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Oil Spill · Joint Base Pearl Harbor-HickamNavy Installations Command is now responsible for ensuring that all Navy bases in the U.S. and its territories provide quality water. The move follows a massive spill in 2021 of jet fuel into the Navy's water system at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii. More than 2,000 residents, including active-duty personnel and military family members, have sued the Navy.See the Story
Navy Gives Drinking Water Quality Oversight for all US Bases to One Command After Red Hill Spill in Hawaii
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Pearl Harbor · Joint Base Pearl Harbor-HickamThe Navy is working with the state Department of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency. The Navy gathered a team of "drinking water experts " two weeks ago to investigate the origin of low-level detections of total petroleum hydrocarbons in the Joint Base-Pearl Harbor Hickam water system. Navy Medicine representatives are "closely monitoring ongoing reported medical symptoms"See the Story
Navy Developing Follow-Up Water Monitoring Plan After Red Hill Incident
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Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam · Joint Base Pearl Harbor-HickamRep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, said the Hawaii Department of Health has received about 50 complaints over tap water and air quality from people using the Navy water system. A recent lawsuit filed alleging the Navy was negligent in its actions surrounding the fuel leaks in 2021 alleges that there are ongoing problems with the water.See the Story
Navy ‘urgently’ needs to fix new Hawaii water issues, lawmaker says
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Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam · Joint Base Pearl Harbor-HickamA new class action lawsuit alleges that the Navy has not done enough to protect servicemembers. In November 2021, a 19,000-gallon jet fuel spill contaminated the drinking water supply at Joint Base Pearl Harbor. The Navy says that it is "surging personnel, resources, and expertise to respond to reports raising concerns"See the Story
Years After Red Hill Spill, Residents Report Petroleum in Tapwater
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Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam · Joint Base Pearl Harbor-HickamMore than 2,200 military families and civilians file the latest lawsuit over water contamination at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Many say they still suffer health effects from the 2021 debacle that sent thousands of gallons of jet fuel into the tap water in their homes. The suit -- the third filed over spills at the U.S. Navy's Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility -- alleges that personnel have ongoing medical conditions.See the Story
New Red Hill Lawsuit Filed by over 2,000 Plaintiffs Claims Long-Term Health Effects from Fuel Spill
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