A Navy investigation released Thursday revealed that contaminated drinking water that supplied thousands of military families in Hawaii was the result of human error and poor leadership within the Navy.
The report further detailed how jet fuel leaked from Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility situated on a ridge above Pearl Harbor into tap water in May and November of 2021, making some 6,000 people sick with nausea, headaches, rashes, and other symptoms.
Vice Chief of Naval Operations Admiral William Lescher said the fuel leak was a “result of the Navy’s failure to resolve with urgency deficiencies in system design and construction, system knowledge, and incident response training.”…