New timeline of events sheds light on failures that led to Navy’s ongoing water crisis

TL;DR - A cart that crashed into a pipe inside one of the tunnels beneath the Navy’s fuel storage facility triggered the spill that ultimately contaminated the military’s water system.

That’s according to multiple sources, including Lt. Gov. Josh Green.

That crash happened Nov. 20, and the pipe that was damaged was supposed to have been empty.

But officials say it filled with fuel from a previous spill that no one knew was there, according to a new timeline of events that’s shedding light on the failures that led to the ongoing crisis.

December 29, 2021: New timeline of events sheds light on failures that led to Navy’s ongoing water crisis, Hawaiʻi News Now