KAFB Bulk Fuels Facility – Jet Fuel Plume Remediation
Photos
 Full-scale groundwater treatment system GAC tanks go online(Dec. 31, 2015) |  Full-scale groundwater treatment system goes online(Dec. 31, 2015) | |
 Installation of well vault at new extraction well site(Dec. 17, 2015) |  Setting control wire at well vault (Dec. 27, 2015) | |
 Rehab of KAFB well 7 for treated water aquifer injection (Nov. 13, 2015) |  Crew pulling pipe along Eastern to connect new extraction wells to treatment system (Dec. 10, 2015) | |
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| Installing pipe supports inside Full-Scale treatment building (Nov. 2, 2015) | Finishing construction on Full-Scale treatment building (Nov. 5, 2015) | |
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| GAC filter tanks installed at full-scale treatment system site (Oct. 12, 2015) | Walls at full-scale treatment building (Oct. 13, 2015) | |
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| Well KAFB-106234 at Anderson Ave and Georgia Ave – drilling in mud mode (Sep. 8, 2015) | Well driller inserting bit into well KAFB-106234 at Anderson Ave and Georgia Ave (Sep. 3, 2015) | |
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| Drill rig set up for well KAFB-106231 on Kathryn (Aug. 31, 2015) | Directional drilling machine being used to drill under roadway (Sep. 2015) | |
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| Constructing pad for full-scale EDB treatmet system building (Aug. 2015) | Carbon filter tanks to be installed at full-scale EDB treatment system building (Aug. 2015) | |
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| Pouring conctrete for ductbank (Aug. 2015) | Electrical trench for EDB treatement system building (Aug. 2015) | |
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| 1st extraction well vault before cover is installed (June 30, 2015) | Turning on the temporary EDB treatment system (June 30, 2015) | |
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| Pond at KAFB golf course where treated water is discharged (June 30, 2015) |
Project Videos / Models
Kirtland Air Force Base Former Bulk Fuels Facility Conceptual Site Model Animation
(Posted April 18, 2016)
Animation of EDB plume collapse:
A plume of ethylene dibromide (EDB) dissolved from jet fuel that leaked into Albuquerque’s groundwater from KAFB in the ’50’s and 60’s. This 10-year simulation shows how the EDB plume will be pulled back towards the drowned LNAPL area, reducing it’s size and it’s threat to drinking water wells in the Ridgecrest Well Field. Work to collapse the plume began in 2014. An extraction and treatment system became operational in June 2015 and will continue operating until the plume is fully contained (beyond 10 years). This animation model was produced by the US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6. (posted Feb 17, 2015)
