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Honolulu's water utility said Friday it shut down one of its wells amid concerns over fuel contamination in the Navy's tap water supply, according to the Board of Water Supply.
Why it matters: The fuel contamination concerns threaten one of Honolulu’s most important water sources and a key military base, where submarines, ships and the commander of U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific region are located, AP reports.
@disk4mat A similar story helped US Naval Intelligence break a Japanese code reveling that Midway was the next target of the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1942.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway#U.S._code-breaking