Posted on 06.30.26

Feds pay out $17M to families sickened by Navy’s fuel-contaminated water in Hawaii

Source: https://www.airforcetimes.com/, June 26, 2026
By: Karen Jowers

The Department of Justice has issued about $17 million in payments to 629 people, mostly military family members, in connection with the toxic fuel spills that poisoned their water in Hawaii in 2021.

These are the first payments for settlements resolving about 3,600 claims resulting from the poisoned water, which caused numerous health problems for military families living in military housing, and for other civilian families in Hawaii whose water was provided by the Navy. Read more.

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