Delay In Confirming Petroleum-Laced Water Exposes Need For Local Test Site

TL;DR - The threat of the Navy’s fuel operations contaminating Oahu’s drinking water has been known for years, but in that time no local, state or federal agency has established a lab that could quickly and precisely detect petroleum constituents in water samples. 

The void of such a capability was felt last week when 93,000 Navy water customers – including military families and civilians – had to wait five days for the Navy to confirm that there was petroleum in the Red Hill well from which they get their water. Water samples had to be sent to the mainland, officials said. 

December 6, 2021: Delay In Confirming Petroleum-Laced Water Exposes Need For Local Test Site, Honolulu Civil Beat