Navy to get violation notice for over-pumping its only Oahu drinking water source

TL;DR - The state Commission on Water Resource Management will issue a notice of violation to the Navy for over-pumping its Waiawa shaft ― in a situation that environmentalists call worrisome.

The Waiawa shaft is now the Navy’s only drinking water source.

The Red Hill and Aiea-Halawa wells were shut down due to fuel contamination from the Red Hill Bulk Storage Fuel Facility.

In a Navy presentation to the commission last week, it acknowledged it was pumping more than the permitted amount of water from the Waiawa shaft. It’s allowed to pump 15 million gallons a day from the shaft each day.

May 25, 2022: Navy to get violation notice for over-pumping its only Oahu drinking water source, Hawaiʻi News Now