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Navy divers work to remove fuel contaminants at Red Hill water facility

By Craig T. Kojima

Dec. 13, 2021

Hawaii PhotosRed Hill Water Crisis

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Navy divers have been working day and night in the Red Hill water shaft gathering samples and trying to extract petroleum from the water. A special diving suit is used to keep divers safe.
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A large three-legged stand is used to lower divers into 80 feet into the shaft.
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Large tanks sit outside a water shaft filling up with a milky substance which is floating atop the well.
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Reed Akey, a Navy diver, talks about diving at Red Hill.
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A view looking 80 feet down to the bottom of the well.
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Video of an extractor shows a hazy film on top of the water tank.
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Jose Castillo III, a diver with MDSU-1 at Hickam talks, about challenges divers face at Red Hill.
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Reed Akey, middle, lowers a diver into the shaft.

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