The Navy is spending $15 million on conservation in Hawaii after contaminating water

TL;DR - The state of Hawaii is still dealing with the fallout of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility fuel leak, but the Navy and the state are moving forward with a new effort to protect Oahu’s watershed.

The plan gives the state a $14.9 million grant to work on a comprehensive water conservation project for the Waiawa watershed. That would involve protecting and updating the Pearl Harbor aquifer, planting more trees in upland forests and doing landscape work to better preserve and utilize waters on the island. It would also help protect the more than 7,000 acres of forest that sit above Joint Base Pearl Harbor.

August 14, 2022: The Navy is spending $15 million on conservation in Hawaii after contaminating water, Task & Purpose