ʻO ka wai inu ma Waikiki, Koolina, North Shore, a i ʻole Kailua, kahi e noho ai ka poʻe malihini ma Oahu, ʻo ia kekahi o nā wai paipu maʻemaʻe a maikaʻi loa e loaʻa iā ʻoe ma nā wahi āpau o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Eia naʻe, e like me Hawaii Lunamakaainana Kai Kahele, aia ka pilikia o ka huina hoku ma ke Kalana o Honolulu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kahele e pili ana i ka hū wahie ma ka Navy's Red Hill waihona wahie ma ka Mokupuni ʻo Oʻahu.
Ua hoʻopuka ka ʻelele o ka ʻaha kūkā o Hawaiʻi i kahi ʻōlelo hui i ka pule i hala e koi ana i ka Navy e kamaʻilio maikaʻi me ke kaiāulu e pili ana i nā hanana ma kāna mahiʻai wahie Red Hill a pane wikiwiki aku i nā hōʻike o kahi ʻala wahie i loko o ka wai paipu i hoʻolako ʻia e kāna ʻōnaehana wai e lawelawe ana i ka Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam .
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo US Sens Brian Schatz lāua ʻo Mazie Hirono a me US Reps Ed Case lāua ʻo Kai Kahele ma kahi hoʻolaha hoʻolaha ua hui pū lāua me ke Kakauolelo Navy Carlos Del Toro e kūkākūkā i ka hana wahie ma Hawaii. Aia ʻo Del Toro i Hawaiʻi i ka lā 7 o Dekemaba e noiʻi pololei i kēia pilikia.
Ua ʻōlelo ka US Navy e noiʻi ana lākou i kahi leak ma kāna hale mālama wahie Red Hill ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka wai a me ka wahie mai kahi laina wai. He pilikia kēia i ka makahiki 2014.
ʻAʻole i hoʻopuka ka leak 2014 i nā pane ʻoluʻolu, e waiho wale i nā hoʻonā, ʻehiku mau makahiki ma hope.
Wahi a nā hōʻike hou i loko o ka nūpepa kūloko o Hawaii, ʻaʻole i wehewehe ka Navy i ka pilikia holoʻokoʻa i nā luna o Hawaiʻi a me ka lehulehu.
ʻO ka Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility he hale mālama wahie pūʻali koa ma ka Mokupuni o Oʻahu, Hawaii. Hoʻohana ʻia e ka Navy United States, kākoʻo ʻo Red Hill i nā hana pūʻali koa US ma ka Pākīpika. ʻAʻole like me nā hale hana ʻē aʻe ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, hiki iā Red Hill ke mālama i 250 miliona mau galani wahie.
He 20 mau pahu hoʻopaʻa i lalo o ka lepo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ke kila a kūkulu ʻia i loko o nā lua i ʻeli ʻia i loko o Red Hill. He 12.5 miliona mau galani ko kēlā me kēia pahu pahu.
Hoʻopili ʻia nā pahu pahu ʻo Red Hill i ʻekolu mau paipu i hānai ʻia e ka umekaumaha e holo ana i 2.5 mau mile i loko o kahi tunnel no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā pahu ma Pearl Harbor. He 20 kapuai ke anawaena o na pahu he 100 ma Red Hill a he 250 kapuai ke kiekie.
Aia ʻo Puʻu ʻulaʻula ma lalo o ka puʻu pele ma kahi kokoke i Honolulu. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia he Landmark Civil Engineering e ka American Society of Civil Engineers ma 1995.
Ma mua o ke komo ʻana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ke Kaua Honua II, ua hopohopo ka Roosevelt Administration e pili ana i ka nāwaliwali o nā pahu pahu wahie ma luna o ka honua ma Pearl Harbor. I ka makahiki 1940, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e kūkulu i hale hou ma lalo o ka honua e mālama ai i ka wahie a palekana mai ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o ka ʻenemi.
