Hawaii s Red Hill Water Contamination Fiasco Explained msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
honolulu tonight. reporter: tonight, the safety of the water supply for hundreds of thousands of people on oahu in question. this is crossed off. reporter: the water in mai hall s house is off limits. it smelled like i was pumping gas in my car. reporter: hall and at least 1,500 other families in honolulu, many military, started seeing fuel in their water about two weeks ago. a lot of us got sick at the same time. headaches, nausea, stomach pain. reporter: even mai s cats were vomiting. 17-year-old jayden bonilla rushed to the emergency room with a severe rash and swelling. and residents continue to report tainted, cloudy water. when you let it sit, this is what you get. reporter: you can see that translucent sheen. according to the navy, the fuel came from the red hill fuel facility, which was built during world war ii and stores potentially millions of gallons of fuel. that leaky fuel facility sits only 100 feet over a major aquifer that supplies water to honolulu.
EWA BEACH The Bonilla family believes their son s illness could be linked to the tainted water supply. Now it s just a matter of waiting for water test results from the