ibwe. LOUIS (AP) - Mumaguta mazhinji, hapana anoziva kuti pombi dzinotungamira dzinomhanya pasi pevhu. Izvi zvakakosha nekuti pombi dzemutobvu dzinogona kusvibisa mvura yekunwa. Kubva pakatanga dambudziko reFlint, vakuru veMichigan vakawedzera kuedza kutsvaga pombi, danho rekutanga pakubviswa kwayo.
Izvi zvinoreva kuti nemabhiriyoni emadhora emari itsva yemubatanidzwa iripo kugadzirisa dambudziko, dzimwe nzvimbo dziri pachinhanho chiri nani pane dzimwe kukurumidza kunyorera mari uye kutanga kuchera.
"Iye zvino dambudziko nderekuti tinoda kuderedza nguva yenguva iyo vanhu vanotambura vanoratidzwa kuti vatungamire," akadaro Eric Schwartz, co-CEO weBlueConduit, iyo inoshandisa makombiyuta ekuenzanisa kubatsira nharaunda kufanotaura nzvimbo yepombi dzinotungamirira.
MuIowa, semuenzaniso, mashoma emaguta akawana mapombi emvura anotungamira, uye kusvika parizvino imwe chete - Dubuque - yakakumbira mari itsva yemubatanidzwa kuti ibvise. Vakuru vehurumende vanoramba vaine chivimbo chekuti vachawana kutungamira kwavo nguva isati yasvika yehurumende yemubatanidzwa muna 2024, vachipa nharaunda nguva yekunyorera mari.
Mutobvu mumuviri unodzikisira IQ, unononoka kukura, uye unokonzera matambudziko ehunhu muvana. Mapombi emutobvu anogona kupinda mumvura yekunwa. Kuzvibvisa kunobvisa kutyisidzira.
Makumi emakore apfuura, mamiriyoni emapombi emutobvu akavigwa pasi kuti ape mvura yemupombi kudzimba nemabhizinesi. Iwo akaiswa muMidwest uye Northeast, asi anowanikwa munzvimbo zhinji dzenyika. Decentralized rekodhi kuchengetedza zvinoreva kuti maguta mazhinji haazive kuti ndeipi mapaipi emvura awo anogadzirwa nemutobvu pane PVC kana mhangura.
Dzimwe nzvimbo, dzakaita seMadison neGreen Bay, Wisconsin, dzakakwanisa kubvisa nzvimbo dzadzo. Asi idambudziko rinodhura, uye munhoroondo kwave kushoma mari yemubatanidzwa kugadzirisa.
“Kushaikwa kwezvinhu kwagara kuri chinetso chikuru,” anodaro Radhika Fox, mutungamiriri weEnvironmental Protection Agency’s Water Resources Office.
Gore rapfuura, Mutungamiri Joe Biden vakasaina bhiri rezvivakwa kuita mutemo, izvo zvakazopa kusimudzira kukuru nekupa madhora mabhiriyoni gumi nemashanu mumakore mashanu kubatsira nharaunda kuvaka pombi dzinotungamira. Hazvina kukwana kungogadzirisa dambudziko, asi zvinobatsira.
“Kana ukasatora matanho ndokunyorera, haubhadharwi,” akadaro Eric Olson weNatural Resources Defense Council.
Eric Oswald, superintendent weMichigan Drinking Water Division, akati zviremera zvemunharaunda zvinogona kutanga basa pakutsiviwa kusati kwapera, asi fungidziro yekuti pombi dzinotungamira dzichabatsira.
“Tinofanira kuziva kuti vaona mitsara mikuru yebasa tisati tawana mari yekuputsa dzimba,” vakadaro.
Mapombi emutobvu ave ari ngozi kwemakumi emakore. Mumakore achangopfuura, vagari vekuNewark, New Jersey neBenton Harbor, Michigan vakamanikidzwa kushandisa mvura yemubhodhoro kune zvinodiwa zvakakosha sekubika nekunwa mushure mebvunzo dzakaratidza nhanho dzepamusoro dzekutungamira. MuFlint, nharaunda ine vanhu vatema, vakuru vakuru vakamboramba kuti kune dambudziko rekutungamira, vachitarisa nyika padambudziko rehutano. Mushure mezvo, kuvimba neveruzhinji mumvura yemupombi kwakadzikira, kunyanya munharaunda dzevatema nedzeSpanish.
