Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center initial PFOS/PFOA investigatio...
Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center has received initial results from groundwater tests conducted last year to assess the risk for contamination related to the substances PFOS and PFOA. (Air National Guard ... More
Decommissioning Well, Alaska - National Archives Alaska Collection
The original caption reads: Monitoring Well MWWW-1 decommissioned by Bernie Denno (shown) and Mark George of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Office of the Chief Administrative Officer... More
A ditch witch digs a trench for the In-situ is a groundwater
A ditch witch digs a trench for the In-situ is a groundwater treating system.
Trent Simpler, Army Corps of Engineers project manager
Trent Simpler, Army Corps of Engineers project manager for the bulk fuels facility, presents tools used in the groundwater treatment facility to Edwin Oshiba, Air Force Civil Engineer Center director, at Kirtla... More
Kathryn Lynnes, Air Force senior adviser for Kirtland
Kathryn Lynnes, Air Force senior adviser for Kirtland fuel spill, left, and John Henderson, the assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for installations, environment, and energy, listen as Trent Simpler, Arm... More
Contractors finish replacing a culvert on an installation
Contractors finish replacing a culvert on an installation road Oct. 20, 2017, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Numerous culverts were replaced throughout the post’s cantonment area in September and October to improve ground... More
![Groundwater level reached at 0701-0126 14' below grade [Potential Release Site 7 - Abandoned Manholes and Sewer Lines]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDgvMDUvMjEvZ3JvdW5kd2F0ZXItbGV2ZWwtcmVhY2hlZC1hdC0wNzAxLTAxMjYtMTQtYmVsb3ctZ3JhZGUtcG90ZW50aWFsLXJlbGVhc2Utc2l0ZS1hMmM5MjQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "Groundwater level reached at 0701-0126 14' below grade [Potential Release Site 7 - Abandoned Manholes and Sewer Lines]")
Groundwater level reached at 0701-0126 14' below grade [Potential Rele...
Photographs Documenting Environmental Cleanup Operations at the Mound Site in Miamisburg, Ohio
An excavator digs a trench for the In-situ groundwater
An excavator digs a trench for the In-situ groundwater treating system.
Meghan Riehl, a Savannah Corps geologist, inspects
Meghan Riehl, a Savannah Corps geologist, inspects soil samples during groundwater investigations near Fort Jackson, S.C., Jan. 26. Soil was extracted using the TerraSonic drill rig - a piece of high-tech machi... More
Excavation of Petroleum Contaminated Soil at the Site of the Former Mu...
The original caption reads: Excavation of petroleum contaminated soil at the site of the former Municipal Garage. Groundwater in bottom of excavation showing what appears to be floating petroleum. Location: ... More
Operation and Maintenance Under Chemtrack Contract By Locals
The original caption reads: Operation and maintenance of free product extraction system under Chemtrack contract by locals Anthony Merculief (right) and Anthony Lekanof (Bone). The extraction system pumps float... More
Removal of Petroleum Contaminated Soil at the Municipal Garage
The original caption reads: Excavation progresses at site of former Municipal Garage. Photo shows excavation at northwest corner where groundwater has been reached at approximately 14 feet deep. Red soil in ... More
The Kunlun Fault : Image of the Day
The Kunlun fault is one of the gigantic strike-slip faults that bound the north side of Tibet. Left-lateral motion along the 1,500-kilometer (932-mile) length of the Kunlun has occurred uniformly for the last 4... More
Making a difference: Man dedicates career, life to environmental resto...
Jose Hurtado, program manager for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s environmental restoration division, stands next to groundwater cleanup equipment located on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. As a p... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District Geologist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District Geologist Brian Shedd looks at the top of the soil layer in the recently completed scaled model aquifer February 26, 2019, constructed at the Corps’ Fort McHenry... More
Members of the community attend the Kirtland Air Force
Members of the community attend the Kirtland Air Force Base fuel leak cleanup public meeting at the African American Performing Arts Center in Albuquerque, N.M., Sept. 20, 2019. The meeting served to keep the c... More
Mat Masset, Chemist, conducting groundwater sampling
Mat Masset, Chemist, conducting groundwater sampling at the Guterl FUSRAP Site. While we all have heard some version of the postal carrier motto, “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night shall keep... More
The Tujunga Wash Ecosystem Restoration Project constructed
The Tujunga Wash Ecosystem Restoration Project constructed a meandering manmade stream course on the bank of the channel in Valley Glen, Calif., which recharges groundwater, enhances water quality and serves as... More
Resource Management. NASA public domain image colelction.
