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Following the 2021 Red Hill fuel spill, the Honolulu Board of Water Supply shut down its Halawa Shaft and two other wells. The cost of finding and developing replacement water sources was estimated at $10 million. The U.S. Navy is clearly at fault, but, even with its many billions of dollars, the Navy refuses to reimburse BWS, and our elected officials are doing nothing to force them.
Now the BWS is proposing rate increases to cover its increasing costs. Public meetings are being held Aug. 14-23, and people can comment in other ways. See www.boardofwatersupply.com/proposedrates.
Regina Gregory
Makiki
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