From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:00:37 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] FUEL: Kirtland Air Force Base (NM) spill spreading |
Kirtland Fuel Spill Worse Than Thought By John Fleck Albuquerque Journal (NM) March 24, 2011Groundwater 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. ... For the entire article, see http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/242327454449newsmetro03-24-11.htm -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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