ilitye. LOUIS (AP) — Kwizixeko ezininzi, akukho mntu waziyo apho imibhobho yelothe ingena khona ngaphantsi komhlaba. Oku kubalulekile kuba imibhobho yelothe inokungcolisa amanzi okusela. Ukususela kwingxaki yelothe yaseFlint, amagosa aseMichigan aqinise imizamo yokufumana umbhobho, inyathelo lokuqala lokususwa kwawo.
Oku kuthetha ukuba ngezigidi zeerandi zemali entsha karhulumente ekhoyo ukusombulula le ngxaki, ezinye iindawo zikwimeko engcono kunezinye yokufaka izicelo zemali ngokukhawuleza zize ziqale ukumba.
“Ngoku ingxaki kukuba sifuna ukunciphisa ixesha abantu abasengozini abachatshazelwa yilothe,” utshilo u-Eric Schwartz, i-CEO yeBlueConduit, esebenzisa iikhompyutha zokulinganisa ukunceda uluntu luqikelele indawo yeepayipi zelothe.
Umzekelo, e-Iowa, zimbalwa izixeko ezifumene imibhobho yamanzi ehamba phambili, kwaye okwangoku sinye kuphela - iDubuque - esicele inkxaso-mali entsha karhulumente ukuze siyisuse. Amagosa karhulumente ahlala eqinisekile ukuba aza kufumana umkhondo wawo ngaphambi komhla wokugqibela karhulumente wobumbano ka-2024, nto leyo enika uluntu ixesha lokufaka izicelo zenkxaso-mali.
Ilothe emzimbeni iyanciphisa i-IQ, ilibazise ukukhula, kwaye ibangela iingxaki zokuziphatha ebantwaneni. Imibhobho yelothe ingangena emanzini okusela. Ukuyisusa kususa umngcipheko.
Kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo, izigidi zeepayipi zelothe zazingcwatywa emhlabeni ukuze kubonelelwe ngamanzi eempompi emakhaya nakwiishishini. Zihlala kwiMidwest naseMantla-mpuma, kodwa zifumaneka kulo lonke ilizwe. Ukugcinwa kweerekhodi ezisasazwe kuthetha ukuba izixeko ezininzi azazi ukuba zeziphi iipayipi zazo zamanzi ezenziwe ngelothe kunePVC okanye ubhedu.
Ezinye iindawo, ezifana neMadison kunye neGreen Bay, eWisconsin, ziye zakwazi ukususa iindawo zazo. Kodwa yingxaki ebiza kakhulu, kwaye ngokwembali bekukho inkxaso-mali encinci karhulumente yokuyisombulula.
“Ukunqongophala kwezixhobo bekusoloko kuyingxaki enkulu,” utshilo uRadhika Fox, umlawuli weOfisi yeZixhobo zamanzi ye-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, uMongameli uJoe Biden watyikitya umthetho wolwakhiwo lweziseko, owathi ekugqibeleni wanikela inkxaso enkulu ngokubonelela nge-$15 yeebhiliyoni kwiminyaka emihlanu ukunceda uluntu ukuba lwakhe imibhobho yelothe. Akwanelanga ukusombulula ingxaki nje kuphela, kodwa kuya kunceda.
“Ukuba awuthathi manyathelo uze ufake isicelo, awuyi kuhlawulwa,” utshilo u-Eric Olson weBhunga loKhuselo lweMithombo yeNdalo.
U-Eric Oswald, umphathi weCandelo laManzi okuNxila laseMichigan, uthe oorhulumente basekuhlaleni bangaqala umsebenzi wokutshintsha ngaphambi kokuba kugqitywe uluhlu oluneenkcukacha, kodwa uqikelelo lwendawo apho imibhobho yentsimbi iza kuba khona luya kuba luncedo.
“Kufuneka sazi ukuba bachonge imigca ephambili yenkonzo ngaphambi kokuba sikwazi ukuxhasa inkqubo yokudilizwa,” utshilo.
