Criticism after Navy releases fuel spill reports, defueling plans

TL;DR - Some military families are feeling validated with the results of the Navy’s command investigation as they were among the first to ring the alarm about the contamination of the water at their homes, but they said the trust between and the Navy has been broken.

It has been an uphill battle for thousands of residents to get the truth about the contamination of their tap water.

“I think the bottom line is easy, right? Like we want to shut down as soon as possible,” Sierra Club Red Hill Organizer Anna Chua said. “And we know that December 2024 is just far too long. And that it’s as simple as that, like, our lives are on the line.”

June 30, 2022: Criticism after Navy releases fuel spill reports, defueling plans, KHON2