{"id":74554,"date":"2022-10-25T18:44:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T18:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/25\/military-to-begin-draining-red-hill-storage-facility-pipelines\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:58:49","slug":"military-to-begin-draining-red-hill-storage-facility-pipelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/10\/25\/military-to-begin-draining-red-hill-storage-facility-pipelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Military to begin draining Red Hill storage facility pipelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii \u2014 The U.S. military said Monday it\u2019s ready to begin draining 1 million gallons (3.79 million liters) of fuel from three pipelines as part of an initial step toward closing a World War II-era fuel storage facility that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/12\/09\/navy-secretary-suspends-operations-at-red-hill-fuel-storage-facility-following-water-contamination\/\" target=\"_blank\">leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor\u2019s tap water last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pipelines run about 3 miles (4.83 kilometers) from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/04\/04\/navy-investigating-another-fuel-leak-at-hawaiis-red-hill-storage-facility\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility<\/a> in the mountains above Pearl Harbor down to the military base.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/08\/31\/military-families-sickened-by-toxic-hawaii-water-sue-us-government\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21336038706993.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Military families sickened by toxic Hawaii water sue US government<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army, Navy, Air Force family members &quot;rightly fear this is only the beginning&quot; of medical problems, lawsuit alleges.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting Tuesday, the military will spend six days draining the pipelines one by one. Fuel is expected to move through the pipes for a total of 12 hours during the six days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fuel has been sitting in the pipes since the military suspended use of the Red Hill facility last year after it leaked petroleum into a drinking water well serving 93,000 people in and around Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/2021\/12\/06\/why-werent-you-there-to-protect-us-hawaii-military-families-grill-navy-leaders-about-toxic-water\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nearly 6,000 people, mostly military personnel and their families, sought medical attention<\/a> for rashes, sores, nausea and other ailments after drinking and bathing with the contaminated water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after, the state Department of Health ordered the military to drain fuel from Red Hill and shut the facility down. The military says 104 million gallons remain in the tanks themselves. It aims to remove this fuel by July 2024 after it makes necessary repairs to be able to drain the tanks safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy Rear Adm. John Wade, the commander of Joint Task Force Red Hill, said the state Department of Health and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reviewed and approved the military\u2019s plan to drain the pipelines. A third-party contractor also checked the plans, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most dangerous aspect of draining the pipelines is the potential for fuel to spill and enter the aquifer, Wade told reporters as a news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo everything that we\u2019ve done, every focus of effort for the planning and the rehearsals has been focused on mitigating any chance of a spill,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/03\/29\/how-shuttering-red-hill-could-make-fueling-the-fleet-more-complex\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22061751982137.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How shuttering Red Hill could make fueling the fleet more complex<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Pentagon announced plans to close the massive Pearl Harbor facility after fuel leaked into tap water, affecting thousands of military families and threatening the civilian population&#039;s water supply.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Red Hill facility sits just 100 feet (30 meters) above one of Honolulu\u2019s most important drinking water aquifers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hawaii officials are concerned that last year\u2019s spill contaminated the aquifer and are worried that any future spills would also pollute the aquifer, which normally supplies more than 20% of the water consumed in Honolulu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wade said representatives from the Department of Health and the EPA will be on hand while military drains the pipelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Task force members trained individually and as groups on how to respond if fuel spills while the pipelines are being drained, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/07\/01\/multiple-errors-led-to-fuel-leak-in-pearl-harbor-water-navy-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Navy investigation found a series of mistakes<\/a> over the course of six months caused last year\u2019s spill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It found operator error caused a pipe to rupture on May 6, 2021 when fuel was being transferred between tanks. This caused 21,000 gallons (80,000 liters) of fuel to spill. Most of it flowed into a fire suppression line and sat there for six months, causing the line to sag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then on Nov. 20, a cart rammed into the sagging line, releasing 20,000 gallons (75,700 liters) of fuel. A team thought they recovered all of this fuel, but they missed about 5,000 gallons (19,000 liters). 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