Military Base Contamination in Pennsylvania
4 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.
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.
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.