pōhaku. LOUIS (AP) - Ma nā kūlanakauhale he nui, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike i kahi e holo ai nā paipu alakaʻi ma lalo o ka honua. He mea nui kēia no ka mea hiki i nā paipu kepau ke hoʻohaumia i ka wai inu. Mai ka pilikia alakaʻi o Flint, ua hoʻoikaika nā luna o Michigan i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka pipeline, ʻo ka hana mua i kona wehe ʻana.
ʻO ia hoʻi, me nā piliona kālā o ke kālā federal hou i loaʻa no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka pilikia, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi mau wahi ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe e noi koke i ke kālā a hoʻomaka e ʻeli.
"I kēia manawa ʻo ka pilikia, makemake mākou e hoʻemi i ka nui o ka manawa i ʻike ʻia ka poʻe palupalu i ke alakaʻi," wahi a Eric Schwartz, co-CEO o BlueConduit, e hoʻohana ana i nā hoʻohālikelike kamepiula e kōkua i nā kaiāulu e wānana i kahi o nā paipu alakaʻi.
Ma Iowa, no ka laʻana, he mau kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi wale nō i loaʻa i kā lākou mau paipu wai alakaʻi, a i kēia manawa hoʻokahi wale nō - Dubuque - ua noi i ke kālā federal hou e wehe iā lākou. Ke hilinaʻi nei nā luna mokuʻāina e ʻike lākou i kā lākou alakaʻi ma mua o ka palena palena o ke aupuni federal 2024, e hāʻawi ana i nā kaiāulu i manawa e noi ai no ke kālā.
ʻO ke alakaʻi i loko o ke kino e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka IQ, hoʻopaneʻe i ka ulu ʻana, a hoʻopilikia i ka hana i nā keiki. Hiki i nā paipu kepau ke komo i loko o ka wai inu. ʻO ka wehe ʻana iā lākou e hoʻopau i ka hoʻoweliweli.
He mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kanu ʻia nā miliona o nā paipu kepau i ka lepo e hoʻolako i ka wai paipa i nā hale a me nā ʻoihana. Aia lākou ma ka Midwest a me Northeast, akā aia ma ka hapa nui o ka ʻāina. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā moʻolelo decentralized ʻo ia ka nui o nā kūlanakauhale ʻaʻole ʻike i kahi o kā lākou paipu wai i hana ʻia mai ke kēpau ma mua o ka PVC a i ʻole ke keleawe.
Ua hiki i kekahi mau wahi, e like me Madison a me Green Bay, Wisconsin, ke wehe i ko lakou mau wahi. Akā, he pilikia koʻikoʻi, a ma ka mōʻaukala, ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi ke kālā federal e hoʻoponopono ai.
"He pilikia nui ka nele i nā kumuwaiwai," wahi a Radhika Fox, ka luna o ka Environmental Protection Agency's Water Resources Office.
ʻO ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kau inoa ʻo Pelekikena Joe Biden i ka bila ʻoihana i ke kānāwai, ka mea i hāʻawi i ka hoʻoikaika nui ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i $15 biliona ma mua o ʻelima mau makahiki e kōkua i nā kaiāulu e kūkulu i nā paipu alakaʻi. ʻAʻole lawa ka hoʻoponopono wale ʻana i ka pilikia, akā kōkua ia.
"Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hana a noi, ʻaʻole ʻoe e uku ʻia," wahi a Eric Olson o ka Natural Resources Defense Council.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Eric Oswald, ka luna nui o ka Michigan Drinking Water Division, hiki i nā luna kūloko ke hoʻomaka i ka hana i ka hoʻololi ʻana ma mua o ka pau ʻana o kahi waihona kikoʻī, akā he mea kōkua ka manaʻo o kahi o nā paipu alakaʻi.
