The Navy last week released a new report on its preliminary plumbing assessment following multiple complaints of air and water quality issues from residents on its water system.
The assessment, which spanned from October to December 2023, investigated plumbing at 10 homes, drinking water samples, water heaters and water distribution systems at fire hydrants. Samples from the assessment indicated that the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam water system “continues to meet all state and federal drinking standards, ” according to a Navy news release.
“To date, there have been no detections of total petroleum hydrocarbons (referred to as TPH) above the regulatory-approved 266 parts per billion Incident Specific Parameter throughout the course of the two-year (long-term monitoring ) program and as part of the Navy’s premise plumbing assessment, ” the report read.
However, low-level detections of TPH were found in samples across the water system, and were not limited to homes—the cause of which is “under evaluation.” The Navy also said there was no jet fuel detected.
The assessment was completed “as a direct result of concerns ” reported to the state Department of Health and the federal Environmental Protection Agency by six residents on the JBPHH water system in mid-October 2023.
The concerns stem from the Red Hill water crisis, which began in November 2021 when fuel from the Navy’s underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility leaked…
