(Star Advertiser) Letters: ... Time to say ‘no’ to risky Red Hill tanks

Letter to Editor in Star Advertiser

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Original Letter (Behind a pay wall for SA subscribers only)

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Make fair rules for businesses, not bans; DLNR must be true to steward land for all; Time to say ‘no’ to risky Red Hill tanks

Let’s stop gambling with Oahu’s precious water supply! One hundred feet is all that separates us from catastrophic contamination of the aquifer that provides our clean water and the fuel stored by the Navy at Red Hill.

As the Sierra Club’s Wayne Chung Tanaka pointed out in his commentary (“Move Red Hill tanks before it’s too late,” Island Voices, Star-Advertiser, Oct. 27), repeated leaks are inching closer to the water table. Cover-ups and inaccuracies by the military raise serious questions about its trustworthiness or even its ability to protect our water supply.

Whether the problem is human error or corrosion, it’s time to say NO to the Red Hill tanks.

Linda L. Rich Diamond Head