamination linked to decades of firefighting foam use.
Duluth Air National Guard Base
A profile of PFAS contamination concerns at Duluth Air National Guard Base in Minnesota for veterans.
Dyess Air Force Base
Dyess Air Force Base near Abilene, Texas has been associated with PFAS groundwater contamination tied to firefighting foam.
Eaker Air Force Base
Eaker Air Force Base, a former Strategic Air Command bomber base in Arkansas, has been associated with PFAS contamination from firefighting foam.
Ebbing Air National Guard Base
Ebbing Air National Guard Base at Fort Smith, Arkansas, has been associated with PFAS concerns tied to firefighting foam use.
Eglin Air Force Base
An overview of PFAS and firefighting foam contamination concerns at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle.
Former England Air Force Base
England Air Force Base near Alexandria, Louisiana recorded some of the highest PFAS detections of any U.S. military site.
Forbes Field Air National Guard Base
An overview of PFAS concerns at Forbes Field Air National Guard Base in Topeka, Kansas, tied to past firefighting foam use.
Former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
The former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, a historic Navy installation closed under BRAC, has been associated with several environmental contaminants.
Former Salem Army Airfield (McNary Field)
A former World War II Army airfield at McNary Field in Salem, Oregon, now under DEQ investigation for PFAS contamination.
Fort Bliss
Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas has been associated with PFAS concerns tied to past firefighting foam use.
Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center
Fort Chaffee in western Arkansas has been associated with PFAS concerns tied to past use of firefighting foam.
Fort Eisenhower (Fort Gordon)
PFAS from firefighting foam has been associated with groundwater concerns at Fort Eisenhower (Fort Gordon) near Augusta, Georgia.
Fort Gillem
A former Army logistics post in Forest Park, Georgia where solvent, petroleum, and PFAS contamination is still being addressed.
Fort Huachuca
Fort Huachuca is an Army intelligence post near Sierra Vista, Arizona where PFAS and other contaminants have been documented.
Fort Hunter Liggett
Fort Hunter Liggett, an Army Reserve training installation in California, has documented groundwater solvent and PFAS concerns.
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.
Fort Irwin National Training Center
Fort Irwin is an Army desert training center in California's Mojave Desert under a DoD PFAS assessment and state cleanup oversight.
Fort Jackson
Fort Jackson, the Army's largest basic training post, has documented PFAS, RDX, TCE and metals in its environment.
Fort Knox
Fort Knox in Kentucky has been associated with TCE and PCE groundwater contamination, with AFFF-related PFAS also studied.
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth, an active Army post on the Missouri River in Kansas, has addressed PFAS detected in its drinking water.
Fort McCoy
Fort McCoy is an Army training installation in Monroe County, Wisconsin, where AFFF use produced very high PFAS levels.
Fort Novosel
Fort Novosel (formerly Fort Rucker) in Alabama has documented PFAS in groundwater tied to past AFFF firefighting foam use.
Fort Sill
Fort Sill, the Army's field artillery home near Lawton, Oklahoma, faces PFAS concerns tied to firefighting foam.
Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield
Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia are priority Army sites for PFAS testing of nearby drinking water.
Fort Wingate Depot Activity
Fort Wingate Depot Activity, an inactive Army munitions depot near Gallup, New Mexico, with documented soil and groundwater contamination.
Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base
A New York Air National Guard base at Gabreski Airport where AFFF firefighting foam has been associated with PFAS contamination of nearby wells.
Goodfellow Air Force Base
A look at PFAS concerns from firefighting foam in wells near Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas.
Gowen Field Air National Guard Base
Gowen Field is an Idaho Air National Guard base near Boise where AFFF firefighting foam led to documented PFAS detections.
Grand Forks Air Force Base
Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota faces concerns over PFAS in groundwater linked to past firefighting foam use.
Grissom Air Reserve Base
Grissom Air Reserve Base in Indiana has been associated with PFAS contamination linked to past firefighting foam use.
Hancock Field Air National Guard Base
Hancock Field is a New York Air National Guard base near Syracuse with documented contamination and ongoing state and military cleanup.
Hawthorne Army Depot
A profile of Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada, where PFAS, AFFF, and explosives contamination have been documented and investigated.