Shri Vedachalam, mutungamiriri wemvura uye kugadzikana kwemamiriro ekunze paEnvironmental Consulting & Technology Inc., akataura tariro yake yokuti vagari vomunharaunda vachatsiva mapaipi kuitira kuti vagari vemo vabatsirwe.
Pane zviratidzo zvekuti kunyara ndiko kukurudzira. Mushure mekudzikisira mazinga akakwirira ekutungamirira, Michigan neNew Jersey dzakatora matanho akasimba ekugadzirisa mutobvu mumvura yekunwa, kusanganisira kukurumidza kuita mepu. Asi mune dzimwe nyika, seIowa neMissouri, dzisina kutarisana nedambudziko senge dambudziko iri repamusoro-soro, zvinhu zvinononoka.
Mukutanga kwaNyamavhuvhu, EPA yakaraira nharaunda kunyora mapaipi avo. Mari iyi ichauya zvichienderana nezvinodiwa nenyika imwe neimwe, Fox akadaro. Rubatsiro rwehunyanzvi uye kufambiswa kwemamiriro ezvikamu zvepasi pehuwandu hwevanhu.
Kuyedzwa kwemvura muHamtramck, guta revanhu vangangosvika zviuru makumi matatu vakakomberedzwa neDetroit, rinogara richiratidza mazinga anotyisa emutobvu. Guta rinofungidzira kuti mazhinji epombi dzaro dzakagadzirwa nesimbi inonetsa uye dziri kushanda pakudzitsiva.
MuMichigan, kutsiva mapaipi kwakakurumbira zvekuti vagari veko vakakumbira mari yakawanda kupfuura iripo.
EPA inogovera mari yekutanga ichishandisa fomula isingatarise huwandu hwepombi dzinotungamira mudunhu rega rega. Nekuda kweizvozvo, dzimwe nyika dzinowana mari yakawandisa yepombi inotungamira kupfuura dzimwe. Sangano iri riri kushanda kugadzirisa izvi mumakore anotevera. Michigan inotarisira kuti kana matunhu akasashandisa mari, mari inozoenda kwavari.
BlueConduit's Schwartz akati vakuru vakuru vanofanirwa kungwarira kuti vasapotsa kuongororwa kwepombi munzvimbo dzine urombo kuti vaone chokwadi chekuverenga. Zvikasadaro, kana matunhu akapfuma aine zvinyorwa zviri nani, vanogona kuwana imwe mari nekukurumidza, kunyangwe vasingade yakawanda.
Dubuque, guta riri paRwizi rweMisissippi rinosvika zviuru makumi mashanu nezvisere, rinoda mari inodarika mamiriyoni makumi mana nemasere emadhora kutsiva mapaipi zviuru zvishanu nemazana mashanu ane mutobvu. Basa rekugadzira mepu rakatanga makore akati wandei apfuura uye vakuru vakuru vakave nechokwadi chekuti rakanyatsogadziridzwa uye rinotarisirwa kuve chinhu chinodiwa nemubatanidzwa rimwe zuva. Vakarurama.
Kuedza kwakapfuura uku kwaita kuti zvive nyore kukumbira mari, akadaro Christopher Lester, maneja webazi remvura muguta.
"Tine rombo rakanaka kuti tinogona kuwedzera matura. Hatifanirwe kuedza kubata," akadaro Lester.
Iyo Associated Press yakagamuchira rutsigiro kubva kuWalton Family Foundation yekuvhara mvura uye mutemo wezvakatipoteredza. Iyo Associated Press ndiyo ine mutoro kune zvese zvirimo. Kune ese eAP's yekuvhara nharaunda, shanya https://apnews.com/hub/climate-and-environment.
Nguva yekutumira: Oct-21-2022
