Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta Jihar Maryland ta yi barazanar zubar da wani tafki a Hampstead sai dai idan mazauna yankin sun gyara barnar da ya yi wa dam, wanda zai ci kusan dala 150,000.
Tafkin Aspen Run gida ne ga nau'ikan kifaye da dama, kuma namun daji da mazauna kusa suna yawan zuwa. Wannan kuma yana da amfani ga sashen kashe gobara. A cewar jihar, ambaliyar tafki na daukar illa ga madatsar ruwan da ke daya bangaren. Idan makwabcin bai gyara shi da kansa ba, sashen muhalli zai zubar da shi.
Wani mazaunin yankin mai suna Mike Watson ya bayyana cewa tafkin ya cika a watan Yulin shekarar da ta gabata kuma rabin ruwan ya fito. Watson ya ce wani makwabcinsu ya kira jihar ne saboda damuwa da dabbobi, kuma daga karshe ma'aikatar muhalli ta jihar (MDE) ta shiga.
Kakakin MDE Jay Apperson ya fada a cikin imel cewa MDE ta leka tafkin a watan Yuli kuma ta gano cewa tafkin ba shi da lafiya kuma ta ba da sanarwar cin zarafi ga mai shi.
Ya ce: "Matakin da ake bukata sun hada da kawar da cikas a magudanar ruwa, daukar injiniyoyi, sanya ido kan yadda ruwa ke cikin tafki, da cire bishiyoyi daga madatsar ruwa."
Apperson ya kara da cewa mai shi ne ke da alhakin kula da kuma tabbatar da aikin dam din cikin aminci don kare rayuka da albarkatun kasa. Koyaya, mazauna yankin ba su kammala waɗannan matakan ba lokacin da aka umarce su.
"A farkon watan Fabrairu, MDE ta ba da sanarwar sanar da sashen cewa tana da niyyar daukar matakin gaggawa don lalata madatsar ruwa a karkashin ikon dokar jihar," in ji Apperson. "Idan mai shi bai dace ba don kammala ayyuka da kulawa da ake buƙata don tabbatar da amincin dam ɗin, MDE za ta ɗauki wannan matakin don rushe dam."
Ya kara da cewa idan har ba a iya gyara madatsar ruwa ba, zai iya haifar da illa ga masu dukiya da kuma albarkatun kasa da ke karkashin kasa, ciki har da fitar da ruwa ba tare da kayyadewa ba da kuma laka a cikin tafki, wanda ke dauke da wani katon kifi mai kama da tafki. kwarara. Apperson bai amsa tsawon lokacin da mazauna yankin za su magance matsalar ba, amma ya ce MDE na sane da burinsu na kiyaye tafki.
Ya ce: Duk da haka, jihar kuma ita ce ke da alhakin tabbatar da cewa an gaggauta magance matsalar rashin tsaro da ake fama da shi don kare al’ummar yankin da masu mallakar dukiya da albarkatun ruwa.q
Watson ya ce kashi uku bisa hudu na wannan tafki mallakin mutum daya ne, kuma ba ya zama a can kuma ba za a iya tuntubar shi ba. Ya ce shekara 50 kenan babu makwabcin da ke son ganin ta. Ya kara da cewa akwai dubban kifi, kunkuru, kwadi, beavers, muskrat, geese, agwagi, barewa, foxes da wasu gaggafa.
Watson ya ce yana da shekaru 74, ya yi ritaya, kuma ba shi da dala 150,000 da zai gyara tafki. Babu makwabta kuma. Shafin GoFundMe, wanda mazaunin Hampstead Jessica Hobbs ya kirkira, ya nemi jama'a da su taimaka don tara kudade.
Rasa tafki ba wai maƙwabta kaɗai ba ne, har ma da Hampstead Volunteer Fire Brigade. Shugaban hukumar kashe gobara, Troy Hipsley, ya aike da wasika ga al’umma yana bayyana mabudin gobarar da ke yaki da tafki.
Shipsley ya rubuta a cikin wasiƙar: pThe Aspen River Pond muhimmiyar hanya ce ta kashe gobara a wuraren busassun. Wannan asarar albarkatun ruwa na iya haifar da bala'i.q pWannan tafki ya ƙunshi miliyoyin galan na ruwa. , Mu da sauran ma’aikatan kashe gobara na gundumar Carroll mun dogara da wannan ruwa don faɗan wuta, kuma mai shi ya gyara shi da busassun ruwan wuta.”
Ya bayyana cewa busassun bututun bututu ne da ake sakawa a ƙasan ruwa tare da tacewa a ƙarshensa don hana tarkace shiga cikin bututun. Ana iya haɗa motar kashe gobara zuwa ɗayan ƙarshen. Shipsley ya kira nassi mai ceton lokaci, "wannan yana da matukar mahimmanci yayin da ake fama da gobara."
A wata hira da ya yi da shi, ya ce idan babu tafki, za su dogara ne da ruwan da manyan motoci za su iya dauka, kuma idan motar ta kare, sai a kara kara motocin. Wani zaɓi kuma shine haɗi zuwa injin wuta mai nisan mil 1.6.
Ya ce: "Duk lokacin da muka ƙara abubuwa kamar lokaci ko nesa, yana iya yin illa ga lamarin." Ya kara da cewa ci gaba da tafiya zai iya kawo kasadar hadurran ababen hawa ko gazawar inji.
Shipsley ya taɓa faɗi irin wannan abu. An yi amfani da tafkin Cascade na kusa (Takin Cascade) don yin iyo, kuma jihar ta lalace.
Shugaban kashe gobara ya ce hukumar kashe gobara za ta iya warware wannan wasiƙar domin wani lamari ne na sirri da ke buƙatar “daidaita ma’auni.” Ya yi nuni da mahimmancin matsalar da samar da makwafta.
Shafin GoFundMe yana karanta: "Wannan ba aiki ba ne mai sauƙi, amma mun himmatu wajen karewa da kuma kiyaye tafkin ta yadda zai ci gaba da zama mafaka ga namun daji yayin da muke tallafawa lafiyar al'ummarmu."
Lokacin aikawa: Maris 12-2021
