What a show. We concentrated on what is there physically, the geography of the facility (first 15 min). In the second section (15-30 min) we discuss leak history and contamination evidence. Ernie drops a bomb describing an EPA Superfund situation I was not prepared for (start at 25:00.) In the final segment we discuss the current situation on tank repairs, usage, testing. I was so overcome by the enormity of the situation, I misspoke. Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi is in He’eia; the issue was runoff from Kahekili Highway, not Kamehameha Highway.
We did not get into the Administrative Order on Consent signed in 2014 which maps the political geography of the situation. That will be our focus next week. Same time, 3pm HST. Same station, ThinkTechHawaii.com. Same hydro-hero duo, Ernest and Erwin!
I’m attaching the visuals for easy perusal. Here’s the link to Honolulu Board of Water Supply’s web page dedicated to the fuel tank/aquifer issue.
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Can this place be visited. I’m a huge amateur of everything WWII and this place looks like the holy grail of WWII edifices
With very special permission. I know engineering students who have visited the site. I absolutely love your question though. That is my vision for this facility. It would make a amazing world class historical site for a WW IIMuseum/Memorial. Just think visitors could start off at Pearl Harbor and Ride 3 miles through the tunnel on the train! That’s the highest and best use. Fuel tanks can go anywhere, floating on the water, under the ocean as well as on land in state-of-the-art above ground tanks. But there is only one facility like this.
Now that is an amazing vision for the monument. I would pay to visit such a place
Aloha Kaui,
Thank you for an informational interview On April 9, 2016, with Ernest Lau and Erwin Kawata of the Board of Water Supply about the Red Hill fuel tanks. I have been researching Red Hill, and visited the site a few weeks ago. The size is staggering, and one cannot get a feel from photos for the enormity of the problem of a catastrophic leak. The Navy admits that cleaning up a big leak would be next to impossible. Our once pristine water would be poisoned and undrinkable. We would have to get our water from somewhere else. Where? One person with the Navy tells me that much of Oahu’s water could be affected, not just Halawa aquifer. I was glad to get the information. Unlike many Navy studies I have read, it is actually understandable to us lay people. Colleen, csoares48@gmail.com