Hector Field Air National Guard Base
A look at PFAS concerns at Hector Field Air National Guard Base in Fargo, North Dakota, home of the 119th Wing.
Holloman Air Force Base
Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico has been associated with PFAS groundwater contamination linked to historical firefighting foam use.
Holman Field Army Aviation Support Facility
Holman Field in St. Paul, a Minnesota Army National Guard aviation site, is among six Minnesota locations the DoD is investigating for PFAS.
Holston Army Ammunition Plant
A government owned explosives plant in Kingsport, Tennessee where RDX and PFAS contamination concerns have been documented.
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.
Hurlburt Field
A look at PFAS concerns from firefighting foam use at Hurlburt Field, an Air Force special operations base in Florida.
Indiana Army Ammunition Plant
A former Army propellant plant near Charlestown, Indiana, where explosives manufacturing left lasting soil and groundwater contamination.
Joe Foss Field Air National Guard Base
An overview of documented PFAS and firefighting foam concerns at Joe Foss Field Air National Guard Base in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Joint Base Charleston
Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, has documented PFAS contamination from decades of firefighting foam use.
Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos
A California National Guard joint training base in Orange County where testing found very high PFAS levels in water.
Keesler Air Force Base
An overview of PFAS-related groundwater concerns at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi.
King Salmon Air Force Station
A former Air Force radar station in Alaska where PFAS from firefighting foam testing and petroleum from fuel storage have affected area groundwater.
Kirtland Air Force Base
Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque has been associated with a large jet fuel plume and PFAS in area groundwater.
Laughlin Air Force Base
Laughlin Air Force Base near Del Rio, Texas is among installations the Department of Defense is assessing for possible PFAS related to firefighting foam.
Lincoln Air National Guard Base
Lincoln Air National Guard Base in Nebraska has been associated with PFAS detections tied to historic firefighting foam use.
Little Rock Air Force Base
A look at PFAS contamination concerns at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas and what they may mean for veterans.
MacDill Air Force Base
MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida is an active PFAS investigation site linked to historic AFFF firefighting foam use.
Malmstrom Air Force Base
A look at PFAS groundwater contamination linked to firefighting foam at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana.
Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base
A profile of PFAS contamination concerns at Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base, home of Ohio's 179th Wing.
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms
A look at documented contaminant concerns and the ongoing environmental cleanup at the Marine Corps base in Twentynine Palms, California.
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
An overview of PFAS related groundwater concerns and ongoing well testing at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina.
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
A San Diego Marine Corps air station with documented PFAS contamination from firefighting foam and ongoing cleanup.
Marine Corps Base Hawaii
An overview of environmental contamination concerns, including PFAS and AFFF, at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay.
Marine Corps Outlying Landing Field Atlantic
PFAS was detected in private drinking water wells near MCOLF Atlantic, a Marine Corps airfield in Carteret County, North Carolina.
Maxwell Air Force Base (Maxwell-Gunter)
An overview of PFAS concerns from decades of firefighting foam use at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.
McAlester Army Ammunition Plant
McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in Oklahoma was selected for EPA and Army PFAS well sampling tied to firefighting foam and munitions work.
McConnell Air Force Base
McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas, has been associated with PFAS groundwater contamination tied to past firefighting foam use.
McEntire Joint National Guard Base
McEntire Joint National Guard Base in South Carolina has documented PFAS groundwater contamination linked to firefighting foam.
Minneapolis-Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station
An overview of PFAS contamination concerns and the federal investigation at Minneapolis-Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station in Minnesota.
Minot Air Force Base
An overview of PFAS contamination concerns at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and what veterans may want to know.
Moody Air Force Base
Moody Air Force Base near Valdosta, Georgia, has been associated with PFAS contamination linked to firefighting foam.
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base
A former Air Force base in South Carolina where firefighting foam left PFAS in groundwater and nearby coastal waters.
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, a Navy flight training base in Texas, has been associated with PFAS concerns tied to AFFF firefighting foam.
Naval Air Station Fallon
Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada, home to TOPGUN, has been associated with severe PFAS contamination from firefighting foam.
Naval Air Station Kingsville
Naval Air Station Kingsville is a Navy jet training base in Texas under investigation for PFAS in groundwater.
Naval Air Station Lemoore
A profile of PFAS and related water contamination concerns at Naval Air Station Lemoore, the Navy's largest master jet base in California.
Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
A look at documented contamination and Superfund cleanup at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach.
Naval Base San Diego
Naval Base San Diego is a major Navy surface ship base where decades of shipyard work have prompted environmental cleanup.
Naval Base Ventura County
A look at documented PFAS, fuel, and solvent contamination at Naval Base Ventura County in California and what it may mean for veterans.
Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport
Concerns about PFAS in groundwater at NCBC Gulfport, traced to firefighting foam used at a former training area.
Naval Station Mayport
A profile of Naval Station Mayport in Florida and the PFAS, AFFF, and asbestos concerns documented there.
Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay
Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia appears on a federal list of installations with PFAS concerns linked to firefighting foam.
Naval Support Activity Mid-South
A look at PFAS groundwater concerns at Naval Support Activity Mid-South, the former Naval Air Station Memphis in Millington, Tennessee.
Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach
A look at documented environmental contamination at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach and the ongoing Navy cleanup program.
Nellis Air Force Base
Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas has been associated with PFAS in groundwater linked to past firefighting foam use.
Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station
Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in New York has drawn attention for some of the highest PFAS readings recorded at any U.S. military site.
North Penn US Army Reserve Center
A former Nike missile site in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania identified among Army facilities with PFAS concerns.
Offutt Air Force Base
A profile of PFAS concerns at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, where historic firefighting foam use was assessed.
O'Hare Air Reserve Station
A former Air Force Reserve station at Chicago O'Hare where firefighting foam has been associated with PFAS in groundwater.
Patrick Space Force Base
An overview of PFAS and firefighting foam contamination concerns at Patrick Space Force Base in Brevard County, Florida.
Peterson Space Force Base
Peterson Space Force Base near Colorado Springs, where decades of firefighting foam use have been associated with PFAS in area drinking water.
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas is an active Army chemical and munitions installation now undergoing environmental cleanup.
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.
Portland Air National Guard Base
A look at PFAS and firefighting foam contamination concerns at Portland Air National Guard Base in Oregon.
Red River Army Depot
A look at documented solvent, metals, and PFAS contamination concerns at Red River Army Depot in Bowie County, Texas.
Reese Air Force Base
A former Air Force pilot-training base near Lubbock, Texas, where PFAS was detected in hundreds of nearby private wells.
Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base
A profile of contamination concerns at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base near Columbus, Ohio, including PFAS, TCE, and fuel.
Rock Island Arsenal
A profile of environmental contaminant concerns and ongoing cleanup at Rock Island Arsenal, an Army weapons manufacturing installation in Illinois.
Rosecrans Air National Guard Base
Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. Joseph, Missouri has documented fuel, solvent, and metal contamination, with PFAS raised as a concern.
Savannah Air National Guard Base
Savannah Air National Guard Base in Georgia is among the state installations where PFAS firefighting foam contamination has been documented.
Scott Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base in Illinois has been associated with PFAS and AFFF contamination of groundwater and nearby drinking water.
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
A profile of documented contaminant concerns at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Shaw Air Force Base
Shaw Air Force Base near Sumter, South Carolina, where decades of firefighting foam use have been associated with PFAS in local groundwater.
Sheppard Air Force Base
Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas has been associated with PFAS contamination linked to firefighting foam use.
Silverbell Army Heliport
Silverbell Army Heliport near Marana, Arizona, where DoD records documented PFAS in drinking water during 2016 to 2018.
Sioux City Air National Guard Base
PFAS from firefighting foam has been associated with groundwater at the Sioux City Air National Guard Base in Iowa.
Stewart Air National Guard Base
A New York Air National Guard base near Newburgh where firefighting foam has been associated with PFAS in local drinking water.
Stones Ranch Military Reservation
Stones Ranch Military Reservation is a Connecticut Army National Guard training site in East Lyme where PFAS was detected in drinking water, raising environmental exposure concerns.
Truax Field Air National Guard Base
Truax Field in Madison, Wisconsin has been associated with PFAS groundwater contamination from past firefighting foam use.
Vance Air Force Base
Vance Air Force Base near Enid, Oklahoma, has been associated with PFAS concerns tied to past firefighting foam use.
Vandenberg Space Force Base
Vandenberg Space Force Base in California has documented PFAS contamination being addressed under the CERCLA cleanup process.
