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Summary of the water modeling contamination situation at Camp Lejeune
Summary of the water modeling contamination situation at Camp Lejeune including water treatment plants serving base housing areas, sources of contamination, concentrations of chemicals detected, and water modeling results.
Chapter A - Executive Summary
This report concludes in its analyses
of the Tarawa Terrace drinking water system
at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North
Carolina that former Marines and their families
who lived in Tarawa Terrace family housing units
during the period November 1957 through February
1987 received drinking water contaminated with
the dry-cleaning solvent tetrachloroethylene
(PCE) at levels above the current maximum contaminant
level (MCL) of 5 ppb. [PDF, 2190KB]
Chapter A - Master Plate
This is a map of the location of wells
and boreholes, groundwater-flow model boundary,
and present-day (2004) water distribution systems
serving Tarawa Terrace, Holcomb Boulevard, and
Hadnot Point and vicinity, U.S. Marine Corps
Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. [PDF, 1951KB]
Chapter A - Summary of Findings
This is the full 116-page report
of ATSDR's analyses of the Tarawa Terrace Drinking
Water System at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp
Lejeune, North Carolina. ATSDR concludes in
its analyses that former Marines and their families
who lived in the Camp Lejeune Tarawa Terrace
family housing units during the period November
1957 through February 1987 received drinking
water contaminated with the dry-cleaning solvent
tetrachloroethylene (PCE) at levels above the
current maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 5
ppb. [PDF, 6288KB]
To order a 3 DVD set that contains the
information and data sources used to conduct
the historical reconstruction analysis please
send a request to
atsdrcamplej@cdc.gov.
**NOTE**: ATSDR has been made aware
that on some personal computer systems, the
model input data files provided on DVD #3 cannot
be copied. These files are provided below and
can be downloaded. These files are identical
to the files provided on DVD #3 that accompanies
the Chapter A report.
** Download
Model Input Data Files [ZIP, 8802KB]**
Chapter B
This report, Chapter B in the Tarawa Terrace
series, provides detailed analyses and interpretations
of well and geohydrologic data used to develop
the geohydrologic framework of the Castle Hayne
aquifer system at Tarawa Terrace and vicinity.
You may download the report as 1 file
or in 4 sections:
Chapter B - Entire Report [PDF,
19448KB]
Or
Chapter B - Section 1 [PDF,
5331KB]
Chapter B - Section 2 [PDF,
5223KB]
Chapter B - Section 3 [PDF,
5285KB]
Chapter B - Section 4 [PDF,
4755KB]
Chapter
C
This report, Chapter C, describes
the development and calibration of a digital
model applied to the simulation of groundwater
flow within the Tarawa Terrace aquifer and Upper
Castle Hayne aquifer system at and in the vicinity
of the Tarawa Terrace housing areas. [PDF, 5347KB]
Chapter
D
The Chapter D report provides abridged
information describing the most salient properties
and biodegradation of 27 chlorinated volatile
organic compounds detected during groundwater
studies in the United States. This information
is condensed from an extensive list of reports,
papers, and literature published by the U.S.
Government, various State governments, and peer-reviewed
journals. The list includes literature reviews,
compilations, and summaries describing volatile
organic compounds in ground water. [PDF, 2274KB]
Chapter
E
This report, Chapter E, describes
the occurrence and distribution of tetrachloroethylene
and related contaminants within the Upper Castle
Hayne Aquifer System at and in the vicinity
of the Tarawa Terrace housing area. There also
is a brief description of the occurrence and
distribution of benzene, toluene, ethylene,
and xylene (BTEX) and related compounds. [PDF,
2821KB]
Chapter
F
This report, Chapter F, describes the development and calibration of a digital model applied to the simulation of the fate and transport of tetrachloroethylene (PCE) within the Tarawa Terrace aquifer and the Castle Hayne aquifer system at and in the vicinity of the Tarawa Terrace housing area, U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. [PDF, 5166KB]
NEW!
Chapter
G
This report, Chapter G, describes the three-dimensional simulation of the fate, degradation, and advective dispersive transport of PCE and associated degradation by-products—TCE, trans-1,2-dichloroethylene (1,2-tDCE), and vinyl chloride (VC)—within the Tarawa Terrace aquifer and Castle Hayne aquifer system at Tarawa Terrace and vicinity. [PDF, 11486KB]
Chapter
H
This report, Chapter H, describes the effect of groundwater pumping variation on arrival times of tetrachloroethylene (PCE) at water-supply wells and the Tarawa Terrace water treatment plant, U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. [PDF,
7990KB]
Find Out PCE
Levels During Your Tour
Find out the levels of PCE and
PCE degradation by-products in the drinking
water serving your home in Tarawa Terrace by
entering the dates you lived in Tarawa Terrace
housing from 1952 to 1987.
Graph of Simulated Concentrations of
PCE
This graph shows the levels of
tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and other chemicals
that may have been in your drinking water during
your tour of duty at Camp Lejeune. [PDF, 83KB]
Report of the Camp Lejeune Water-Modeling
Expert Panel
During March 28–29, 2005, an Expert Peer Review
Panel evaluated ATSDR’s water-modeling activities
in support of the current study of childhood
birth defects and cancer at U.S. Marine Corps
Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Star-News Forum Panel Meeting on
Camp Lejeune
These slides were presented at an information-sharing
forum about the Camp Lejeune water contamination
at Kenan Auditorium on the campus of the University
of North Carolina Wilmington on August 31, 2007.
Use of Water Modeling Methods
[PDF, 3217KB]
Childhood adverse health outcomes
and drinking water exposures to chlorinated
solvents at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp
Lejeune, North Carolina [PDF,
1032KB]
Table of Simulated Concentrations of PCE
This table lists the levels of
tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and other chemicals
that may have been in your drinking water during
your tour of duty at Camp Lejeune. [PDF, 97KB]
The following information helps explain the table listing the levels of tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and other chemicals that may have been in your drinking water during your tour of duty at Camp Lejeune.
- Micrograms per liter (μg/L) is equivalent to parts per billion (ppb)
- Two approaches to modeling the water system contaminants were used
- The “MT3DMS” model is less complex and ignores the fact that PCE breaks down (or degrades) in the ground water to TCE, DCE and vinyl chloride
- Because of concern by members of the affected community, a second model was used to estimate the amount of PCE degradation products (TCE, DCE and vinyl chloride) in the drinking water
- This model requires more assumptions and is more complex
- Both approaches provided similar results
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