It Could Cost Billions For The Navy To Move Red Hill Fuel 2 A 2018 study found that building a new jet fuel facility to replace the aging tanks at Red Hill could cost as much as $10 billion and could take until 2051.
The Department of Defense is grappling with what it will take to remove the jet fuel from the Red Hill underground facility in response to increasing political pressure to address the still-unfolding Honolulu water crisis.
About 92,000 people who rely on Navy water in Hawaii have been unable to use or drink it since last week when the Navy confirmed there’s petroleum in the water. The Navy’s well at Red Hill is close to an underground storage facility that includes 20 aging tanks that can hold 250 million gallons of jet fuel.
Hawaii Gov. David Ige and the entire congressional delegation on Sunday called on the Navy to suspend operations at the facility. On Monday, the Navy told reporters it had suspended operations at the fuel facility a week ago.