Volk Field Air National Guard Base
Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin has been associated with PFAS groundwater contamination tied to firefighting foam.
Westover Air Reserve Base
A profile of PFAS and AFFF contamination concerns at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
White Sands Missile Range
White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico has faced concerns about PFAS from firefighting foam used on the installation.
Whitehouse Naval Outlying Field
A Navy outlying field west of Jacksonville named in a federal report on PFAS-affected drinking water near military sites.
Whiteman Air Force Base
Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri has documented PFAS in groundwater linked to decades of firefighting foam use.
Windsor Locks Army Aviation Support Facility
A Connecticut Army National Guard aviation facility at Windsor Locks where groundwater PFAS levels reached about 4,588 ppt.
Yakima Training Center
An Army training range in central Washington where PFAS firefighting foam has been associated with groundwater and well contamination.
Youngstown Air Reserve Station
An Air Force Reserve base in northeastern Ohio where AFFF firefighting foam has been associated with PFAS in groundwater.
U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
Yuma Proving Ground, a major Army weapons and munitions test range in southwestern Arizona, has documented PFAS in its drinking water.
Air Force Plant 4
Air Force Plant 4 is a Superfund aircraft plant in Fort Worth, Texas, with a documented TCE groundwater plume and a PFAS investigation.
Defense Supply Center Richmond
Defense Supply Center Richmond, a Virginia logistics depot, was listed as a Superfund site in 1987 over soil and groundwater contamination.
Former Naval Air Station South Weymouth
A look at contamination concerns and ongoing CERCLA cleanup at the former Naval Air Station South Weymouth in Massachusetts.
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base
A look at documented contamination concerns at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, a Wyoming Superfund site.
Galena Air Force Station
A former Air Force forward operating base on the Yukon River in Alaska with documented fuel, solvent, and PFAS contamination.
Hanscom Air Force Base
Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts is a Superfund site with documented solvent, fuel, and PFAS concerns.
Homestead Air Reserve Base
A look at documented environmental contamination at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Miami-Dade County, Florida, a Superfund site.
Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center
An active Navy energetics R&D site in Charles County, Maryland, added to the EPA Superfund National Priorities List in 1995.
Joint Base Andrews (Naval Air Facility Washington)
Joint Base Andrews in Maryland is an NPL Superfund site where PFAS from firefighting foam has affected groundwater.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
A profile of the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California, and the environmental concerns tied to its cleanup.
Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow
An overview of documented soil and groundwater contamination at Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, a federal Superfund site in California.
Military Ocean Terminal Concord
A former Navy weapons station now an Army ocean terminal in California, listed as a Superfund site in 1994.
Mountain Home Air Force Base
An overview of documented soil and groundwater contamination at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho and its Superfund status.
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.
Naval Air Station Cecil Field
A former Navy master jet base near Jacksonville, Florida, with documented PFAS, solvent, and fuel contamination concerns.
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (Carswell Field)
Profile of NAS JRB Fort Worth (Carswell Field), where a TCE groundwater plume and PFAS investigations raise exposure concerns.
Naval Air Station North Island
Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, California faces scrutiny over the Fiery Marsh dump and groundwater contamination.
Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor
A Navy submarine base on Hood Canal in Washington with two Superfund listings and ongoing PFAS investigations.
Naval Base Point Loma
Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego has documented solvent, metal, jet fuel and PFAS contamination under state-regulated cleanup.
Naval Construction Battalion Center Davisville
A former Navy Seabee base in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, listed as a Superfund site in 1989 for soil and groundwater contamination.
Naval Education and Training Center Newport
An overview of documented contamination and ongoing federal cleanup at the Navy's education and training complex in Newport, Rhode Island.
Naval Submarine Base New London
Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut is a Superfund site where solvents, metals, PCBs and PFAS have been documented.
Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg
A Navy supply installation in Pennsylvania listed on the Superfund NPL for groundwater and soil contamination.
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
An overview of documented contamination and ongoing Superfund cleanup at the Navy weapons-testing facility in Dahlgren, Virginia.
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport
A Navy torpedo and undersea systems facility in Kitsap County, Washington, listed as a Superfund site with documented soil, groundwater, and sediment contamination.
