Water remains unsafe for thousands of people in Hawaii, months after Navy petroleum leak near Pearl Harbor

TL;DR - The Hawaii Department of Health cleared one neighborhood in the Pearl Harbor area to begin drinking tap water again this week, but thousands of people in other zones in the area remain under health advisories months after water was discovered to be tainted with petroleum.

The water was contaminated from a World War II-era fuel tank farm above an aquifer, and a Nov. 20 jet fuel spill was determined to be the source of the petroleum in the water. The Navy’s water system serves about 93,000 people near Pearl Harbor.

February 16, 2022: Water remains unsafe for thousands of people in Hawaii, months after Navy petroleum leak near Pearl Harbor, USA Today