Summit Envirosolutions of Minneapolis, Minnesota, used remote sensing images as a source for groundwater resource management. Summit is a full-service environmental consulting service specializing in hydrogeolo... More
John Verrett (right), a drill rig operator and his
John Verrett (right), a drill rig operator and his assistant Lemon Moses (left) bag soil samples during groundwater investigations near Fort Jackson, S.C., Jan. 26. Soil was extracted using the TerraSonic drill... More
Kathryn Lynnes, senior program manager for the Kirtland
Kathryn Lynnes, senior program manager for the Kirtland fuel spill, left, and Tim Keller, Albuquerque mayor, speak on groundwater treatment processes at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 2, 2018. Keller toure... More
Roger Walton, BRAC Environmental Coordinator, Air Force
Roger Walton, BRAC Environmental Coordinator, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, displays carbon and resin filtration materials currently used at groundwater treatment facilities located on the former Pease Air F... More
Mohammad Golabi, University of Guam associate professor
Mohammad Golabi, University of Guam associate professor of soil and environmental sciences, explains how lysimeters are used to measure the environmental impact on groundwater for a composting experiment June 1... More
Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 and other
Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 and other elements of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., sift through the debris and inspect pieces of wreckage from the AV-8B Harr... More
photo-sts087-703-089. NASA public domain image colelction.
STS087-703-089 (19 November ? 5 December 1997) --- Featured in this view is center pivot irrigation in central Saudi Arabia. Abundant petroleum has provided the energy source for deep-well pumps that tap ground... More
Texas teachers visit USACE Galveston’s Colorado River Locks
Approximately forty school teachers from Texas visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Colorado River Locks as part of a workshop hosted by the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife June ... More
Canyons of the Tibesti Range: Image of the Day
In earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=5259 photo-like satellite images, the Tibesti Volcanic Range in northwestern Chad makes a dark splash against the pale tan and orange landsca... More
Members of the 777th Expeditionary Prime BEEF Squadron
Members of the 777th Expeditionary Prime BEEF Squadron and the 755th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron watch as children use the recently fixed water well at a village near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, J... More
The Corps Environment - February 2020
The February 2020 edition of The Corps Environment highlights Environmental Operating Principle #6, Leverage scientific, economic and social knowledge to understand the environmental context and effects of Corp... More
Groundwater surges out from a newly-drilled well January
Groundwater surges out from a newly-drilled well January 31, 2018 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. After the initial hole is drilled, stabilization and filtering is required in order to ensure reli... More
Kathryn Lynnes (left), Bulk Fuels Facility senior program
Kathryn Lynnes (left), Bulk Fuels Facility senior program manager, prepares for an interview with Laura Paskus (right), New Mexico Public Broadcasting Service correspondent, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Se... More
Airmen talk to local leaders and water well caretakers
Airmen talk to local leaders and water well caretakers at a village near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2013. The airmen teamed up with local Afghan leaders to fix the broken water wells and bring the... More
John Verrett, a Savannah Corps sonic drill rig operator,
John Verrett, a Savannah Corps sonic drill rig operator, uses the Corps’ only TerraSonic drill rig during groundwater investigations near Fort Jackson, S.C., Jan. 26. Verrett and his team operate traverse the n... More
Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett tours the
Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett tours the perimeter of Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., May 19, 2020. There are several adjacent dairy farms whose groundwater is contaminated by per- and polyfluoroalkyl ... More
U.S. Air Force Maj. Brandon Goebel, 20th Civil Engineer
U.S. Air Force Maj. Brandon Goebel, 20th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, left, and Gary Simpson, AST Environmental project manager, discuss how the Enhanced Environmental Cleanup Technology, BOS 100® Treatme... More
Steve England and Jake Helminiak of the USACE Philadelphia
Steve England and Jake Helminiak of the USACE Philadelphia District traveled to the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) to participate in workshops, field visits, and to share their expertise with governme... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District and contract
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District and contract employees in front of the 5,000th truckload of FUSRAP-related material to leave the Luckey Site for disposal in Belleville, Michigan. Photo taken at th... More
New members of the Wurtsmith Restoration Advisory Board
New members of the Wurtsmith Restoration Advisory Board took a site tour Aug. 2 to learn about environmental restoration activities at the former base in Oscoda, Michigan. The advisory group includes eight gove... More
Antony Lostetter (left), New Mexico Public Broadcasting
Antony Lostetter (left), New Mexico Public Broadcasting Service production manager, films an interview at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Sept. 16, 2019. PBS filmed a news story at Kirtland’s groundwater treatme... More
Little Afghan children at a village near Bagram Air
Little Afghan children at a village near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2013. The airmen teamed up with local Afghan leaders to fix the broken well and bring the fresh groundwater back to the village.... More
Pine Bluff Arsenal project overcomes obstacles
Members of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s project team package recovered chemical munitions at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas. The effort includes a 321-acre surface removal project wi... More
Air Force working toward innovative groundwater cleanup solution
Professors Selma Mededovic Thagard and Thomas Holsen, the Clarkson University team responsible developing the enhanced contact electrical discharge plasma reactor - a new method for degrading poly- and perfluor... More
Contractors finish replacing a culvert on an installation
Contractors finish replacing a culvert on an installation road Oct. 20, 2017, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Numerous culverts were replaced throughout the post’s cantonment area in September and October to improve ground... More
Steve England and Jake Helminiak of the USACE Philadelphia
Steve England and Jake Helminiak of the USACE Philadelphia District traveled to the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) to participate in workshops, field visits, and to share their expertise with governme... More
John Henderson, the assistant secretary of the U.S.