Naval Weapons Station Earle
A Navy munitions base in Monmouth County, New Jersey, listed as a Superfund site in 1990 for solvent, metal, and PFAS contamination.
Naval Weapons Station Yorktown
Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, a Navy ordnance station in Virginia, is an EPA Superfund site with documented soil and groundwater contamination.
Naval Station Norfolk (Sewells Point Naval Complex)
Naval Station Norfolk is a Superfund site where PFAS, PCBs, solvents, and metals have been documented during ongoing cleanup.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine is a former Superfund site associated with PCBs, metals, benzene, and PFAS.
Sharpe Army Depot
Sharpe Army Depot near Lathrop, California is an NPL Superfund site where groundwater was contaminated with TCE and other solvents.
U.S. Air Force Plant 44
A federally owned missile plant south of Tucson where solvents and PFAS have been associated with groundwater contamination.
Williams Air Force Base (Former)
Former Williams Air Force Base near Mesa, Arizona is an EPA Superfund site with documented soil and groundwater contamination.
Edwards Air Force Base
The Air Force flight test center in the Mojave Desert, a Superfund site since 1990 with solvents, jet fuel, and PFAS documented in soil and groundwater.
Eielson Air Force Base
Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska is a Superfund site where fuel, solvents, and PFAS from firefighting foam contaminated groundwater that migrated into the nearby Moose Creek community.
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota is an EPA Superfund site where solvents such as TCE and PFAS from firefighting foam have been documented in groundwater and nearby private wells.
Fairchild Air Force Base
Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington was listed as a Superfund site in 1989, and AFFF-related PFAS later contaminated drinking water in neighboring Airway Heights.
Fort Belvoir
PFAS testing at Fort Belvoir, Virginia found firefighting foam chemicals in soil, groundwater, and the post's drinking water at levels above new EPA limits.
Fort George G. Meade
Fort George G. Meade, the Maryland Army post that hosts NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, was added to the EPA Superfund list in 1998 after TCE, solvents, and later PFAS were found in groundwater.
Fort Wainwright
Fort Wainwright, the Army's Arctic post near Fairbanks, Alaska, is a 1990 Superfund site where fuel spills, solvent plumes, and AFFF-related PFAS have been documented in groundwater.
Hill Air Force Base
Hill Air Force Base in Utah, an EPA Superfund site since 1987, has documented TCE groundwater plumes extending under nearby communities and ongoing PFAS investigations tied to firefighting foam.
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska combines two Superfund sites where fuels, solvents, and PFAS firefighting foam have been documented in soil and groundwater.
Joint Base Langley-Eustis
Both components of Virginia's Joint Base Langley-Eustis are 1994 Superfund sites, with PFAS from firefighting foam found in groundwater at levels among the highest recorded on any U.S. military installation.
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
MCAS Cherry Point in Havelock, North Carolina, a Superfund site since 1994, has documented PFAS, TCE, and PCB contamination from decades of air station operations.
Memphis Defense Depot
Memphis Defense Depot, a 642-acre DLA supply installation in south Memphis, has been associated with TCE, PCE, solvent, and heavy metal contamination and was added to the Superfund list in 1992.
Naval Air Station Patuxent River
PFAS, firefighting foam, solvents, and heavy metals have been documented at this Maryland Superfund-listed naval aviation test center on the Chesapeake Bay.
Naval Air Station Pensacola
NAS Pensacola, the Navy's first air station, was added to the Superfund list in 1989 after solvents, heavy metals, radium waste, and later PFAS were documented in soil and groundwater.
Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base in Georgia includes a Superfund site where solvents, heavy metals, and cyanide reached groundwater, and 2018 testing found PFAS in shallow groundwater far above federal health advisories.
Tyndall Air Force Base
Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, an EPA Superfund site since 1997, has documented PFAS, AFFF, and heavy metal contamination, with cleanup ongoing under federal and state oversight.
Dover Air Force Base
Dover Air Force Base in Delaware is an EPA Superfund site where groundwater solvents, benzene, arsenic, and PFAS from firefighting foam have raised concerns about potential health effects.
Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Leonard Wood, a major Army training post in Missouri, has documented PFAS and chlorinated solvent contamination tied to firefighting foam use and past dry cleaning operations, along with PCB releases.
