lejoe. LOUIS (AP) — Metseng e mengata, ha ho motho ea tsebang moo liphaephe tsa loto li mathang ka tlas'a lefatše. Sena se bohlokoa hobane liphaephe tsa loto li ka silafatsa metsi a nooang. Ho tloha nakong ea koluoa ea loto ea Flint, bahlanka ba Michigan ba ile ba eketsa boiteko ba ho fumana phaephe, e leng mohato oa pele oa ho e tlosa.
Sena se bolela hore ka lichelete tse ncha tsa mmuso tse libilione tsa lidolara tse fumanehang ho rarolla bothata bona, libaka tse ling li boemong bo betere ho feta tse ling ba ho etsa kopo ea lichelete kapele le ho qala ho cheka.
“Jwale bothata ke hore re batla ho fokotsa nako eo batho ba kotsing ba pepesehelang loto ka yona,” ho boletse Eric Schwartz, CEO mmoho wa BlueConduit, e sebedisang diketsiso tsa khomphutha ho thusa ditjhaba ho bolela esale pele sebaka sa diphaephe tsa loto.
Mohlala, Iowa, ke metse e mmalwa feela e fumaneng diphaephe tsa yona tsa metsi tse etellang pele, mme ho fihlela jwale ke e le nngwe feela - Dubuque - e kopileng thuso e ntjha ya mmuso ho di tlosa. Bahlanka ba mmuso ba ntse ba na le tshepo ya hore ba tla fumana thuso ya bona pele ho nako ya ho qetela ya mmuso wa mmuso wa kopanelo ya 2024, e leng se fang metse nako ya ho etsa kopo ya thuso ya ditjhelete.
Loto 'meleng e theola IQ, e liehisa kholo, 'me e baka mathata a boitšoaro ho bana. Liphaephe tsa loto li ka kena metsing a nooang. Ho li tlosa ho felisa tšokelo.
Lilemong tse mashome tse fetileng, liphaephe tse limilione tsa loto li ne li chekoa mobung ho fana ka metsi a pompo malapeng le likhoebong. Li bokellane bohareng ba Midwest le Leboea-bochabela, empa li fumanoa ho pholletsa le karolo e kholo ea naha. Ho boloka lirekoto tse arohaneng ho bolela hore metse e mengata ha e tsebe hore na ke liphaephe life tsa metsi tse entsoeng ka loto ho fapana le PVC kapa koporo.
Libaka tse ling, tse kang Madison le Green Bay, Wisconsin, li khonne ho tlosa libaka tsa tsona. Empa ke bothata bo bitsang chelete e ngata, 'me historing ho bile le lichelete tse fokolang tsa mmuso ho bo rarolla.
“Khaello ea lisebelisoa esale e le bothata bo boholo,” ho bolela Radhika Fox, motsamaisi oa Ofisi ea Mehloli ea Metsi ea Setsi sa Tšireletso ea Tikoloho.
Selemong se fetileng, Mopresidente Joe Biden o ile a saena molao wa meralo ya motheo, oo qetellong o ileng wa fana ka keketseho e kgolo ka ho fana ka $15 bilione ka dilemo tse hlano ho thusa metse ho haha diphaephe tsa loto. Ha ho a lekana ho rarolla bothata feela, empa ho tla thusa.
“Haeba o sa nke kgato mme o sa etse kopo, o ke ke wa lefshwa,” ho boletse Eric Olson wa Lekgotla la Tshireletso la Mehlodi ya Tlhaho.
Eric Oswald, mookamedi wa Lefapha la Metsi a Nooang la Michigan, o itse balaodi ba lehae ba ka qala mosebetsi wa ho nkela sebaka pele ho phethelwa lenane le qaqileng la diphaephe, empa khakanyo ya moo diphaephe tsa loto di tla ba teng e tla ba thuso.
“Re hloka ho tseba hore ba se ba hlwaile mela e meholo ea litšebeletso pele re ka lefella ts'ebetso ea ho heletsa,” a rialo.
