Rear Adm Marc Williams, deputy commander, Navy Closure Task Force-Red Hill, provides and update on the removal of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) concentrate from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickham, April 15, 2024.
Navy reduces granular activated carbon water pumping system rates from 4.2 to 1.8 million gallons per day. The Navy began reducing water pumping operations at the Red Hill Shaft from 4.2 million gallons a day (MGD) to 1.8 MGD, April 29, after working with state regulators for months on a plan to allow the Navy to reduce the amount of water discharged into the Halawa Stream.
Since its inception Navy Closure Task Force-Red Hill (NCTF-RH) has been actively working to execute decommissioning of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) and ensure safe drinking water for all those in the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam drinking water system.
Here are the links to the latest updates:
Recently detected low levels of total petroleum hydrocarbons, or TPH, in the Navy’s drinking water system were the result of laboratory contamination and not associated with the release of jet fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, the Navy Closure Task Force-Red Hill (NCTF-RH) announced April 24.
