Fuel from the Red Hill fuel facility leaked into the Red Hill water well, contaminating the Navy’s Oahu water system. Get the latest updates about cleanup.
Military families had been told by the Defense Health Agency Region Indo-Pacific that they could begin booking appointments Tuesday by calling the TRICARE Nurse Advice Line and that appointments would be scheduled starting Jan. 3. Read more
In addition to creating new reservoirs for hundreds of millions of gallons of fresh drinking water, filling these tanks with fresh drinking water would assure they do not pose a risk to drinking water resources. Read more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a proposed order that formally requires the Navy to defuel and close the Red Hill Bulk Storage Facility safely, and commits the Navy to “properly operate and maintain” its drinking water system serving Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) to protect users’ health and safety. Read more
Hawaii Sierra Club Director Wayne Tanaka said he was confused as to why it would take the Navy so long to fix its video cameras. Read more
A cheaper and safer alternative would be to leave the tanks in the ground and not try to fill them in, according to the report. Read more
As a retired U.S. Army colonel with 29 years of military service, I am very disappointed at the military’s continued lack of transparency on the 2021 jet fuel spills at Red Hill — and now, the lack of sensitivity on the recent spill of 1,300 gallons of a toxic firefighting foam Read more
On Nov. 29, about 1,300 gallons of concentrated aqueous film-forming foam, which is used to contain fuel fires, leaked from a pipeline at Red Hill. Read more
Patients can begin scheduling appointments on Dec. 27. Read more
Emotions are running high and many questions remain unanswered as the Department of Defense-ordered cleanup and closure of the Navy’s accident-plagued underground fuel facility at Red Hill continues. Read more
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Water board members said they were disappointed that EPA and Health Department officials hadn’t allowed for more time to answer questions or listen to testimony from the community. Read more
Hundreds of people marched from Keehi Lagoon Beach Park to the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Hawaii offices Saturday afternoon demanding the shutdown of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. Read more
Many on Oahu have expressed the view that the U.S. Navy command is entirely incompetent in its response to last year’s fuel leak and the recent leak of firefighting foam containing highly concentrated carcinogenic PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances), commonly known as “forever chemicals.” Read more
The Navy says it will turn over footage to environmental regulators, but releasing it publicly could compromise its investigation into the release of a toxic fire suppressant. Read more
It was supposed to be a routine procedure, testing sensors for the Navy’s Red Hill fire suppressant system, but something — even days later, the Navy stated it didn’t know exactly what — went wrong. Read more
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser had asked a top Navy official during a Wednesday news conference, two days after the spill, whether there was video footage and was told there was none. Read more
The Navy continues to conduct cleanup operations at its Red Hill fuel facility where an estimated 1,100 gallons of concentrated fire suppressant containing hazardous chemicals was released into the ground. Read more
About 1,100 gallons of toxic fire suppressant was spilled Tuesday at the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility, an incident that state Department of Health officials described as “egregious.” Read more
Health officials say efforts are underway to recover the fire suppressant foam and that no surface water was contaminated. Read more
Honolulu Board of Water Supply’s Ernie Lau joined the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s “Spotlight Hawaii” livestream show today and answered viewer questions. Read more
Board of Water Supply Chief Engineer Ernie Lau said he was exercising his authority to deny the request because each of the city’s six proposed landfill sites is located over the island’s aquifer system. Read more
The Red Hill water crisis has strained the military health care system on Oahu, prompting some military families to look elsewhere for treatment. Read more
