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

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New Tests Find Chemical Traces in Wells

By John Fleck
Albuquerque Journal  (NM)
May 14, 2011

New signs of contamination have been found in three drinking water  
wells adjacent to a jet fuel spill at Kirtland Air Force Base, Air  
Force officials said Friday.

The contamination, in wells used to provide drinking water to the Air  
Force Base and adjacent VA hospital, is at trace levels, far less  
than the amount that would pose a health threat to water users, Air  
Force officials said in a Friday morning news release.

But the finds raise the possibility that contamination has traveled  
deeper into Albuquerque's ground water than previously believed, said  
University of New Mexico engineering professor Bruce Thomson, head of  
UNM's Water Resources Program.

 "I agree with the press release that public risk is still very low,  
but it just went up by a whole bunch," Thomson said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/14057426258newsmetro05-14-11.htm

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