itshe. I-LOUIS (AP) - Emadolobheni amaningi, akekho owaziyo lapho amapayipi okuhola ahamba ngaphansi komhlaba. Lokhu kubalulekile ngoba amapayipi omthofu angangcolisa amanzi okuphuza. Selokhu kwaba nenkinga yokuhola kwe-Flint, izikhulu zaseMichigan zenze imizamo yokuthola ipayipi, isinyathelo sokuqala ekususweni kwalo.
Lokhu kusho ukuthi njengoba kunezigidigidi zamaRandi zoxhaso olusha lwenhlangano olutholakalayo ukuze kuxazululwe inkinga, ezinye izindawo zisesimweni esingcono kunezinye zokufaka izicelo zoxhaso ngokushesha futhi ziqale ukumba.
"Manje inkinga iwukuthi sifuna ukunciphisa isikhathi abantu abasengozini bevezwa ukuhola," kusho u-Eric Schwartz, i-CEO ye-BlueConduit, esebenzisa ukulingisa kwekhompyutha ukusiza imiphakathi ukubikezela indawo yamapayipi okuhola.
E-Iowa, isibonelo, ambalwa kuphela amadolobha athole amapayipi amanzi ahamba phambili, futhi kuze kube manje elilodwa kuphela - i-Dubuque - elicele uxhaso olusha lwenhlangano ukuze liwasuse. Izikhulu zezwe zihlala zinethemba lokuthi zizothola ukuhola kwazo ngaphambi komnqamulajuqu kahulumeni wobumbano wango-2024, okunikeza imiphakathi isikhathi sokufaka isicelo soxhaso.
Umthofu emzimbeni wehlisa i-IQ, ubambezela ukukhula, futhi udala izinkinga zokuziphatha ezinganeni. Amapayipi omthofu angangena emanzini okuphuza. Ukuzisusa kuqeda usongo.
Emashumini eminyaka adlule, izigidi zamapayipi omthofu agqitshwa phansi ukuze aphakele amanzi kampompi ezindlini nasemabhizinisini. Zigxile eMidwest naseNyakatho-mpumalanga, kodwa zitholakala kulo lonke izwe. Ukugcinwa kwamarekhodi ahlukene kusho ukuthi amadolobha amaningi awazi ukuthi imaphi amapayipi awo amanzi enziwe ngomthofu kune-PVC noma ithusi.
Ezinye izindawo, njengeMadison neGreen Bay, eWisconsin, zikwazile ukususa izindawo zazo. Kodwa kuyinkinga ebizayo, futhi ngokomlando bekunemali encane yenhlangano yokubhekana nayo.
“Ukuntuleka kwezinsiza bekulokhu kuyinkinga enkulu,” kusho uRadhika Fox, umqondisi weHhovisi Lezinsiza Zamanzi le-Environmental Protection Agency.
Ngonyaka odlule, uMongameli uJoe Biden wasayina umthethosivivinywa wengqalasizinda waba umthetho, owagcina unikeze umfutho omkhulu ngokuhlinzeka ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-15 eminyakeni emihlanu ukusiza imiphakathi yakhe amapayipi omthofu. Akwanele nje ukuxazulula inkinga, kodwa kuzosiza.
“Uma ungathathi izinyathelo futhi ufake isicelo, ngeke ukhokhelwe,” kusho u-Eric Olson we-Natural Resources Defence Council.
U-Eric Oswald, unsumpa weMichigan Drinking Water Division, uthe iziphathimandla zendawo zingaqala umsebenzi wokushintsha ngaphambi kokuba kuqedwe uhlu oluningiliziwe, kodwa ukulinganiswa kokuthi amapayipi omthofu akuphi kungasiza.
“Kumele sazi ukuthi sebehlonze izintambo ezinkulu ngaphambi kokuthi sixhase uhlelo lokudilizwa kwezindlu,” usho kanje.
