Navy Fends Off Criticism During 13-Hour Hearing On Red Hill Water Crisis

TL;DR - The Navy defended its response to Red Hill’s water contamination during a lengthy administrative hearing held more than two weeks after petroleum was found in a drinking water well that serves 93,000 Navy customers not far from the agency’s underground jet fuel storage facility.

The 13-hour hearing Monday was held in response to the Hawaii Department of Health’s Dec. 6 emergency order directing the Navy to suspend operations at the fuel facility, treat the contaminated water and defuel 20 aging underground tanks that collectively hold an estimated 180 million gallons of jet fuel.

December 21, 2021: Navy Fends Off Criticism During 13-Hour Hearing On Red Hill Water Crisis, Honolulu Civil Beat