Background The Navy has three cleanup programs at Alameda Point: Superfund, Petroleum, and Radiological. The Petroleum Program takes care of underground concentrations of petroleum, mostly jet fuel, and is organized by corrective action areas. One such area outside Building 5 made it onto the calendar this year. Dumping jet fuel – Building 5, the largest […]
October 10, 2011
There are various methods to clean up groundwater contaminated with solvents and petroleum products. Beneficial chemicals can be injected to neutralize the toxic chemicals. Sometimes bacteria, either those naturally present or some that have been added, can do the job. In some cases at Alameda Point the Navy inserts steel beams called electrodes into the […]
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Springtime flower spectacle on Wildlife Refuge at Alameda Point – April 2012
Zone the wildlife refuge “Open Space”
Navy and VA ignore economics, environment in killing Alameda National Wildlife Refuge
Protecting the California Least Terns at the Alameda Point Wildlife Refuge
California Brown Pelicans roosting at Alameda Point
Hidden wetlands of Alameda Point
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October 21, 2011
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