Thread by @oahuWP

BREAKING: The Military is flushing "treated" water from fuel-contaminated pipes straight into an open drain in Kapilina Beach Homes civilian housing. The length of the drain snakes through civilian housing completely unsupervised. Any child who can't read could play in it. 🧵

The drain is sending the "treated" water straight out into the Kapilina lagoon - that of course empties out directly into the sea. If the water is safe after being run through this system, why do these hastily-made signs warn to "AVOID CONTACT WITH WATER"?

This is absolutely egregious but we should expect nothing less from the US Navy. The Commission on Water Resource Management must rescind the Navy's water permit and demand the Navy #ShutDownRedHill, stop this toxic flushing, and pay to replace all the pipes they contaminated.

UPDATE: Yesterday one of our members came to the site of the open drain flushing at Kapilina Beach Homes. Upon arriving, they observed birds drinking from the standing water, dogs on long leashes in backyards near the site of the flush, and people fishing in the lagoon.

There was what appears to be Granulated Activated Carbon (GAC) discharge (from the large filter tanks used as a pass-through to "clean" the fuel-tainted water) piled in the drain and even scattered on the sidewalk where many children were riding their bikes.

While system flushing of affected communities continues, we are left with many concerning questions:

1) How many millions of gallons of water are going to be wasted in this questionable "iterative" process?

2) If the water is clean enough to drink after going through the filtration system, then why the placement of all the signs taped to traffic cones WARNING people to avoid contact with the "treated" water?

3) If the Granulated Activated Carbon is what's absorbing the toxins from the tainted water, then why is there GAC discharge still littering the streets and filling the open drain lines? Whose job is it to clean that up?

4) What price will the @USNavy pay for throwing more good water after bad in an effort to "fix" a problem they caused? When our community faces strict water rationing in the summer due to their homicidal negligence, what costs will THEY incur for squandering a vital public trust?