Can Red Hill tanks be used for water storage?

TL;DR - January marks eight years since 27,000 gallons of jet fuel spilled from tanks at the Navy Red Hill fuel storage facility on Oʻahu. No one is sure where it all went but it was a sign that all was not well.

Now, one year after another fuel spill contaminated the Navy's drinking water system, the Defense Department is in the process of closing and defueling the facility. Efforts to safely drain the fuel continue, but the future of the tanks themselves remains under discussion.

In a column for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, former state Department of Health Director Bruce Anderson suggested the tanks could be used to store drinking water for emergency use.

January 5, 2023: Former health director suggests water storage for Red Hill tanks, staying at Kapolei landfill, Hawaiʻi Public Radio