[Military Environmental Forum] WATER: Water supply for Joint Base Pearl Harbor-HIckam, HI

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

CONDITIONAL REACTIVATION OF NAVY ʻAIEA HĀLAWA SHAFT WILL INCREASE RESILIENCE OF NAVY WATER SYSTEM
News Release
Hawai’i Department of Health
September 4, 2026

HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) has conditionally approved the reactivation of the Navy’s ʻAiea Hālawa Shaft as a water source for the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Public Water System. With robust treatment and monitoring protocols in place, reactivation of the shaft will enhance system reliability by supplementing the existing water supply and providing a critical source of potable water.

Regulatory agencies had raised concerns about the Navy’s previous reliance on a single water source, the Waiawa Shaft, highlighting potential vulnerabilities in the overall resilience of the system, which serves approximately 93,000 users.

DOH carefully considered the Navy’s reactivation request and required it to meet several conditions before the ʻAiea Hālawa Shaft could be reactivated as a drinking water source.

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For the entire release, see
https://health.hawaii.gov/news/newsroom/conditional-reactivation-of-navy-%CA%BBaiea-halawa-shaft-will-increase-resilience-of-navy-water-system/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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