ilitye. I-LOUIS (AP) - Kwizixeko ezininzi, akukho mntu uyazi apho iipayipi ezikhokelayo zihamba phantsi komhlaba. Oku kubalulekile kuba imibhobho yelothe inokungcolisa amanzi okusela. Ukusukela kwintlekele yeFlint ekhokelayo, amagosa aseMichigan anyusa iinzame zokufumana umbhobho, inyathelo lokuqala ekususweni kwawo.
Oku kuthetha ukuba ngeebhiliyoni zeedola zenkxaso-mali entsha ye-federal ekhoyo ukusombulula ingxaki, ezinye iindawo zikwimeko engcono kunezinye zokukhawuleza zifake izicelo zenkxaso-mali kwaye ziqalise ukumba.
"Ngoku ingxaki kukuba sifuna ukunciphisa inani lexesha labantu abasengozini ababonakaliswe ukukhokela," kusho u-Eric Schwartz, i-CEO ye-BlueConduit, esebenzisa i-computer simulations ukunceda uluntu luqikelele indawo yemibhobho ekhokelayo.
Ngokomzekelo, e-Iowa, kuphela izixeko ezimbalwa ezifumene imibhobho yamanzi ehamba phambili, kwaye ukuza kuthi ga ngoku enye kuphela - iDubuque - icele inkxaso-mali entsha ye-federal ukuba ibasuse. Amagosa karhulumente ahlala eqinisekile ukuba aza kuzifumana iinkokeli zawo phambi komhla wokugqibela worhulumente womanyano ka-2024, enika uluntu ixesha lokufaka isicelo senkxaso-mali.
Ilothe emzimbeni ithoba i-IQ, ilibazise uphuhliso, kwaye ibangela iingxaki zokuziphatha ebantwaneni. Imibhobho yelothe inokungena emanzini okusela. Ukuzisusa kuphelisa isoyikiso.
Kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo, izigidi zemibhobho yelothe yayingcwatyelwe emhlabeni ukuze ibonelele ngempompo yamanzi kumakhaya nakumashishini. Zigxile kuMbindi-ntshona nakumaNtla-mpuma, kodwa zifumaneka kulo lonke ilizwe. Ukugcinwa kweerekhodi ezinatyisiweyo kuthetha ukuba izixeko ezininzi azazi ukuba yeyiphi imibhobho yazo yamanzi eyenziwe ngelothe kunePVC okanye ubhedu.
Ezinye iindawo, ezifana neMadison kunye neGreen Bay, iWisconsin, ziye zakwazi ukususa iindawo zazo. Kodwa yingxaki eneendleko ezinkulu, kwaye ngokwembali bekukho inkxaso-mali encinci yomanyano ukuyilungisa.
URadhika Fox, umalathisi weArhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo kwiOfisi yeMithombo yaManzi yeArhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo ibisoloko iyingxaki.
Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, uMongameli uJoe Biden watyikitya umthetho oyilwayo weziseko zophuhliso waba ngumthetho, othe ekugqibeleni wakhuthaza kakhulu ngokubonelela ngeedola ezili-15 leebhiliyoni kwiminyaka emihlanu ukunceda uluntu lwakha imibhobho ekhokelayo. Akwanelanga ukusombulula ingxaki nje, kodwa kuya kunceda.
UEric Olson weNatural Resources Defense Council wathi: “Ukuba akuthabathi manyathelo uze ufake isicelo, akusayi kuhlawulwa.
U-Eric Oswald, oyintsumpa yeCandelo laManzi okuSela eMichigan, uthe abasemagunyeni basekhaya banokuqalisa umsebenzi wokutshintsha ngaphambi kokuba kugqitywe uluhlu oluneenkcukacha, kodwa uqikelelo lokuba iya kuba luncedo phi imibhobho ekhokelayo.
“Kufuneka sazi ukuba bachonge ezona ntambo zenkonzo ziphambili phambi kokuba sixhase ngemali inkqubo yokudilizwa,” utshilo.
