[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Air Force: ‘Dilution’ not an option for fuel spill" at Kirtland AFB (NM)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force: ‘Dilution’ not an option for fuel spill


By John Fleck
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
April 17, 2014

Air Force officials this week backed away from including a proposal  
that Albuquerque’s water utility simply dilute contaminated water and  
deliver it to customers as one of the options if toxic chemicals from  
a massive Kirtland Air Force Base fuel spill ever reach municipal  
drinking water wells.

The dilution proposal, one of several water supply replacement  
options suggested for a worst-case scenario, had angered Albuquerque  
Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority officials and some in the  
community, who called any plan to serve water known to contain any  
contamination unacceptable.

The most serious contaminant, ethylene dibromide, or EDB, has been  
linked to liver disease and other problems.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.abqjournal.com/385238/news/air-force-dilution-not-an- 
option-for-kirtland-fuel-spill.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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