Amapayipi omthofu abe yingozi amashumi eminyaka. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, izakhamuzi zaseNewark, New Jersey naseBenton Harbor, eMichigan ziphoqeleke ukuthi zisebenzise amanzi asemabhodleleni ngezidingo eziyisisekelo njengokupheka nokuphuza ngemva kokuhlolwa kubonise amazinga omthofu aphakeme. E-Flint, okuwumphakathi ogcwele abantu abamnyama, izikhulu ziqale zaphika ukuthi kunenkinga yokuhola, zagxila kakhulu kuzwelonke enkingeni yezempilo. Kamuva, ukwethenjwa komphakathi emanzini kampompi kwehla, ikakhulukazi emiphakathini yabamnyama neyabaseSpain.
UMnuz Shri Vedachalam, ongumqondisi wophiko lwezamanzi nesimo sezulu kwa-Environmental Consulting & Technology Inc., uzwakalise ukuthi unethemba lokuthi abantu bakule ndawo bazowashintsha amapayipi ukuze kuzuze izakhamuzi.
Kunezimpawu zokuthi ukuphoxeka kungumgqugquzeli. Ngemva kokunciphisa amazinga omthofu aphezulu, iMichigan kanye neNew Jersey bathathe izinyathelo eziqinile zokubhekana nomthofu emanzini okuphuza, okuhlanganisa nokusheshisa inqubo yokwenza imephu. Kepha kwezinye izifundazwe, njenge-Iowa neMissouri, ezingakaze zibhekane nenkinga efana nale nkinga esezingeni eliphezulu, izinto ziyahamba kancane.
Ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti, i-EPA yagunyaza imiphakathi ukuthi ibhale amapayipi ayo. Izimali zizongena ngokwezidingo zombuso ngamunye, kusho uFox. Usizo lobuchwepheshe nokwenza lula izimo zezigaba zabantu abahola kancane.
Ukuhlolwa kwamanzi eHamtramck, idolobha elinabantu abacishe babe ngu-30,000 elizungezwe iDetroit, kukhombisa njalo amazinga ethusayo omthofu. Idolobhakazi lithatha ngokuthi iningi lamapayipi alo enziwe ngensimbi eyinkinga futhi lisebenza ngokuwashintsha.
E-Michigan, ukushintshwa kwamapayipi kudume kangangokuthi abantu bendawo bacele imali eyengeziwe kunaleyo etholakalayo.
I-EPA isabalalisa uxhaso lwangaphambi kwesikhathi isebenzisa ifomula engacabangeli inani lamapayipi omthofu esifundazweni ngasinye. Ngenxa yalokho, ezinye izifundazwe zithola imali eningi kakhulu yepayipi lomthofu kunezinye. Lesi sikhungo sisebenzela ukulungisa lokhu eminyakeni ezayo. IMichigan inethemba lokuthi uma izifundazwe zingayisebenzisi imali, imali izogcina iye kubo.
U-Schwartz wakwaBlueConduit uthe izikhulu kufanele ziqaphele ukuthi zingaphuthelwa ukuhlolwa kwamapayipi ezindaweni ezimpofu ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukunemba kwempahla. Uma kungenjalo, uma izifunda ezicebile zinemibhalo engcono, zingathola enye imali ngokushesha, ngisho noma zingayidingi kangako.
I-Dubuque, idolobha elisemfuleni i-Mississippi elinabantu abangaba ngu-58,000, lidinga imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-48 zamaRandi ukuze lifake esikhundleni amapayipi angaba ngu-5,500 aqukethe umthofu. Umsebenzi wokwenza amamephu waqala eminyakeni embalwa edlule futhi izikhulu zangaphambilini zaqinisekisa ukuthi ubuyekezwe kahle futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ube yisidingo sikahulumeni ngelinye ilanga. Baqinisile.
Le mizamo edlule yenze kwaba lula ukufaka isicelo soxhaso, kusho uChristopher Lester, umphathi womnyango wezamanzi edolobheni.
“Sinenhlanhla yokuthi sikwazi ukwandisa iziqiwi, asikho isidingo sokuthi sizame ukubamba,” kusho uLester.
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Oct-21-2022
