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lizerdk t1_iycddn2 wrote

For some context, Red Hill stores fuel for Pearl Harbor. The Navy has been warned for years that the storage tanks, which are below ground and IMMENSE, were a leak hazard. The navy denied any problem until people started getting sick and jet fuel was found in the drinking water supply. One well was taken offline to prevent contam from spreading through the rest of the aquifer. All of this on Oahu, the most populated island in Hawaii, which has already had water shortages & is looking at more major shortages in the future.

And now this. The Navy is really blowing it

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BendersCasino t1_iycbo2k wrote

1100 gallons?! I'm surprised the EPA isn't losing their minds. This is a huge issue and will effect that area till the end of time.

There is an air base near me that is a supersite like this for PFOA/PFAS. There is a 5mile radius from it that drinking water is questionable. Those chemicals are no joke.

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AussieJeffProbst t1_iycl7c7 wrote

I also live near an airbase and the water table is totally fucked from PFAS from the firefighting foam.

It was so bad that the air force had to spend about $15 million to create a water treatment plant.

The groundwater is still fucked though. There's no way to get the PFAS out without extracting the water.

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Artanthos t1_iye2t5p wrote

Old water pumped out, new water pumped in.

Used to live on a Navy base where this was being done.

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Starbuckz8 t1_iyct0pc wrote

I live in an area the Navy has absolutely fucked the groundwater. It took years of fighting by the state DEC and one of the most powerful senators to even have the EPA acknowledge the problem.

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jennanm t1_iycdrkc wrote

Another one??? Are they trying to kill every living thing on the island??? Fuck's sake.

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Trompwnist t1_iyf8dk3 wrote

Foreigners and their governments have been trying ever since they landed.

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TheNextChapterMMj t1_iycsndc wrote

Damn, fuck this shit. This is why we can’t drink out of our sinks in my city becuase we had this happen 5yrs or more ago 🤦‍♂️

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