Posted on 07.03.25

Honolulu water board sues Navy for $1.2B over fuel leak that contaminated drinking water

Source: https://www.foxnews.com/, July 2, 2025
By: Alexandra Koch

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS) on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Navy, seeking more than $1 billion after the military branch released petroleum and other hazardous chemicals into Oʻahu, Hawaii‘s sole source of drinking water.

During the incident, 27,000 gallons of toxic jet fuel stored in miles of underground tunnels leaked into the aquifer near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, affecting 93,000 people living near the military‘s strategic fuel storage facility, Red Hill. Read more.

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