Imibhobho yelothe ibiyingozi kangangamashumi eminyaka. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, abahlali baseNewark, eNew Jersey naseBenton Harbour, eMichigan baye banyanzeleka ukuba basebenzise amanzi asebhotileni kwiimfuno ezisisiseko ezifana nokupheka nokusela emva kokuba iimvavanyo zibonise amanqanaba aphezulu okukhokela. EFlint, uninzi lwabantu abantsundu, amagosa aqale akhanyela ukuba kukho ingxaki ekhokelayo, egxile kwingqwalasela yelizwe kwingxaki yezempilo. Emva koko, ukuthembela koluntu kumanzi aphuma empompo kwehla, ngakumbi kubantu abantsundu nabangamaSpanishi.
U-Shri Vedachalam, umlawuli wamanzi kunye nokuqiniswa kwemozulu kwi-Environmental Consulting & Technology Inc., ubonise ithemba lakhe lokuba abahlali baya kuthatha indawo yemibhobho ukuze kuzuze abahlali.
Kukho imiqondiso yokuba iintloni zingumkhuthazi. Emva kokunciphisa amanqanaba aphezulu okukhokela, iMichigan kunye neNew Jersey zithathe amanyathelo angqongqo okujongana nelothe kumanzi okusela, kubandakanya nokukhawulezisa inkqubo yokwenza imephu. Kodwa kwamanye amazwe, njenge-Iowa kunye neMissouri, engakhange ajongane nengxaki efana nale ngxaki iphezulu, izinto ziyacotha.
Ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti, i-EPA yayalela uluntu ukuba lubhale imibhobho yalo. Iimali ziya kuza ngokweemfuno zelizwe ngalinye, utshilo uFox. Uncedo lobuchwephesha kunye nokuququzelelwa kweemeko kumacandelo anengeniso ephantsi yabemi.
Uvavanyo lwamanzi eHamtramck, isixeko esinabantu abaphantse babe ngama-30,000 abangqongwe yiDetroit, bahlala bebonisa amanqanaba othusayo elothe. Isixeko sithatha ukuba uninzi lwemibhobho yaso yenziwe ngesinyithi esinzima kwaye sisebenza ngokuyitshintsha.
EMichigan, ukutshintshwa kwemibhobho kuthandwa kakhulu kangangokuba abantu balapha baye bacela imali eninzi kunaleyo ikhoyo.
I-EPA isasaza inkxaso-mali kwangoko isebenzisa ifomula engathatheli ngqalelo inani lemibhobho ekhokelayo kwilizwe ngalinye. Ngenxa yoko, amanye amazwe afumana imali eninzi kakhulu yombhobho okhokelayo kunabanye. I-arhente isebenza ukulungisa oku kwiminyaka ezayo. UMichigan unethemba lokuba ukuba amazwe awayisebenzisi imali, ekugqibeleni imali iya kuya kubo.
I-BlueConduit's Schwartz ithe amagosa kufuneka alumke angaphoswa ukuhlolwa kwemibhobho kwiindawo ezihluphekileyo ukuqinisekisa ukuchaneka kwe-inventory. Kungenjalo, ukuba imimandla etyebileyo inamaxwebhu angcono, banokufumana enye inkxaso-mali ngokukhawuleza, nokuba abayidingi kangako.
I-Dubuque, isixeko esikuMlambo i-Mississippi esimalunga nama-58,000, sidinga ngaphezulu kwe-48 yezigidi zeerandi ukuze kubuyiselwe malunga nama-5,500 emibhobho equlethe ilothe. Umsebenzi wokwenza imaphu waqala kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo kwaye amagosa angaphambili aqinisekisile ukuba uhlaziywe ngokufanelekileyo kwaye kulindeleke ukuba ube yimfuneko yomanyano ngenye imini. Banyanisile.
Ezi nzame zangaphambili zenze kwalula ukufaka isicelo senkxaso-mali, utshilo uChristopher Lester, umphathi wesebe lezamanzi esixekweni.
“Sinethamsanqa lokuba singabanyusa oovimba, akunyanzelekanga ukuba sizame ukubamba,” utshilo uLester.
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Ixesha lokuposa: Oct-21-2022