John Henderson, the assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for installations, environment, and energy, left, listens to Trent Simpler, Army Corps of Engineers project manager for the bulk fuels facility, pre... More
Contractors finish replacing a culvert on an installation
Contractors finish replacing a culvert on an installation road Oct. 20, 2017, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Numerous culverts were replaced throughout the post’s cantonment area in September and October to improve ground... More
Airmen talk to local leaders and water well caretakers
Airmen talk to local leaders and water well caretakers at a village near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2013. The airmen teamed up with local Afghan leaders to fix the broken water wells and bring the... More
Beale awarded for innovative environmental restoration practices
Randy Brown (left), U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center director, presents the 2016 Department of Defense Environmental Award for Environmental Restoration, Installation award to Col. Larry Broadwell, 9th Reco... More
Trent Simpler, Army Corps of Engineers project manager
Trent Simpler, Army Corps of Engineers project manager for the bulk fuels facility, explains the daily operations of the groundwater treatment facility to Edwin Oshiba, Air Force Civil Engineer Center director,... More
Antony Lostetter (right), New Mexico Public Broadcasting
Antony Lostetter (right), New Mexico Public Broadcasting Service production manager, films an interview at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Sept. 16, 2019. PBS filmed a news story at Kirtland’s groundwater treatm... More
The Environmental Protection Agency is recognized the
The Environmental Protection Agency is recognized the Pease Air Force Base PFAS Groundwater Treatment team for the work they’re doing to treat contaminated water at the former Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshir... More
Contractors finish replacing a culvert on an installation
Contractors finish replacing a culvert on an installation road Oct. 20, 2017, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Numerous culverts were replaced throughout the post’s cantonment area in September and October to improve ground... More
A demonstration made by Mary Bitney, the Remedial Project
A demonstration made by Mary Bitney, the Remedial Project Manager at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., shows how manmade chemicals look inside the ground water, Jan. 29, 2020. The 97th AMW began the process of groun... More
SSgt Zachary Gosteli, a vehicle mechanic assigned to
SSgt Zachary Gosteli, a vehicle mechanic assigned to the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron, guides heavy steel piping into position on a well drilling site January 31, 2018 at an undisclosed location in So... More
Nathan Braithwaite, a project engineer with the Army
Nathan Braithwaite, a project engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers for the Mosul Dam Task Force, checks a data logger used to collect and store piezometer data, which measures the pressure of groundwater a... More
An Airman assigned to the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE
An Airman assigned to the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron stand in a puddle of fresh groundwater on the site of a newly-drilled well January 31, 2018 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. This 1,... More
A little Afghan girl gives a thumbs up to the departing
A little Afghan girl gives a thumbs up to the departing airmen to signify a job well done after they fixed a broken water well at a village near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2013. The airmen teamed ... More
Figure C. NASA public domain image colelction.
The third picture shows a small crater on the rim of a larger crater. Only a small portion of the wall of this larger crater is captured in the image. Immediately beneath the small crater occurs a group of gull... More
Workers build sidewalks at the new Murray Elementary
Workers build sidewalks at the new Murray Elementary School using environmentally sustainable pervious material. The sidewalks will allows water to pass directly through them, thus reducing runoff from the site... More
Steve England and Jake Helminiak of the USACE Philadelphia
Steve England and Jake Helminiak of the USACE Philadelphia District traveled to the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) to participate in workshops, field visits, and to share their expertise with governme... More
The inside of a bioreactor is seen as it is filtering
The inside of a bioreactor is seen as it is filtering groundwater, Jan. 29, 2020, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. A bioreactor is the result of adding naturally found microorganisms, or microbes, to a bio wall. ... More
Col. Robert Masaitis, left, commander of 27th Special
Col. Robert Masaitis, left, commander of 27th Special Operations Wing, speaks with Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett during a perimeter tour of Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., May 19, 2020. There are seve... More
Navy Contractors use a sonic drill to install a groundwater
Navy Contractors use a sonic drill to install a groundwater monitoring well to gather soil and groundwater samples to be tested for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, ... More
U.S. airmen and local Afghan children pump water from
U.S. airmen and local Afghan children pump water from the recently fixed water well located in a village near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2013. The airmen teamed up with local Afghan leaders to fix ... More
Battle Creek Air National Guard awaiting results of on-base PFAS inves...
