Hawaii Water Contamination 2024 Update. Honolulu’s board of water supply (bws) shut down the halawa shaft, oahu’s largest water source, on thursday after the navy said it found “a likely source of the. A trial for a mass environmental injury case began monday, more than two years after the military's red hill facility poisoned thousands of people when it leaked jet fuel into pearl harbor's drinking water.

After the fuel spill from the navy’s red hill fuel tanks tainted its water system in 2021, there was extensive flushing for months in multiple neighborhoods in and around pearl harbor. Getting compensation for victims who drank toxic water at the marine corps’ camp lejeune required an act of congress, which occurred decades after people were exposed to hazardous solvents.