move more quickly in cleaning up the spill", as the slow progress has frustrated members of the community. The contaminated water plume could reach the nearest drinking water well in between five and 40 years, according to 2014 estimates. However, as of January 2020, there had been no incidents of drinking water contamination, and no threats of future contamination. Remediation Several interim measures have already been completed including the removal of approximately 5000 tons of contaminated soil near the source of the leak and the removal of the equivalent of approximately 775,000 gallons of fuel through a combination of soil vapor extraction and bioslurping. In addition, the Air Force replaced the decades-old bulk fueling facility with a state-of-the-art fueling facility. To mitigate any potential threats to the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority Ridgecrest drinking water supply wells the Air Force implemented a groundwater pump and treat interim measure to collapse and treat the dissolved-phase ethylene dibromide (EDB) plume in the Target Capture Zone north of Ridgecrest Drive. This interim measure consists of four extraction wells and a groundwater treatment plant, which uses granular activated carbon to remove the EDB. As of January 2020, approximately 800 million gallons of groundwater have been successfully treated and approximately 91% of the EDB mass (approximately 122 grams) in the Target Capture Zone has been removed. For more information, visit: Kirtland Air Force Base > Home > Environment > BFF Education Kirtland AFB is zoned to Albuquerque Public Schools. Sandia Elementary School (Building # 21000) and Wherry Elementary School (Building #25000) are in the Kirtland AFB boundary while Kirtland Elementary School and Van Buren Junior High School are outside of the Kirtland AFB boundary. Kirtland in popular culture Kirtland served as Bagram Air Base in the film Lone Survivor (2013). The RKO Radio Pictures film Bombardier (1943) was primarily filmed at the base. On the science-fiction television series The X-Files, part of the episode "Space" takes place on the base. This was mentioned in the film Contact (1997) as being the place where AWACS planes originated from. The character Jane Margolis on the AMC television series Breaking Bad says in the episode "Phoenix" of season 2 that she draws tattoos for "college kids and airmen from Kirtland". Kirtland AFB becomes the temporary United States capital after a nuclear blast destroys Washington, D.C. and four other cities in Lee Boyland's "Clash of Civilizations" trilogy. See