[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: Kirtland Air Force Base (NM) spill spreading

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Kirtland Fuel Spill Worse Than Thought

By John Fleck
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
March 24, 2011

Groundwater contamination from a Kirtland Air Force Base jet fuel  
spill has spread farther than previously believed, according to a  
report presented to municipal water officials Wednesday.

A new test well drilled by the Air Force last year beneath a  
southeast Albuquerque neighborhood shows evidence of contamination,  
two blocks north of what was previously believed to be the spill's  
northern-most reach, according to a consultant for the Albuquerque  
Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority.

The tests, done by the Air Force on water collected last October,  
show the contamination is "much farther along than we had  
anticipated," David Jordan of INTERA Inc. told the water utility's  
board of directors.

The site of the contaminated well is nearly a mile from the nearest  
municipal drinking water well, and is not an imminent threat, and  
poses no danger to residents living above it, officials say.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/242327454449newsmetro03-24-11.htm


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