kōhatu. LOUIS (AP) — I roto i te maha o ngā tāone, kāore tetahi e mōhio ki hea e rere ana ngā paipa mata i raro i te whenua. He mea nui tēnei nā te mea ka taea e ngā paipa mata te whakapoke i te wai inu. Mai i te raruraru mata i Flint, ka kaha ake ngā mahi a ngā āpiha o Michigan ki te kimi i te paipa, ko te taahiraa tuatahi tēnei ki te tango atu.
Ko te tikanga o tēnei, me ngā piriona tāra o te pūtea hou a te kāwanatanga e wātea ana hei whakaoti rapanga, kei te pai ake te tūnga o ētahi wāhi i ētahi atu ki te tono wawe mō te pūtea me te tīmata keri.
"Ko te raruraru inaianei ko tā mātou e hiahia ana ki te whakaiti i te roa o te wā e pāngia ana te hunga whakaraerae e te mata," te kī a Eric Schwartz, te Tumu Whakarae Tuarua o BlueConduit, e whakamahi ana i ngā whakatauira rorohiko hei āwhina i ngā hapori ki te matapae i te taunga o ngā paipa mata.
Hei tauira, i Iowa, he torutoru noa iho ngā tāone kua kitea ā rātou paipa wai matua, ā, kotahi anake – a Dubuque – kua tono pūtea hou a te kāwanatanga hei tango i aua paipa. Kei te whakapono tonu ngā āpiha kāwanatanga ka kitea e rātou ā rātou huarahi i mua i te rā kati a te kāwanatanga mō te tau 2024, ā, ka whai wā ngā hapori ki te tono pūtea.
Ka whakaitihia te IQ e te mata i roto i te tinana, ka whakaroa i te whanaketanga, ā, ka puta he raruraru whanonga i roto i ngā tamariki. Ka taea e ngā paipa mata te uru ki roto i te wai inu. Mā te tango atu i aua paipa ka kore e pāngia.
Tekau tau ki muri, miriona ngā paipa mata i tanumia ki te whenua hei tuku wai ki ngā kāinga me ngā pakihi. Kei te Midwest me te Northeast ēnei paipa, engari kei te nuinga o te motu e kitea ana. Nā te pupuri tuhinga motuhake, he maha ngā tāone kāore e mōhio ko ēhea o ā rātou paipa wai he mea hanga mai i te mata, kaua ki te PVC, ki te parahi rānei.
Kua taea e ētahi wāhi, pērā i a Madison me Green Bay, Wisconsin, te tango i ō rātou wāhi. Engari he raruraru utu nui tēnei, ā, i mua tata nei, he iti noa te pūtea ā-motu hei whakatika.
"He raruraru nui tonu te kore o ngā rauemi," te kī a Radhika Fox, te kaiwhakahaere o te Tari Rauemi Wai o te Tari Tiaki Taiao.
I te tau kua hipa, i hainatia e te Perehitini Joe Biden te pire hanganga hei ture, ā, i te mutunga iho, i tino tautokona tēnei pire mā te whakarato i te $15 piriona tāra mō ngā tau e rima hei āwhina i ngā hapori ki te hanga paipa mata. Kāore e ranea te whakaoti noa i te raruraru, engari ka āwhina anō hoki.
"Ki te kore koe e mahi i tetahi mea, e tono mai rānei, e kore koe e utua," te kī a Eric Olson o te Kaunihera Tiaki Rauemi Taiao.
I mea a Eric Oswald, te tumuaki o te Michigan Drinking Water Division, ka taea e ngā mana whakahaere ā-rohe te tīmata i te mahi ki te whakakapinga i mua i te otinga o tētahi rarangi taipitopito, engari he mea āwhina te whakatau tata mō te wāhi ka takoto ai ngā paipa mata.
"Me mōhio tātou kua tautuhia e rātou ngā ratonga matua i mua i te taea e tātou te putea mō te tukanga whakahoro," tana kī.
