Red Hill Depositions Reveal More Details About What The Navy Knew About Spill

TL;DR - It was November 2021, a week after an estimated 20,000 gallons of fuel spewed from a Red Hill facility pipeline, and families had started to report a fuel smell in their drinking water. 

Navy officials were putting two and two together, Leonard Joseph Nehl II, a supervisor in the Navy drinking water system, said in a recent deposition. 

When officials gathered in Navy Capt. Gordie Meyer’s office on Nov. 28, Nehl said he could smell fuel coming from Meyer’s bathroom sink.

“We need to let the people know,” Nehl recalled Meyer saying. 

May 31, 2023: Red Hill Depositions Reveal More Details About What The Navy Knew About Spill, Honolulu Civil Beat