NM fuel spill threatens Albuquerque water supply

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Environmentalists call it the largest threat to a city's drinking water supply in history, as much as 24 million gallons of jet fuel - or twice the size of the Exxon Valdez oil spill - seeping into an underground aquifer and steadily toward this drought-stricken city's largest and most pristine water wells.

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CornDogz “US Navy” Since: Jan 10 12,833 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 Jul 20, 2012 Last week it didn't, this week it does, next week it'll be called water in the fuel...
A big problem Santa Fe, NM	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 Jul 20, 2012 but not "news" at this point.
boondogle Rio Rancho, NM	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 Jul 21, 2012 same thing happened in tucson - it was solvent poured into ditches still trying to clean it out 30 years later
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