Final Red Hill Families Are Cleared To Return Home

TL;DR - All military families can safely drink their tap water, the Hawaii Department of Health said Friday, after clearing the final four zones affected by the Red Hill fuel leaks.

Residents of the Earhart Village, Hale Alii, Marine Barracks, Hospital Point and Shipyard neighborhoods, 950 homes in total, as well as workers in the non-residential submarine base can once again use their water for all purposes, including cooking, bathing, and watering pets, the DOH said in a press release.

With this announcement, the DOH has lifted the health advisory for all 9,715 homes in 19 zones plus Manana Housing, which had been disconnected from the military water system shortly before a November fuel leak from the Navy’s Red Hill underground storage facility contaminated a pair of drinking wells that served some 93,000 military and civilian families.

March 18, 2022: Final Red Hill Families Are Cleared To Return Home, Honolulu Civil Beat

March 18, 2022: Hawaii says water in Pearl Harbor homes is safe to drink, ABC News