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Navy updates commission on Red Hill sampling and groundwater monitoring; no JP‑5 detected in drinking water program
Summary
Navy briefed the Commission on Water Resource Management on Red Hill drinking-water and groundwater monitoring, reporting no JP‑5 detections in drinking-water sampling programs and describing an expanded network of monitoring wells and modeling work underway.
The Navy Closure Task Force and environmental staff briefed the Commission on Water Resource Management Jan. 28 on drinking-water and groundwater monitoring related to the Red Hill bulk fuel facility.
Commander Ben Dunn, Navy environmental monitoring and remediation officer, said the Navy has collected nearly 15,000 drinking-water samples across emergency and long-term programs and continues an extended drinking-water monitoring program with interagency oversight. "We've not detected any JP‑5 fuel in the system to date across both programs," he told the commission.
The Navy described a multi-tiered monitoring effort: source-well sampling, distribution and hydrant sampling by zone, and residential and priority-location testing. The Navy also said EPA and the Hawaii Department…
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