[CPEO-MEF] GROUNDWATER: Kirtland Air Force Base (NM) jet fuel

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New Test Checks Water Near KAFB Fuel Leak
No Signs Of Jet Fuel Yet Detected In Water Supply

KOAT TV-7 News (Albuquerque, NM)
August 30, 2010

BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. -- Officials with the Bernalillo County Water 
Authority are concerned about a pocket of fuel 500 feet underground near 
Kirtland Air Force Base so they're adding a new test to check the water.

Several million gallons of jet fuel are sitting on top of the 
groundwater. The fuel hasn't shown up in drinking water wells, but the 
Water Authority said it wants to make sure it doesn't.

...

"The chemical in question is ethylene dibromide," said David Morris, 
with Water Authority.

Morris said that chemical, also known as EDB, comes from jet fuel, but 
that same chemical in drinking water is bad news.

...

For the entire story, see
http://www.koat.com/news/24820219/detail.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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