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Hawaiʻi County says it will apply for a Clean Water Act permit because of its wastewater discharges into Honokōhau Harbor. This is part of a partial settlement agreement with the county and Hui Mālama Honokōhau.
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The federal government is sending Oʻahu around $19 million for a facility to turn seawater into fresh water. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation recently announced a $142 million investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to “advance drought resilience and boost water supplies” across the country.
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The City and County of Honolulu says it will begin upgrading the In-Vessel Bioconversion facilities at the Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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The Community Representation Initiative for Red Hill announced this week that chemicals, also known as PFAS, have been found in the Navy’s water system. The detections were found at homes at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
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Families on the Navy water system say there is new contamination in their tap water. They say samples they sent to labs have come back with traces of forever chemicals known as PFAS. The Conversation talked to Marti Townsend, the chair of the Red Hill Community Representation Initiative.
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A new study by University of Hawaiʻi researchers show that when chlorine in water is mixed with fuel it can produce a substance that is harmful to people.
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For two weeks 17 “bellwether” families shared how they were affected after the 2021 leak from the Navy’s fuel tanks into its water system, which serves 93,000 people.
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The Board of Land and Natural Resources approved the purchase of more than 250 acres of watershed lands in southwest Maui known as Pōhākea or Māʻalaea Mauka for $8.2 million.
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Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the funding, which is meant to prevent exposure to lead in drinking water. The money comes from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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At Honolulu's federal courthouse, military families have been detailing their lives and medical ailments since being exposed to jet fuel from the Navy's Red Hill storage facility in 2021. The federal government has already admitted responsibility for the leaks, but now it's arguing the contamination was not enough to get people sick. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.