Iipayipi zelothe beziyingozi kangangeminyaka emininzi. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, abemi baseNewark, eNew Jersey naseBenton Harbor, eMichigan baye banyanzelwa ukuba basebenzise amanzi asebhotileni kwiimfuno ezisisiseko ezifana nokupheka nokusela emva kokuba uvavanyo lubonise amanqanaba aphezulu elothe. EFlint, uluntu olunabantu abamnyama kakhulu, amagosa ekuqaleni akhanyela ukuba kukho ingxaki yelothe, egxile ingqalelo yesizwe kwingxaki yezempilo. Emva koko, ukuthembana koluntu emanzini empompini kwehla, ingakumbi kuluntu olumnyama nolwaseHispanic.
UShri Vedachalam, umlawuli wecandelo lokumelana namanzi kunye nokuguquguquka kwemozulu kwi-Environmental Consulting & Technology Inc., uvakalise ithemba lakhe lokuba abemi bendawo baza kutshintsha imibhobho ukuze kuzuze abemi.
Kukho iimpawu zokuba ukuhlazeka kuyakhuthaza. Emva kokunciphisa amanqanaba aphezulu eenkokeli, iMichigan neNew Jersey zithathe amanyathelo aqatha okujongana ne-lead emanzini okusela, kuquka nokukhawulezisa inkqubo yokwenziwa kwemephu. Kodwa kwamanye amazwe, afana ne-Iowa neMissouri, angakhange ajongane nengxaki efana nale ngxaki iphambili, izinto zihamba kancinci.
Ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti, i-EPA yayalela uluntu ukuba lubhale phantsi imibhobho yalo. Imali iya kuza ngokweemfuno zelizwe ngalinye, utshilo uFox. Uncedo lobuchwephesha kunye nokuququzelelwa kweemeko zamacandelo aphantsi abantu abanengeniso.
Uvavanyo lwamanzi eHamtramck, isixeko esinabantu abamalunga nama-30,000 esijikelezwe yiDetroit, luhlala lubonisa amanqanaba amangalisayo elothe. Isixeko sicinga ukuba uninzi lweepayipi zaso zenziwe ngesinyithi esinzima kwaye sisebenza ekuzitshintsheni.
EMichigan, ukutshintshwa kwemibhobho kuthandwa kakhulu kangangokuba abemi balapho bacele imali engaphezulu kunaleyo ikhoyo.
I-EPA isasaza imali kwangoko isebenzisa ifomula engaqwalaseli inani leepayipi ze-lead kwilizwe ngalinye. Ngenxa yoko, amanye amazwe afumana imali eninzi kakhulu yepayipi ye-lead kunamanye. Le arhente isebenza ukulungisa oku kwiminyaka ezayo. IMichigan inethemba lokuba ukuba amazwe awayisebenzisi imali, imali ekugqibeleni iya kuya kuwo.
USchwartz weBlueConduit uthe amagosa kufuneka alumke angaphoswa kukuhlolwa kwemibhobho kwiindawo ezihlwempuzekileyo ukuqinisekisa ukuchaneka kwempahla. Ngaphandle koko, ukuba iindawo ezityebileyo zinamaxwebhu angcono, zinokufumana enye inkxaso-mali ngokukhawuleza, nokuba azidingi kangako.
IDubuque, isixeko esikuMlambo iMississippi esinabantu abamalunga nama-58,000, sidinga imali engaphezulu kwe-$48 yezigidi ukutshintsha imibhobho emalunga nama-5,500 equlethe ilothe. Umsebenzi wokwenza imaphu waqala kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo kwaye amagosa angaphambili aqinisekisile ukuba ihlaziywe ngokufanelekileyo kwaye kulindeleke ukuba ibe yimfuneko karhulumente ngenye imini. Bachanekile.
Le mizamo idlulileyo yenze kwaba lula ukufaka izicelo zemali, utshilo uChristopher Lester, umphathi wesebe lamanzi lesixeko.
“Sinethamsanqa lokuba singayandisa imali ebekelwe bucala. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba sizame ukufikelela,” utshilo uLester.
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Ixesha lokuthumela: Okthobha-21-2022
