Camp Lejeune Background

U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune was established near the city of Jacksonville, N.C, in 1942. In 1982, the Marine Corps discovered volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in several drinking water wells that fed into two of the eight water systems at the base. Leaking underground storage tanks, spills and drum disposal caused groundwater contamination. At the Tarawa Terrace area, groundwater contamination was also caused by solvent-disposal practices at ABC One-Hour Cleaners.

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) conducts research regarding the groundwater contamination at Camp Lejeune. ATSDR is a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to serve the public by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and disease related to toxic substances.

ATSDR website for Camp Lejeune study.

Research

List of Reports:

• Summary of the water modeling contamination situation at Camp Lejeune
• Chapter A – Executive Summary
• Chapter A – Master Plate
• Chapter A – Summary of Findings
• Chapter B, C, D, E, F, and H
• Chapter G. Simulation of Three-Dimensional Multispecies, Multiphase Mass Transport of Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and Associated Degradation By-Products [PDF, 11.5 MB]
  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) wwithin the Tarawa Terrace aquifer and Castle Hayne aquifer system at Tarawa Terrace and vicinity. TechFlowMP codes are used in this study.