The Navy has too much influence over its own supposedly independent contractor, according to DOH.

Most Pearl Harbor-area neighborhoods are still advised not to drink the water.

A monitoring agreement signed in 2015 failed to prevent a catastrophe six years later.

Nearly three months into a water contamination crisis, thousands of military-affiliated families have found their daily lives drastically transformed.

Pearl City Peninsula residents can again use tap water, the state said, months after fuel leaks contaminated the Navy’s water supply.

City, state and federal leaders are pushing to shut down the World War II-era network of tanks and pipelines.

The senator said she is counting on Hawaii’s Department of Health to take action.

Residents of a small area near the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility may resume using their water for all purposes, effective immediately, the DOH said.

The system would deploy water automatically in case of a fire at the Navy’s fuel facility, but firefighting foam would have to be turned on manually, a spokeswoman said.

For years, Hawaii’s congressional delegation was not in favor of decommissioning the Red Hill fuel facility. That changed when fuel hit people’s faucets.