HNN: Displaced military families will have to wait longer until water is safe to return home

By HNN Staff

Published: Jan. 5, 2022 at 5:39 PM HST

Article: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/01/06/move-in-date-military-families-displaced-by-tainted-water-pushed-back-mid-february/

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Military residents displaced by the Navy’s contaminated water system learned that they won’t be able to return to their homes until mid-February.

Those who live in Aliamanu Military Reservation received the news on Wednesday. The new timeline is more than a month after their previous planned move-in date.

The Army said after flushing millions of gallons though the water system to clean out fuel contamination, test results still do not meet EPA and state Health Department standards for safe water.

Officials said the system will have to be flushed and tested again.

The military did not respond to HNN’s requests for more details.