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

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Kirtland to test pumping of contaminated water


By John Fleck
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
September 26, 2013

An Air Force contractor Friday will begin pumping contaminated  
groundwater from beneath Kirtland Air Force Base and an adjacent  
Albuquerque neighborhood.

The initial pumping is small, an early test of a system that might  
later be employed for larger-scale cleanup. Observers said the  
milestone is important. It is the first time since the 1999 discovery  
of a massive Kirtland Air Force Base aviation fuel spill that  
contaminated groundwater will pumped up for treatment.

The Air Force and its state regulators have been criticized for not  
moving more quickly. "People have been saying, 'You need to pump real  
water,'" said Michael Jensen of Amigos Bravos, an environmental and  
water policy group.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.abqjournal.com/269459/news/abq-news/kirtland-to-test- 
pumping-of-water.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
Fax: 650/961-8918
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