The Honolulu Board of Water Supply said Thursday it has detected a small amount of a chemical naturally occurring in coal, crude oil and gasoline in a monitoring well near a Navy fuel storage facility that spilled jet fuel last year.
FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Rear Adm. John Korka, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command , and Chief of Civil Engineers, leads Navy and civilian water quality recovery experts through the tunnels of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
The Board of Water Supply said the discovery heightens its concern that fuel spilled from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility is migrating through the aquifer located under the tank farm. The utility worries fuel may travel through the aquifer's porous volcanic rock from the area around the Navy's well to its own wells, which could poison Honolulu's own water supply. It has been calling on the Navy to swiftly remove fuel from the tanks to reduce the threat of further leaks.
Lydia Robertson, a spokesperson for Navy Region Hawaii, said the Navy hasn't seen the utility's data but would welcome the opportunity to review it.
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