Clearing tainted water shaft faces hurdles as fuel-draining deadline looms

TL;DR - Draining the Navy fuel tanks at Red Hill isn’t the only challenge unresolved. There are also tens of millions of gallons of water in a tainted shaft to be dealt with, and the cost to taxpayers is growing. Always Investigating follows up.

The Navy plans to discharge millions of gallons from its Red Hill shaft into Halawa Stream to clear the tainted water system. Whether they can do that is still up in the air.

January 11, 2022: Clearing tainted water shaft faces hurdles as fuel-draining deadline looms, KHON