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Navy takes action to resolve drinking water complaints at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
Recommendations include: extra training for personnel responding to residents’ questions and concerns; development of pamphlets outlining sampling and testing processes and use of the JBPHH Safe Waters website; and a plan to extend the LTM program beyond its originally planned end date of March 2024.
Red Hill Water Initiative group to unveil final report today
The Red Hill Water Initiative (WAI) group is set to unveil its final report today, which calls for aquifer remediation and an integrated approach to resolving the Red Hill water crisis.
DOH continues monitoring of Navy water distribution system
The Hawaiʻi Department of Health was informed late Wednesday night that 12 Navy water system users reported symptoms they had attributed to exposure to tap water.
Safety of Maui drinking water after the August wildfires is the focus of UH research
The team has collected water samples from Kula and Lahaina that are being tested for contaminants in labs on Maui and Oʻahu. Ten samples had been tested as of Aug. 27 and about 60 more are headed to the labs.
Trace levels of contaminant detected in Haleakalā National Park water system
Low levels of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid was recently detected for the first time during routine sampling collected at the Haleakalā National Park drinking water system. The small community system serves approximately 1,200 individuals in Kula, Maui.
Survey Begins on civilians affected by Navy water system contamination at JBPPH
A public health team will conduct a survey beginning today, Jan. 4, 2022 to investigate the potential health impacts on the civilian population affected by the contamination of the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Water Distribution System.
Navy Ordered to Suspend Operations, Empty Red Hill Underground Storage Tanks
The Hawai‘i Department of Health is issuing an order to the United States Navy to suspend operations at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. The order also calls for the Navy to take measures to treat contaminated drinking water at the Red Hill shaft, and safely remove fuel from the 20 underground storage tanks at Red Hill.
Gov. Ige and Hawai‘i’s Congressional Delegation Call for Immediate Suspension of Operations at Red Hill
Governor David Ige and Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation are calling for the Secretary of the Navy to immediately suspend operations at Red Hill following the contamination of drinking water at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