He tūponotanga mōrearea ngā paipa mata mō ngā tekau tau. I ngā tau tata nei, kua akiakihia ngā tāngata whenua o Newark, New Jersey me Benton Harbor, Michigan ki te whakamahi i te wai pounamu mō ngā hiahia taketake pēnei i te tunu kai me te inu i muri i te whakaatu a ngā whakamātautau i ngā taumata mata teitei. I Flint, he hapori mangu te nuinga, i te tuatahi i whakakahoretia e ngā āpiha he raruraru mata, ā, i arotahi te aro o te motu ki te raruraru hauora. Nō muri mai, ka heke te whakawhirinaki o te iwi ki te wai paipa, inā koa i roto i ngā hapori mangu me ngā hapori Hispanic.
I whakapuaki a Shri Vedachalam, te kaiwhakahaere o te ātete ki te wai me te āhuarangi i Environmental Consulting & Technology Inc., i tana tumanako ka whakakapia ngā paipa e te iwi whenua hei painga mō ngā kainoho.
He tohu kei te whakahihiri te whakama. Whai muri i te whakaiti i ngā taumata mata teitei, kua tangohia e Michigan me New Jersey ngā mahi kaha hei whakatau i te mata i roto i te wai inu, tae atu ki te tere ake i te tukanga mahere. Engari i ētahi atu kawanatanga, pērā i a Iowa me Missouri, kāore anō kia pāngia e tētahi raruraru pēnei i tēnei raruraru nui, he puhoi ake ngā mea.
I te tīmatanga o Ākuhata, i whakahau te EPA i ngā hapori kia tuhia ā rātou paipa. Ka tae mai ngā moni i runga i ngā hiahia o ia kawanatanga, e ai ki a Fox. Āwhina hangarau me te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga mō ngā wāhanga iti o te taupori.
I roto i ngā whakamātautau wai i Hamtramck, he tāone e tata ana ki te 30,000 tāngata e karapotia ana e Detroit, e whakaatu ana i ngā taumata mata whakamataku. E whakaaro ana te tāone he mea hanga te nuinga o āna paipa ki te konganuku raruraru, ā, kei te mahi rātou ki te whakakapi.
I Michigan, nā te rongonui o te whakakapinga o ngā paipa, kua tono ngā tāngata whenua kia nui ake te pūtea i te mea e wātea ana.
Ka tohatoha wawe te EPA i te pūtea mā te whakamahi i tētahi tauira kāore e whai whakaaro ki te maha o ngā paipa mata i ia kawanatanga. Nō reira, he nui ake te moni e whiwhihia ana e ētahi kawanatanga mō ngā paipa mata i ētahi atu. Kei te mahi te tari ki te whakatika i tēnei i ngā tau e haere ake nei. Ko te tumanako a Michigan mēnā kāore ngā kawanatanga e whakapau i te moni, ka riro te moni ki a rātou i te mutunga.
I mea a Schwartz o BlueConduit me tūpato ngā āpiha kia kaua e ngaro ngā tirotiro paipa i ngā wāhi rawakore hei whakarite i te tika o ngā rarangi taonga. Ki te kore, ki te pai ake ngā tuhinga a ngā rohe whai rawa, ka tere ake te whiwhi pūtea rerekē, ahakoa kāore e nui te moni e hiahiatia ana.
Ko Dubuque, he tāone i te awa o Mississippi, e 58,000 te taupori, e hiahia ana ki te neke atu i te $48 miriona hei whakakapi i te 5,500 paipa kei roto te mata. I tīmata te mahi mahere i ētahi tau kua pahure ake nei, ā, kua whakarite ngā āpiha o mua kia whakahoutia tika, ā, e tūmanakohia ana ka noho hei whakaritenga ā-motu i tētahi rā. He tika tā rātou.
Nā ēnei mahi o mua kua māmā ake te tono pūtea, e ai ki a Christopher Lester, te kaiwhakahaere o te tari wai o te tāone.
"He waimarie tātou ka taea e tātou te whakanui ake i ngā rahui. Kāore tātou e hiahia ki te whai atu," te kī a Lester.
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Wā tuku: Oketopa-21-2022