Ua loaʻa ka ʻaila i loko o ka wai mai kahi hale hana lapaʻau i mālama ʻia e ka Navy ma Honolulu, ke Keʻena Ola Ola. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia kēia i ka Pōʻakolu.
Ua ʻōlelo nā luna olakino i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana ma Red Hill Elementary School i hōʻike i nā hopena maikaʻi no ka ʻaila i loko o ka wai inu. Ua hoʻouna ʻia kahi laʻana i Kaleponi no ka nānā hou ʻana.
Wahi a kahi hōʻike i paʻi mua ʻia e Civil Beat, nā laʻana i lawe ʻia i ka pō Sabati, ua ʻike nā luna i ka nui o nā "hydrocarbons volatile loa" e pili ana me ka wahie jet JP-5 a i ʻole ka wahie diesel, wahi a Converse. ʻO kahi hoʻokolohua lua i hoʻopau ʻia ma ka Pōʻalima ua loaʻa nā "hōʻailona maopopo o nā huahana petroleum" ma luna pono o ka laina wai i loko o ka luawai.
ʻO nā mea haumia i loko o ka wai he xylene, naphthalene, a ka nui o ka petroleum hydrocarbons me nā ʻāpana ʻaila.
ʻO Xylene kahi wai wela me kahi ʻala ʻono i hoʻohana ʻia i nā huahana petroleum, e like me ka Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hiki i ka ʻike ʻana i ke kemika ke hoʻoulu i ke poʻo, ʻūlū, huikau, a me ka nalowale o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ka ʻiʻo, wahi a ka CDC ma kāna pūnaewele.
Ma ka Poalua, ua ʻōlelo ke Keʻena Ola Ola ʻo ka mea kūʻai aku a pau o ka ʻōnaehana wai o ka Navy, e lawelawe ana ma kahi o 93,000 poʻe ma Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, pono e pale i ka inu ʻana a i ʻole ka kuke ʻana me ka wai a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana ia mea no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe waha, ʻoiai inā lākou. ʻaʻole honi i kekahi mea hewa.
Ke pane nei nā luna koa i nā hōʻike he 680 i loaʻa i kahi mamao mai nā poʻe pūʻali koa e honi ko lākou wai paipu i ka wahie. Ma ka Pōʻakolu ua hoʻomaka nā luna o ka Navy e hāʻawi i ka wai i nā kamaʻāina o kekahi mau wahi kaiāulu.
Ke hoʻohana nei nā ʻohana i nā hale ʻauʻau ma nā kahakai ākea no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i hilinaʻi i ke kumu wai ma nā hale haʻuki a me nā mea hana e hāʻawi ʻia ana iā lākou.
Ua ʻike ka Navy i nā huahana petroleum i loko o kāna puna wai inu ʻo Red Hill, i pani ʻia mai ka lā Lāpule, ua haʻi ka Navy i kahi nūpepa kūloko, ua hoʻi maikaʻi nā hoʻāʻo no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hui pū ʻana o ka wai ʻo Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
Ke hopohopo nei ka Papa Waiwai o Honolulu, nona ka pahu Halawa i ka wai i 400,000 kanaka mai Moanalua a i Hawaii Kai, no ka hopena hau.
Ua hoʻopuka ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi ʻo David Ige i kahi ʻōlelo i ka nūpepa kūloko, Star-Advertiser, e kāhea ana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana he mea hoʻonāukiuki loa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hawaii Lt. Governor Green ua hopohopo ʻo ia no ke olakino a me ka palekana o ka poʻe e noho ana ma nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia a hoʻomaopopo i ko lākou pono no ka ʻike kūpono a me ka pololei.
Ua hoʻopuka pū ʻo Lt. Gov. Josh Green i kahi ʻōlelo i kēia lā e koi ana i ka Navy e hana pū me DOH a me ka ʻelele o ka ʻaha kūkā o Hawaiʻi no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka haumia.