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The Battle To Empty Fuel from Red Hill Storage Tanks

The drama over the Navy’s underground fuel storage facility at Red Hill continues. Thousands of military and civilian families, as well as several schools, have not been able to use their tap water and many people are still living out of hotels. Questions remain about the future of the fuel tanks and the threat they pose to Oʻahu’s water supply.

Air Date: Thu, Feb 10, 2022 7:30 PM

Still image courtesy of Hawaii News Now.

Panelists included: Ernest Lau, Honolulu Board of Water Supply; Marissa Baptista, Red Hill Elementary PTSA president and the VP of the Hawaiʻi PTSA Board; Kathleen Ho, Hawaiʻi Department of Health; U.S. Rep. Kai Kahele (D), Rural Oʻahu, Neighbor Islands; David Henkin, Earthjustice Attorney representing the Sierra Club; and Frances Paulino, whose husband serves in the Army-displaced from military housing due to tainted tap water.