Joint Base Cape Cod (Otis Air National Guard Base/Camp Edwards)
Joint Base Cape Cod, a Superfund site since 1989, sits atop Cape Cod's sole-source aquifer, where fuel spills, solvents and firefighting foam created groundwater plumes containing TCE, benzene and PFAS.
Naval Air Station Oceana
Decades of AFFF use at NAS Oceana in Virginia Beach contaminated groundwater, and Navy sampling since 2016 has found PFAS in private drinking water wells near the master jet base and its Fentress outlying field.
Travis Air Force Base
Travis Air Force Base near Fairfield, California, an EPA Superfund site since 1989, has documented TCE, benzene, heavy metal and PFAS contamination in groundwater, soil and Union Creek.
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, an EPA Superfund site since 1989, has documented TCE, solvent, and fuel contamination, plus PFAS linked to decades of AFFF firefighting foam use.
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Castle Air Force Base
Castle Air Force Base, a former SAC training base near Merced, California, is an EPA Superfund site where TCE, other solvents, and PFAS have been documented in soil and groundwater.
Fort Devens
Fort Devens, a former Army post in Massachusetts listed as a Superfund site in 1989, has documented TCE, benzene, PCB, heavy metal, and PFAS contamination.
Fort Dix (Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst)
Fort Dix in New Jersey, now part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, has a documented Superfund landfill with solvent and metal contamination as well as PFAS linked to firefighting foam.
Fort Riley
Fort Riley, a longtime Army post in Kansas, was added to the EPA Superfund list in 1990 after TCE, heavy metals, and other contaminants were found, and PFAS has since been detected on post.
George Air Force Base
George Air Force Base in Victorville, California, a closed fighter training base and EPA Superfund site, has documented TCE, PCE, benzene, jet fuel, and PFAS contamination.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington has documented TCE, solvent, petroleum, and PFAS contamination, and portions of the base are EPA Superfund sites.
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Camp Pendleton, an EPA Superfund site since 1989, has documented PFAS, TCE, and solvent contamination tied to decades of waste disposal and firefighting foam use.
Former Naval Air Station Brunswick
Concerns about PFAS, firefighting foam, and legacy solvents at the former Naval Air Station Brunswick in Maine.
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 Station Whidbey Island
NAS Whidbey Island in Washington has documented PFAS, PFOS, PFOA, AFFF, and solvent contamination, and both Ault Field and the Seaplane Base have been EPA Superfund sites.
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.
Pease Air Force Base
Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire, a former Strategic Air Command installation, is an EPA Superfund site where PFAS from firefighting foam, solvents, and jet fuel contaminated groundwater and a drinking water well.
Picatinny Arsenal
Picatinny Arsenal, a longtime Army munitions and armaments center in Morris County, New Jersey, is an EPA Superfund site with documented heavy metals, solvent, and PFAS contamination.
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Former SAC bomber base in Plattsburgh, New York, where TCE, benzene, heavy metals and PFAS contamination led to a 1989 Superfund listing and ongoing cleanup.
Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal, an Army installation near Huntsville, Alabama, is an EPA Superfund site where TCE, solvents, heavy metals, and PFAS have raised potential exposure concerns.
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.
Naval Air Station Jacksonville
A major Navy installation in Florida designated a Superfund site after chlorinated solvents reached soil and groundwater.
Fort Ord
A former Army training center on Monterey Bay, closed in 1994 and designated a Superfund site for soil and groundwater contamination.
Wurtsmith Air Force Base
A Cold War bomber base in Oscoda, Michigan, closed in 1993 and now a Superfund site with PFAS-contaminated groundwater.
Camp Lejeune
One of the largest Marine Corps bases in the country, and the site of one of the most serious drinking-water contaminations in U.S. history.
Fort Hood
A major Army training hub in Killeen, Texas, with concerns about PFAS, AFFF, PCBs, and asbestos exposure on base.
Fort Bragg
One of the world's largest Army installations, with documented concerns about PFAS and other contaminants affecting soldiers and families.
Fort Benning (formerly Fort Moore)
Georgia's infantry and armor training post, Fort Moore from 2023 to 2025, now Fort Benning again, with a history of contamination concerns.
Selfridge Air National Guard Base
A century-old Michigan air base where TCE, PFOA, and PFOS contamination has been linked to health risks for personnel and neighbors.