The Navy is investigating what caused the drinking water aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln to become rank and cloudy last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is at least the second instance of fouled drinking water on a U.S. carrier in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAn odor and cloudiness\u201d were detected in Lincoln\u2019s water Sept. 21 while the ship was underway conducting carrier qualifications and other tasks in the Pacific Ocean, according to Naval Air Forces spokesman Cmdr. Zachary Harrell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe three affected potable water tanks were immediately isolated and secured from the potable water system,\u201d Harrell said in an email Wednesday to Navy Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The odor and cloudiness in the water abated by the next day, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe affected tanks will be deep-cleaned and inspected during Abraham Lincoln\u2019s ongoing maintenance period,\u201d Harrell said. \u201cThe crew has safe water to drink.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harrell said that \u201cit is not known if there were any traces of jet fuel in the ship\u2019s potable water,\u201d a contamination problem that plagued the Nimitz last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\t