Investigations into Red Hill water crisis drag on

TL;DR - Emilee Carpenter was 17 weeks pregnant when she found out in early December that the tap water she and her husband had been drinking and bathing in was laced with jet fuel.

In the days prior, she had been suffering from severe headaches and stomach pains. Her husband broke out in hives after taking a shower. Then the water coming out of their faucets in the Salt Lake military housing began to reek of chemicals.

As similar reports in neighborhoods in and around Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam poured in, the Navy confirmed that a leak from its Red Hill fuel facility had caused the water contamination.

May 10, 2022: Investigations into Red Hill water crisis drag on, Honolulu Star-Advertiser