What is the condition of streams, ponds and bay areas at Fort Monmouth?
The DPW maintains a comprehensive Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Program and Stormwater Management Program that is protective of surface water bodies both on and adjoining Fort Monmouth. Current activities at Fort Monmouth are fully compliant with the Clean Water Act. The DPW has identified tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE) in surface water samples collected from Mill Creek where the stream enters the Main Post. TCE and cis-1,2-dichloroethylene have also been identified in surface water samples collected from Husky Brook where the stream enters the Main Post. In addition, Methyl-tert-Butyl ether (MTBE) has been identified in surface water samples collected from Lower Wampum Brook where the stream enters the Charles Wood Area (Pearl Harbor Avenue). The source of these contaminants is not from Fort Monmouth activities. The findings from these sampling events have been presented to the NJDEP, MCDH, and the RAB.