Liphaephe tsa loto e bile kotsi ka mashome a lilemo. Lilemong tsa morao tjena, baahi ba Newark, New Jersey le Benton Harbor, Michigan ba qobelletsoe ho sebelisa metsi a libotlolo bakeng sa litlhoko tsa mantlha tse kang ho pheha le ho noa kamora hore liteko li bontše maemo a holimo a loto. Flint, sechaba seo boholo ba sona e leng sa batho ba batšo, qalong bahlanka ba boholong ba ile ba latola hore ho na le bothata ba loto, ba lebisa tlhokomelo ea sechaba bothateng ba bophelo bo botle. Ka mor'a moo, tšepo ea sechaba metsing a pompo e ile ea fokotseha, haholo-holo metseng ea batho ba batšo le ea Ma-Hispanic.
Shri Vedachalam, motsamaisi oa metsi le ho mamella maemo a leholimo ho Environmental Consulting & Technology Inc., o hlalositse tšepo ea hae ea hore baahi ba moo ba tla nkela liphaephe sebaka molemong oa baahi.
Ho na le matšoao a hore lihlong ke ntho e susumetsang. Kamora ho theola maemo a holimo a loto, Michigan le New Jersey li nkile mehato e boima ea ho sebetsana le loto metsing a nooang, ho kenyeletsoa le ho potlakisa ts'ebetso ea 'mapa. Empa linaheng tse ling, joalo ka Iowa le Missouri, tse sa kang tsa tobana le bothata bo kang bona bo hlahelletseng, lintho li lieha.
Mathoasong a Phato, EPA e laetse metse ho ngola dipeipi tsa yona. Chelete e tla tla ho ya ka ditlhoko tsa mmuso ka mong, ho boletse Fox. Thuso ya botekgeniki le ho nolofatsa maemo bakeng sa dikarolo tsa baahi ba nang le meputso e tlase.
Liteko tsa metsi Hamtramck, toropo e nang le batho ba ka bang 30,000 ba pota-potiloeng ke Detroit, li bontša maemo a tšosang a loto. Motse o nahana hore boholo ba liphaephe tsa oona li entsoe ka tšepe e khathatsang 'me o ntse o sebetsa ho li nkela sebaka.
Michigan, ho nkela lipeipi sebaka ho tumme haholo hoo baahi ba moo ba kopileng chelete e ngata ho feta e fumanehang.
EPA e aba tjhelete esale pele ho sebediswa foromo e sa nahaneleng palo ya diphaephe tsa loto naheng ka nngwe. Ka lebaka leo, dinaha tse ding di fumana tjhelete e ngata haholo bakeng sa phaephe ya loto ho feta tse ding. Setheo se ntse se sebetsa ho lokisa sena dilemong tse tlang. Michigan e tshepa hore haeba dinaha di sa sebedise tjhelete, tjhelete e tla qetella e ya ho tsona.
Schwartz oa BlueConduit o itse bahlanka ba lokela ho ba hlokolosi hore ba se ke ba fetoa ke tlhahlobo ea liphaephe libakeng tse futsanehileng ho netefatsa ho nepahala ha thepa e bolokiloeng. Ho seng joalo, haeba libaka tse ruileng li na le litokomane tse betere, ba ka fumana chelete e 'ngoe kapele, leha ba sa hloke e ngata hakaalo.
Dubuque, toropo e Nokeng ea Mississippi e nang le baahi ba ka bang 58,000, e hloka chelete e fetang $48 milione ho nkela liphaephe tse ka bang 5,500 tse nang le loto sebaka. Mosebetsi oa ho etsa 'mapa o qalile lilemong tse 'maloa tse fetileng' me bahlanka ba pele ba netefalitse hore o ntlafalitsoe hantle 'me ho lebelletsoe hore e tla ba tlhoko ea mmuso ka letsatsi le leng. Ba nepile.
Maiteko ana a nakong e fetileng a nolofalitse ho etsa kopo ea lichelete, ho boletse Christopher Lester, mookameli oa lefapha la metsi la toropo.
“Re lehlohonolo hore re ka eketsa polokelo. Ha ho hlokahale hore re leke ho fihlela,” ho boletse Lester.
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Nako ea poso: Mphalane-21-2022
