[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: Petroleum in drinking water at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

[This situation is receiving extensive local news coverage. - LS]

US Rep. Kai Kahele to Navy: Water contamination a ‘crisis of astronomical proportions’

Hawaii News Now
December 2, 2021

HONOLULU - In a congressional hearing on Thursday morning, U.S. Rep. Kai Kahele questioned a top Navy leader about the water contamination issue plaguing the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam area.

“I’m bringing up Red Hill today because the Navy is currently experiencing a crisis of astronomical proportions in Hawaii,” Kahele said in the House Armed Services Committee hearing.

“The Navy’s water system is contaminated with petroleum. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s water systems are entirely shut down. Almost 100,000 people are without water.”

Though it’s still unclear if it’s connected to the Red Hill Fuel Storage Facility, which has a history of leaks, Kahele said the facility is located roughly 100 feet above the island’s main ground water aquifers.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/12/02/us-rep-kai-kahele-questions-top-navy-leader-water-contamination-issue/



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