[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Navy gets [Hawaii] approval to filter millions of gallons of water a day from fuel-tainted Red Hill shaft"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy gets state approval to filter millions of gallons of water a day from fuel-tainted Red Hill shaft

By Mahealani Richardson and Ben Gutierrez
Hawaii News Now
January 27, 2022 

HONOLULU - The Navy received state approval Thursday to begin filtering millions of gallons of water from its now closed Red Hill shaft.

The plan includes disposing treated water into Halawa Stream.

The state permit is a key landmark in efforts to clean up the water contamination crisis and prevent more pollution of the key aquifer.

“There is an urgency to remove contamination from the Navy’s Red Hill Shaft,” said Deputy Director of Environmental Health Kathleen Ho,” in a news release.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/01/28/navy-close-state-approval-filter-millions-gallons-water-red-hill-shaft/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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