The Navy’s contaminated drinking water crisis is only getting worse
Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.
BY JEFF SCHOGOL | PUBLISHED OCT 19, 2022 5:09 PM
The Navy needs to admit that it is facing growing problems with providing sailors and their families with clean drinking water.
At Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, where thousands of people were poisoned last year by leaks from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, recent water main breaks have again left many people on base without drinking water, as first reported on Oct. 17 by Military.com.
Repairs to the base’s water system should be completed between October 23 and 26 — about seven to 10 days after the base’s 36-inch water main broke, according to Charles Anthony, a spokesman for Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Anthony also said the most recent problems at the base are not related to the earlier fuel spills.
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