New Mexico sues Air Force over groundwater contamination at bases
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thehill.comPosted Mar 5, 2019, 10:41 PM UTC
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thehill.comArticle mentions ground water contamination at the bases in Clovis and Alamogordo...unclear if that means there's no ground water contamination at Kirtland.
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There definitely is ground water contamination at Kirtland. I'm not sure if they already have a plan for cleaning up or not. It's been known about for a while and as far as I know it hasn't reached any wells yet, which might be why it isn't mentioned.
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i would like to see the studies that prove that it has not reached any ground water. it seems like they were hiding the ground water contamination in clovis and alamogordo for years.
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Good!
Reposting a comment I made when the story first broke...
There are dozens of US military bases on the EPA's list of Superfund sites (worst toxic waste sites). The military are serial users and abusers.
Here is an incomplete list of EPA Superfund military sites: http://veteransinfo.org/epa.html
You can browse the EPA superfund list here: https://www.epa.gov/superfund/search-superfund-sites-where-you-live
Kirtland is on neither of those lists lol
Kirtland is not the only base in New Mexico.
He's probably referring to the plume of jet fuel that went into the aquifer.
Better start brushing up on your history with the"jet fuel leak" that went unnoticed for 45 years.
I'm familiar, I guess through some technicality it doesn't qualify as a Superfund site which is why it's not appearing on that list.
I was thinking of the more recent news regarding the dairy farm near Clovis.
"Art Schaap, owner of Highland Dairy in Clovis, New Mexico is facing a unique kind of devastation. He’s dumping 15,000 gallons of milk each day, had to let his 40 employees go and plans to kill all 4,000 of his cows because seven of his 13 wells have been contaminated by toxins called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that entered the groundwater at nearby Cannon Air Force base."
https://www.milkbusiness.com/article/air-force-pollution-forces-new-mexico-dairy-to-euthanize-4000-cows
The military should absolutely be held to the same standards as any other private industry.
Other fun fact. If a location is considered top secret it can avoid being classified as an environmental hazard.