New Info on Kirland AFB Jet Fuel Spill
Posted by Pete | Posted in News | Posted on 31-03-2011
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AFB Fuel Leak
The following was written in July, 2010
Kirtland AFB Jet Fuel Spill
By Pete, July 8, 2010 3:37 p07
I don’t want to beat a dead horse, but when one dies you have to bury it and the sooner the better. (We have discussed this before.) The paper is reporting that the leak was discovered in 1999, and they say it has probably been leaking for decades prior to the discovery. Now the Air Force is proposing to drill 23 monitor wells. Air Force monitoring wells have already discovered jet fuel floating atop the aquifer, in a layer that is in some places 3 feet thick. EPA says the Air Force is not moving fast enough. Concern is that soon the fuel may reach Albuquerque drinking water…Golly Mr EPA Man, it has only been eleven years, why are you upset? Did you mean “right away”? Wonder if some of the Air Force officials are now working for BP?…. It’s not like we have a whole lot of choices when it comes to drinking water…Let’s hope they soon get some flares or recovery efforts made…Eleven years?…Wow
March 30, 2011 update to the above:
Per today’s paper the fuel has reached the drinking water or at least it is within a mile of the drinking water……, now something has to be done….We all like to drink water, why, some of us even need to drink water…..Folks, there are companies who make a living of cleaning underground water aquifers…They bring it up, burn the hydrocarbons and return the water to the aquifer….Why are we waiting, General Base Commander, Sir….Some of your family may have to drink some of this water also…Could you please mention it to the Commander-in-Chief…..or hire someone to do the job then mention it to the President, that would be better I think…..
March 31, 2011 update…..Today I recieved the 2010 Water Quality Report…..We still have good, safe drinking water. You may go to www.abcwua.org to download the complete report. It is very informative and is loaded with information about our water……
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“Three feet of jet fuel over the fresh water aguifer!” Wow! Why not just throw a match in it, and let it blow? That would be the fast cleanup. Seriously, though, it is perhaps time for some very public citizen protests with pickets and the like in order to force our magnificent, ambitious flyboys to act. Even if they are already busy with the cleanup, encourage them to get this thing into high gear and clean it up before every household in Bernallilo County and the City of Albuquerque has to place carbon filters on their taps to remove the hydrocarbons. Keep up the pressure! The Air force can clean up this mess with less than the cost of one missile that is being aimed at Qaddafi.
Someday I would like to do as the Lone Ranger and Tonto, and fade into the sunset of an Albuquerque retirement; but, with three feet of jet fuel sitting atop the fresh water aguifer, I am not so sure. Judging from the “flyboy” record of mess cleanup in the past, it may be foolish to even think of relocating to Mesa del Sol, which is only a few miles, essentially downhill, from KAFB and the infamous Sandia Corporation hazardous substances landfill as well as the city and county municipal waste landfills. Perhaps Albuquerque is growing too rapidly. Maybe this will slow down the growth to a more reasonable pace.
Water will be a real issue for us if something is not done soon. The officals at the base must get into high gear and get the problems cleared up….