Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Jet Fuel Spill Threatens Albuquerque's Water Supply

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A decades-old jet fuel spill threatening Albuquerque's water supply could be as large as 24 million gallons, or twice the size of the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez, New Mexico environment officials acknowledged Tuesday.

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