News 2025
November 14, 2025
Civil Beat
The Fight Over The Future Of East Maui Water Returns To The State Land Board
"The battle over who controls one of the island’s major water sources — a foreign company or a county board — appears headed to a contested case hearing."
October 17, 2025
Hawaii News Now
Millions of evidence items cause delay of Red Hill criminal trial
"The criminal trial for two men accused of covering up the 2021 Red Hill fuel disaster has been pushed back until October 2026, with a massive volume of evidence as the reason behind the delay."
October 15, 2025
UH News
Lingering pain, lost trust: Study reveals ongoing effects from 2021 Red Hill spill
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/10/15/uhero-red-hill-report/
October 13, 2025
Star Advertiser
Legal feud over Maui water expands to land
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/10/13/hawaii-news/legal-feud-over-maui-water-expands-to-land/
October 9, 2025
Civil Beat
Major GMO Seed Company Is Maui County’s Top Water Customer
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/major-gmo-seed-company-is-maui-countys-top-water-customer/
October 7, 2025
Hawaii News Now
City rolls out tool to help residents calculate sewer bills
"New online calculator and water-saving tips show how using less can save money as rates rise."
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/10/08/city-rolls-out-tool-help-residents-calculate-sewer-bills/
Spotlight Now: Navigating Maui’s water issues and statewide drought
September 24, 2025
KITV News
Maui Land & Pineapple countersues in water rights clash with Maui County
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C19qUemEzco
September 23, 2025
The Garden Island
Maui County mulls buying water system amid drought
September 22, 2025
Hawaii News Now
Red Hill whistleblower describes ‘cover-up’ during May 2021 fuel leak
Hawaiʻi Public Radio
Hawaiʻi is getting less rainfall than in the past. Is that shift permanent?
"For the first time in more than 50 years, Honolulu didn’t get any rain in the month of August."
September 19, 2025
Civil Beat
Red Hill Victims Claim Navy Destroyed Evidence In Fuel Contamination Crisis
"Families who drank tainted water on Oʻahu were not informed that the Navy was sitting on the key proof, their lawyers allege. Now it is too late."
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/red-hill-victims-navy-destroyed-evidence/
September 18, 2025
KITV News
Maui County considers buying water system from Maui Land & Pineapple
September 17, 2025
Maui Now
State water commission takes fire for ‘inaction’ amid West Maui water crisis
September 16, 2025
Civil Beat
PGA Cancels Tournament At Uniqlo Founder’s Maui Golf Course Over Drought
September 12, 2025
Board of Water Supply
BWS Board of Directors Meeting August 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7YzXWTbk6c
September 4, 2025
Hawaii News Now
Calls sound for more accountability with defendants in Red Hill fuel disaster expected in court
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGtcqq3Qhg8
August 29, 2025
Hawaii News Now
Federal grand jury indicts two civilian workers over Red Hill disaster
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fffHZn9VA5M
NBC News
Two civilians indicted for their role in a Pearl Harbor fuel spill that sickened 6,000 people in 2021
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pearl-harbor-fuel-spill-indictments-rcna228180
August 12, 2025
Hawaii News Now
Red Hill lawsuit with nearly 6,000 plaintiffs amended to include government health studies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e33JHbbMBck
July 8, 2025
Civil Beat
Investigator: Vocal Red Hill Whistleblower Faced Pushback For Speaking Out
July 2, 2025
KITV News
BWS sues the Navy over Red Hill fuel spill
"For an amount of about $1.2 billion. That's primarily the cost of what we estimate the cost to replace our three closed wells, Halawa shaft, Halawa wells and Aiea wells," said Lau.
https://www.kitv.com/news/local/bws-sues-the-navy-over-red-hill-fuel-spill/article_c7016ecc-5b72-4b34-bfa3-cd23b45a8538.html
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdbTmUJU9sQ
June 11, 2025
Stars and Stripes
New policy ‘czar’ will coordinate Hawaii’s role in Red Hill fuel cleanup
May 21, 2025
KITV News
Navy hosts open house on Red Hill cleanup in Oahu
"The Navy Closure Task Force provides the latest on efforts to clean the tanks and reactivate the Aiea-Halawa water shaft."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDfUgQXR-B4
May 13, 2025
Consolidated Water
Consolidated Water Receives Key Approval for $204 Million Seawater Desalination Plant Project in Hawaii
April 21, 2025
Board of Water Supply
BWS Waianae Watershed Management Plan Community Meeting #1 - March 19, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H57IS69Klkg
April 17, 2025
Star Advertiser
Editorial: Be wary: Navy to reopen Red Hill water shaft
"Today, the outrage has mostly dissipated — but the public should be no less vigilant to demand safe water from the two long-closed shafts, as the Navy prepares to reopen them."
