The contamination from Fort Jackson isn’t unique to the Columbia base. Military bases across the country have tainted groundwater with an array of toxins from historic use of the property.

Officials at Fort Jackson knew about groundwater contamination for more than a year before reporting the irregularity to the state, according to Department of Health and Environmental Control ...

More than 16 percent of the drinking water wells tested near Fort Jackson during the past six years have shown contamination from a toxic chemical found in hand grenades used at the military ...

For now, Fort Jackson is responsible for meeting that reduction goal. The fort is expected to submit a report to DHEC in February that further describes the extent of the contamination.

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — More than 16 percent of the drinking water wells tested near Fort Jackson over the past six years have shown contamination from a toxic chemical found in hand grenades ...

FORT JACKSON, S.C. — More than 16 percent of the drinking water wells tested near Fort Jackson over the past six years have shown contamination from a toxic chemical found in hand grenades used ...

Fort Jackson, like other posts, uses maps by the National Wetlands Inventory of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -- maps Murray and Pruitt are finding to be inaccurate in some cases.

The Army is now testing well water in neighborhoods south of Fort Jackson as part of a program designed to make sure groundwater has not been contaminated with a substances released by explosives.

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — Recently released federal data shows that more than 16 percent of the drinking water wells tested near Fort Jackson over the past six years have shown contamination ...