Officials at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base are awaiting the final report for an investigation earlier this year into potential groundwater contamination stemming from past firefighting activities on the ... More
Steve England and Jake Helminiak of the USACE Philadelphia
Steve England and Jake Helminiak of the USACE Philadelphia District traveled to the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) to participate in workshops, field visits, and to share their expertise with governme... More
Using natural energy from the sun is one of the many
Using natural energy from the sun is one of the many ways the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fosters sustainability as a way of life. Remediation efforts at the former Nebraska Ordnance Plant, a Superfund site in... More
Navy Contractors use a sonic drill to install a groundwater
Navy Contractors use a sonic drill to install a groundwater monitoring well to gather soil and groundwater samples to be tested for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, ... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District Geologist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District Geologist Brian Shedd looks over the recently completed scaled model aquifer February 26, 2019, constructed at the Corps’ Fort McHenry Yard as part of a Departme... More
U.S. Air Force Maj. Joseph Newman, 17th Logistics
U.S. Air Force Maj. Joseph Newman, 17th Logistics Readiness Squadron commander, feels his way from the second level launch control center to the access tunnel to observe the 185-foot deep silo inside of Lawn A... More
A bio wall is built at Altus Air Force Base, Okla.,
A bio wall is built at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., in order to help filter out manmade chemicals from the groundwater. In 2007, these walls were specifically placed through the natural flow of groundwater so a... More
Members of the community attend the Kirtland Air Force
Members of the community attend the Kirtland Air Force Base fuel leak cleanup public meeting at the African American Performing Arts Center in Albuquerque, N.M., Sept. 20, 2019. The meeting served to keep the c... More
U.S. airmen and local Afghan elders gather around the
U.S. airmen and local Afghan elders gather around the recently fixed water well in the heart of a small village near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2013. Together they traded ideas on how to fix the pu... More
Reuse, Reduce, Recycle PORTSMOUTH VIRGINIA
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - One of two rain gardens is shown at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, which help filter the groundwater and conserve municipal water resources by reducing the need for irrigation, April 25, 2011. T... More
Col. Ryan Samuelson, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander,
Col. Ryan Samuelson, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, speaks during a public meeting concerning water contamination May 23, at the Medical Lake High School gymnasium. Fairchild Air Force Base leaders worked w... More
Mark Correll, deputy assistant secretary of the Air
Mark Correll, deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for Environment, Safety and Infrastructure, left, and John Henderson, the assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for installations, environment, and ... More
Members of the community attend the Kirtland Air Force
Members of the community attend the Kirtland Air Force Base fuel leak cleanup public meeting at the African American Performing Arts Center in Albuquerque, N.M., Sept. 20, 2019. The meeting served to keep the c... More
Local residents seek additional information about
Local residents seek additional information about groundwater contamination at booths manned by local health, science and administrative authorities May 23, at the Medical Lake High School gymnasium. Fairchild ... More
Kathryn Lynnes (left), Bulk Fuels Facility senior program
Kathryn Lynnes (left), Bulk Fuels Facility senior program manager, is interviewed by Laura Paskus (middle), New Mexico Public Broadcasting Service correspondent, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Sept. 16, 2019... More
Figure C. NASA public domain image colelction.
The third picture shows a small crater on the rim of a larger crater. Only a small portion of the wall of this larger crater is captured in the image. Immediately beneath the small crater occurs a group of gull... More
Grayling Townhall - A man standing in front of a projector screen
Camp Grayling deputy garrison commander, Lt. Col. Theresa Brown moderates a townhall meeting May 18, 2017, at the Grayling Middle School to discuss the presence of perfluoroalkyl substances detected in groundwa... More
Keeping Ground Water Clean, Florida
An example of the air sparging system at Site 78, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Air is injected into each well through a separate line. Pressure and flowrate are monitored to help field person... More
Diane Agnew, New Mexico Environmental Department
Diane Agnew, New Mexico Environmental Department hydrologist, briefs an update on the Bulk Fuels Facility Spill cleanup to the public at a town hall in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mar. 9, 2017. Currently, 151.7 mi... More
Contractors finish replacing a culvert on an installation
Contractors finish replacing a culvert on an installation road Oct. 20, 2017, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Numerous culverts were replaced throughout the post’s cantonment area in September and October to improve ground... More
Navy Contractors use a sonic drill to install a groundwater
Navy Contractors use a sonic drill to install a groundwater monitoring well to gather soil and groundwater samples to be tested for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, ... More
U.S. airmen and local Afghan elders gather around the
U.S. airmen and local Afghan elders gather around the recently fixed water well in the heart of a small village near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2013. Together they traded ideas on how to fix the pu... More