Thousands reported illness after drinking contaminated water, BWS says

TL;DR - The Honolulu Board of Water Supply said the impact of the fuel contamination is wider than suspected.

During hearings on an order to suspend the Navy’s Red Hill fuel tanks, an attorney for the Water Board said the parts of the aquifer below the tanks — which supplies water to the Navy and the public — have been contaminated.

“The aquifer itself is contaminated. This evidence is not disputed. That peril has happened,” said attorney Ella Foley Gannon.

“More than 5,000 people from service member families have reported medical conditions because they drank contaminated water.”

December 20, 201: Thousands reported illness after drinking contaminated water, BWS says, Hawaiʻi News Now