[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Tests may have underestimated Kirtland [AFB, NM] water contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tests may have underestimated Kirtland water contamination

By John Fleck
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
July 22, 2014

Tests conducted by Air Force contractors may have frequently  
underestimated the levels of hazardous chemicals found in Albuquerque  
groundwater contaminated by a Kirtland Air Force Base fuel spill, Air  
Force and state officials have acknowledged in documents and interviews.

The extent of the problem is unclear, but it raises questions about  
the accuracy of official estimates of the size of the plume and the  
speed with which it might be moving toward municipal drinking water  
wells, according to one of the leading critics of cleanup efforts.

The problem, first detected in groundwater samples collected nearly  
three years ago, has increased recently, according to Tom Blaine,  
director of the New Mexico Environment Department’s Environmental  
Health Division.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.abqjournal.com/433218/abqnewsseeker/tests-may-have- 
underestimated-kirtland-water-contamination.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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