Red Hill Pipeline Defueling Delayed Due to Water Main Break

TL;DR - A water main break on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham Hawaii, has caused the Navy to delay the first step of removing approximately 1.16 million gallons of fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

The Navy was supposed to start unpacking fuel from three pipelines Monday, but the Friday water main break affected the systems that would be used for removing the fuel, Cmdr. Tiffani Walker, a spokesperson for Joint Task Force – Red Hill, said in a statement to USNI News.

Unpacking is expected to start this week, although a date has not been nailed down, Walker said in an email.

October 17, 2022: Red Hill Pipeline Defueling Delayed Due to Water Main Break, USNI News