Navy Repairs Water Main Breaks Near Pearl Harbor

TL;DR - Military officials say they anticipate lifting a boil water advisory as early as this weekend after repairing a 36-inch water main break that had affected some 93,000 people near Pearl Harbor.

The fix was the last for a string of water main breaks on the Navy’s system that began Friday, prompting the closure of child development centers and other facilities and forcing people to boil their water as a precaution against bacteria. The 36-inch break was the largest.

The Navy said Wednesday that it plans to slowly introduce water into the pipelines to restore normal water pressure. Then it will send water samples to the state to be sure there’s no bacteria.

October 19, 2022: Navy Repairs Water Main Breaks Near Pearl Harbor, Honolulu Civil Beat