Every day, millions of gallons of jet fuel continue to seep deeper underground, further from its origins after decades-long pipe leak was discovered under Kirtland Air Force Base over 10 years ago. Now a study has found that the plume has created a new perimeter, previously undocumented to authorites. "Before this plume was there, the water was clean, that water was pristine," according to David Jordan, a principal hydrogeologist with Intera, a geosciences and engineering firm. Wednesday night, Intera released new numbers on the widespread contamination that originated from a leak discovered on Kirtland Air Force Base. They presented their findings at a water authority meeting. Researchers said they found contaminants many blocks north of where the base said the leak had stopped spreading. Experts say its time to start thinking about installing more testing sites. "What we have now is a situation is where we now have to put wells beyond that," said Jordan. But he's quick to point out that the well, known as the Century Well, is just a testing well and the contaminants have not reached any source of drinking water.