April 15, 2025
Hawaii News Now
Navy plans to reactivate shuttered wells after Red Hill crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok93Au47WGA
KITV Island News
Water concerns cast uncertainties over new developments in West Maui
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE9yo53cnJ4
KITV Island News
Save water...save money...it’s Detect-A-Leak Week!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h19__QW1Ig
April 10, 2025
Board of Water Supply
BWS Board of Director Meeting, March 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8crjhc3fbM
April 9, 2025
Taks & Purpose via Yahoo News
These vets say the PACT Act left them behind
"Mandy Feindt, an Army major whose family was exposed to the fuel spill at Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility along with 90,000 others at the Hawaii base, said the Navy failed to inform service members of the risks they, and their families faced."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vets-pact-act-left-them-153253506.html
March 27, 2025
Hawaii News Now
Governor names new appointment to water commission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCM7Xh5X330
Navy Closure Task Force Red Hill (NCTF-RH)
Let's Talk Red Hill Episode 21: NCTF RH Operational Update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZ8nevzuC8
March 26, 2025
Hawaii News Now
Navy plan to reactivate a water source for military communities raises concerns
Hawaii News Now
Governor names new appointment to water commission
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/03/27/green-names-new-appointment-water-commission/
Hawaii Public Radio
U.S. defense secretary, EPA administrator visit Hawaiʻi amid ongoing Red Hill cleanup
March 25, 2025
EPA
EPA Administrator Zeldin Meets with Local Leaders, Surveys Maui Wildfire Recovery Efforts, and Visits Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility
March 16, 2025
Board of Water Supply
BWS Board of Director Meeting February 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5ufSkqlCXQ
February 28, 2025
Red Hill CRI
CRI Meeting #17 (February 27, 2025)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkOh6MY5D4c
February 27, 2025
UH News
Experts shape Red Hill health registry at JABSOM
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/02/27/red-hill-registry-jabsom-mtng/
February 24, 2025
Hawaii News Now
UH researchers conduct dye tracer study at Red Hill
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/02/24/uh-researchers-conduct-dye-tracer-study-red-hill/
February 21, 2025
UH News
Dye tracer study at Red Hill to provide insights into groundwater flow
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/02/21/red-hill-tracer-study/
February 14, 2025
Hawaii News Now
‘I knew the truth.’ Red Hill whistleblower responds after inspector general report clears leaders
Board of Water Supply
BWS Board of Directors Meeting January 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDdF-NMBllI
February 12, 2025
Hawaii News Now
Red Hill illness study released after apparent half-year delay
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/02/13/red-hill-illness-study-took-half-year-release/
February 6, 2025
Navy Closure Task Force Red Hill (NCTF-RH)
Let's Talk Red Hill Episode 14: Environmental Remediation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHmhHDAtvos
February 4, 2025
Navy Closure Task Force Red Hill (NCTF-RH)
Let's Talk Red Hill Episode 13: Redactions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDawp7tR9ZQ
January 27, 2025
Hawaii News Now
Inspired by Flint water crisis, Red Hill ‘registry’ project to launch later this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULiiSlUcWH8
Hawaii News Now
Red Hill advocates in D.C. to support Trump’s health nominee
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/video/2025/01/28/red-hill-advocates-dc-support-trumps-health-nominee/
January 31, 2025
Board of Water Supply
January 16, 2025 BWS Stakeholder Advisory Group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiyQso5YHqc
January 24, 2025
Red Hill CRI
CRI Meeting #16 (January 23, 2025)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDEpIGNxja0
January 5, 2025
Board of Water Supply
BWS Board of Directors Meeting December 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcGSl0hBj5g
January 3, 2025
Stars and Stripes
EPA fines Navy, logistics agency for skipping fuel contamination meeting in Hawaii
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined the Navy and Defense Logistics Agency $5,000 for failing to attend a community meeting last month regarding the Red Hill fuel spill crisis as required by a consent order.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-01-02/red-hill-navy-epa-fine-hawaii-16357241.html
2014
27,000 Gallons spilled
1948
46,000 Gallons spilled
1943
Tanks open
1940
Construction begins
Action: NOW
It is more than time for this massive source of pollution to be removed – for the fuel to be removed from the tanks, and for the tanks to be decommissioned, and for the land and the water to be cleaned. The Navy has made this a fight about national security, but how can we the people be secure if our water is poisoned and life begins to stress in a place where thriving is what we are about? It is not a win to flush pipes or filter every drop of water we use from now on. It is not a win to be fearful of the water that comes out of the tap.
Mālama i ka wai - Protect our water. It is our responsibility to be good stewards and to leave this place better than when we were born into it. This most definitely includes caring for the water. Water is life.