[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Honolulu [HI] Water Agency Sues US Navy Over Red Hill Fuel Spill Damage"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Honolulu Water Agency Sues US Navy Over Red Hill Fuel Spill Damage
Suit estimates it is costing $1.2 billion for the Board of Water Supply to clean up and protect Oʻahu’s drinking water wells.

By Marcel Honoré 
Honolulu Civil Beat 
July 1, 2025
 
The Honolulu Board of Water Supply is taking the U.S. Navy to court for refusing to cover the local agency’s costs following the 2021 fuel spill at Red Hill, as the agency tries to protect the groundwater that Oʻahu’s nearly 1 million residents rely on from further contamination.

The suit filed in federal court Tuesday puts the agency’s total costs at $1.2 billion to clean up remnants of the spill plus guard the island’s drinking water wells against additional contaminants spreading underground.

The Navy left the Board of Water Supply no choice but to seek those damages in court, Board Chair Nāʻālehu Anthony said in a statement, after “months of futile negotiations.”

   
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For the entire article, see
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/honolulu-water-agency-sues-navy-red-hill-spill/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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