"Pono mākou e ʻike ua ʻike lākou i nā laina lawelawe nui ma mua o ka hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi kālā i ke kaʻina hana hoʻohiolo," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
Ua pilikia nā paipu kepau no nā makahiki. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua koi ʻia nā kamaʻāina o Newark, New Jersey a me Benton Harbor, Michigan e hoʻohana i ka wai hue no nā pono maʻamau e like me ka kuke ʻana a me ka inu ʻana ma hope o nā hōʻike i hōʻike i nā pae alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe. Ma Flint, kahi kaiāulu ʻeleʻele nui, ua hōʻole mua nā luna i kahi pilikia alakaʻi, e kālele ana i ka manaʻo o ka lāhui i ka pilikia olakino. Ma hope mai, ua emi ka hilinaʻi o ka lehulehu i ka wai paipu, ʻoi loa i nā kaiāulu ʻeleʻele a me Hispanic.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Shri Vedachalam, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka wai a me ke ea ma Environmental Consulting & Technology Inc., i kona manaʻolana e pani nā kamaʻāina i nā paipu no ka pono o nā kamaʻāina.
Aia nā hōʻailona he mea hoʻoikaika ka hilahila. Ma hope o ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i nā pae alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe, ua hana ʻo Michigan a me New Jersey i nā hana draconian e hoʻopaʻa i ke alakaʻi i ka wai inu, me ka wikiwiki o ke kaʻina palapala palapala. Akā ma nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe, e like me Iowa a me Missouri, ʻaʻole i kū i kahi pilikia e like me kēia pilikia kūlana kiʻekiʻe, ua lohi nā mea.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ʻAukake, ua kauoha ka EPA i nā kaiāulu e kākau i kā lākou pipeline. E hele mai nā kālā e like me nā pono o kēlā me kēia moku'āina, wahi a Fox. Kōkua ʻenehana a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā kūlana no nā ʻāpana haʻahaʻa o ka heluna kanaka.
ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka wai ma Hamtramck, kahi kūlanakauhale ma kahi o 30,000 mau kānaka i hoʻopuni ʻia e Detroit, hōʻike mau i nā pae weliweli o ke alakaʻi. Ke manaʻo nei ke kūlanakauhale ʻo ka hapa nui o kāna mau paipu i hana ʻia i ka metala pilikia a ke hana nei i ke pani ʻana iā lākou.
Ma Michigan, kaulana loa ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka pipeline no laila ua noi ka poʻe kamaʻāina i nā kālā hou aʻe ma mua o ka loaʻa.
Hāʻawi ka EPA i ke kālā mua me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke ʻano i helu ʻole i ka helu o nā paipu alakaʻi i kēlā me kēia mokuʻāina. ʻO ka hopena, loaʻa i kekahi mau mokuʻāina ke kālā ʻoi aku ka nui no ka paipu alakaʻi ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ke hana nei ka ʻoihana e hoʻoponopono i kēia i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. Manaʻo ʻo Michigan inā ʻaʻole e hoʻolilo nā mokuʻāina i ke kālā, e lilo ke kālā iā lākou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo BlueConduit's Schwartz e makaʻala nā luna i ʻole e poina i ka nānā ʻana i nā paipu ma nā wahi ʻilihune e hōʻoia i ka pololei o ka waihona. A i ʻole, inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā palapala i nā ʻāina waiwai, hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa kālā ʻē aʻe me ka wikiwiki, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole pono lākou.
ʻO Dubuque, he kūlanakauhale ma ka muliwai Mississippi ma kahi o 58,000, makemake ʻia ma mua o $48 miliona no ke pani ʻana ma kahi o 5,500 paipu me ke kēpau. Ua hoʻomaka ka hana palapala palapala i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei a ua hōʻoia nā luna o mua ua hoʻoponopono pono ʻia a manaʻo ʻia e lilo i koi federal i kekahi lā. Ua pololei lākou.
Ua maʻalahi kēia mau hana i hala i ka noi kālā, wahi a Christopher Lester, ka luna o ka ʻoihana wai o ke kūlanakauhale.
"Laki mākou i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻonui i nā waihona. ʻAʻole pono mākou e hoʻāʻo e hopu," wahi a Lester.
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Ka manawa hoʻouna: Oct-21-2022
