How many water treatment systems served the base?/ What water systems on base were contaminated?
Eight water treatment plants provided drinking water to family housing units and barracks at the base prior to March 1987: Tarawa Terrace, Hadnot Point, Holcomb Boulevard, Courthouse Bay, Rifle Range, Onslow Beach, Montford Point/Camp Johnson and New River. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were detected in Hadnot Point and Tarawa Terrace wells and their water distribution systems during the base’s 1980-85 sampling program. The Tarawa Terrace drinking water system was contaminated with perchloroethylene from Nov. 1957-February 1987 at levels above the current maximum contaminant level of 5 ppb. It was shut down in March 1987, but the heavily contaminated wells were shut down in February 1985. The Holcomb Boulevard drinking water system was constructed in June 1972 and was generally not contaminated with solvents except for some intermittent exposures. During the dry months in late spring or early summer, the Holcomb Boulevard system occasionally required additional water from the conta
