'These lawsuits have created another public relations nightmare for the U.S. Navy and the Department of Defense as residents of O'ahu have expressed their dismay and outrage to the continuing threat of jet fuel to their drinking water aquifer.'
While the current emergency order from the Hawaii State Department of Health does not call for a permanent shut down of the massive, 80-year-old Red Hill underground Jet Fuel Storage Tank system, the residents of O'ahu whose drinking water supply is jeopardized by 180 million gallons of jet fuel only 100 feet above the drinking water aquifer, certainly are demanding its closure before the predicted major catastrophic leak occurs that would contaminate permanently the entire aquifer.
Tens of thousands have written and made calls to President Biden, Secretary of Defense Austin and the Hawaii Congressional delegation demanding that the tanks be closed. They have held town hall meetings, neighborhood board meetings andThe contamination of the drinking water is the latest negative aspect of the U.S. military's presence in the Hawaiian Islands. The large presence of the U.S.
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