Department of Health finds petroleum product in water

TL;DR - The Hawaiʻi Department of Health confirmed that there were petroleum-like substances in the sample taken from Red Hill Elementary School. These results are preliminary and provide no information on what kind of substance or amount of contamination. ⁠They continue to wait for more information from the sample sent to a lab on the continent. ⁠The Health Department continues to recommend that residents in the area do not use their water.

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