EPA irasaba Umujyi wa New York gukemura ikibazo cy’imyanda

Jennifer Medina avuga ko gufata imyanda kenshi mu rugo rwe rwa Queens bitwara amafaranga y'umuryango we kandi bigatera asima. Ku munsi w'imvura mu mpeshyi ishize, nyina wa Brooklyn w'abana bane yari atwite umwana we wa gatanu ubwo yumvaga amazi asuka mu nsi yo hasi.Yamanutse ku ngazi ararira cyane. Ibikoresho yari yateguye yitonze ku mwana we wavutse byari bitwikiriye mbisi umwanda. Uyu mubyeyi utarashatse ko izina rye rirekurwa kubera ubwoba bw'ubukererwe yagize ati: "Byari umwanda. Hari mu cyumweru kibanziriza kubyara umwana wanjye kandi nahanaguye ibintu byose - imyenda yo munsi, pajama, intebe z'imodoka, imodoka, amagare, byose". kwishyura mu ndishyi zisabwa umujyi. Mead ati: "Natangiye gukorera umugabo wanjye amashusho kugira ngo ambwire uko nabihagarika, hanyuma meze nk '" bana banjye bana banjye, mwiruke ku ngazi "- kuko bireba amaguru yanjye." Umuturage w'inkwi yavuze. Jennifer Medina, ufite imyaka 48, utuye mu Bwamikazi ku birometero bike.Yavuze ko gusubira inyuma ari ikibazo mu gace atuyemo. Medina yagize ati: "Buri gihe byabaye ikibazo, vuba aha kuruta mbere hose." Yongeyeho ko gusubira inyuma byabaye ikibazo kuva umuryango w'umugabo we wagura inzu hafi ya Parike ya Ozone y'Amajyepfo mu myaka irenga 38 ishize. Benshi mu baturage ba New York batinya gusohoka mu mvura, ariko kuri bamwe mu baturage bo mu mujyi, kuguma mu rugo ntabwo ari byiza cyane.Mu baturage bamwe na bamwe, imyanda itavuwe yatobotse mu musarani wo hasi, kwiyuhagira no gutemba mu gihe cy'imvura nyinshi, umwuzure wuzuye hamwe n'impumuro y'imyanda itavuwe. n'imyanda y'abantu itavuwe.Kuri benshi muri aba baturage, ikibazo ntabwo ari gishya. Medina yavuze ko yahamagaye 311, umurongo wa telefoni wo muri uyu mujyi kugira ngo utabare ubuzima butangiza ubuzima, inshuro nyinshi kugira ngo ubafashe mu gukemura akajagari giteye ishozi kandi gahenze. Medina yagize ati: "Ninkaho batabyitayeho. Bakora nk'ikibazo cyabo." imijyi imwe n'imwe mumyaka mirongo ntiyitabweho cyane.Ikibazo cyagaragaye cyane mu bice bya Brooklyn, Queens na Staten Island, ariko nanone byagaragaye mu baturage hirya no hino mu turere dutanu. Mu myaka yashize, umujyi wagerageje gukemura iki kibazo, hamwe n’ibisubizo bivanze.Ubu ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije (EPA) kirimo gutera intambwe. Umuyobozi w'ikigo cya EPA ushinzwe kubahiriza amazi, Douglas McKenna, yagize ati: "Umujyi ufite amateka yanditseho ibikenerwa byo hasi ndetse n’imyanda yinjira mu nzu yo guturamo n’ubucuruzi". Dukurikije iryo teka, umujyi "ntiwakemuye ihohoterwa ku muvuduko no ku gipimo gikenewe mu kurinda abaturage." Iki kigo cyavuze ko ibyo bigega byerekanaga abaturage imyanda itunganijwe neza, bikaba byangiza ubuzima bw’abantu. Mugutanga iryo tegeko (ibyo McKenna avuga ko bidahanwa), EPA isaba umujyi kubahiriza itegeko ry’amazi meza, guteza imbere no gushyira mubikorwa gahunda yo kubungabunga no kubungabunga, kwandika neza ibirego no kongera umucyo mugukemura ibyo bibazo.ibirego.Itegeko kandi ashyira ahagaragara imirimo umujyi usanzwe ukora, yavuze. Nk’uko ibaruwa yatanzwe na EPA ibivuga, Umujyi wa New York wakiriye iryo tegeko ku ya 2 Nzeri kandi ufite iminsi 120 yo gushyira mu bikorwa ibikorwa no kubungabunga gahunda.Iyo gahunda igomba kuba ikubiyemo urucacagu rw'intambwe umujyi uzatera mu gukumira no kurushaho kwitabira gusubira inyuma, "hagamijwe intego nyamukuru yo gukuraho imiyoboro y’imyanda yose." Mu ibaruwa yo ku ya 23 Mutarama, EPA yemeje ko umujyi wongerwa igihe cyo kugeza igihe cyo gutanga gahunda kugeza ku ya 31 Gicurasi 2017. McKenna yavuze kandi ko EPA nayo ari ashakisha kurushaho gukorera mu mujyi.Nk'urugero, yerekanye raporo ya "Imiterere y'Abadozi", ikubiyemo amakuru ajyanye n'umubare w’ibigega by’imyanda byatewe n'akarere, ndetse n'amakuru ajyanye n'ibikorwa byo gukosora umujyi washyize mu bikorwa.McKenna raporo, igomba gukomeza kuba rusange, yabonetse muri 2012 na 2013, ariko ntabwo mu myaka yashize. Ibaruwa yo ku ya 23 Mutarama yerekana ko Umujyi wasabye gusimbuza raporo ya EPA isabwa na "Imiterere y’umwanda" (bitewe na EPA ku ya 15 Gashyantare) hamwe n’ikibaho cyakiriwe ku rubuga rwa DEP. EPA ntabwo yemeye icyifuzo kandi ni gusaba Umujyi ibisobanuro byinshi kugirango amakuru agere kumugaragaro kurubuga rwa DEP kandi akubiyemo amahuza asobanutse, harimo amabwiriza yuburyo bwo kubona amakuru. Ishami rishinzwe amazi n’amazi muri New York ntacyo ryatanze ku bibazo byihariye bijyanye no kugarura imiyoboro y’amazi cyangwa itegeko rya EPA, ariko mu itangazo ryanditse kuri interineti, umuvugizi yagize ati: "Umujyi wa New York washoye miliyari y’amadolari mu kuzamura gahunda y’amazi y’amazi. kandi uburyo bwacu bushingiye ku makuru, uburyo bushimishije bwo gukora no kubungabunga bwateje imbere imikorere no kwizerwa, harimo no kugabanya 33 ku ijana mu kubika imyanda. ” Umuvugizi wa DEP yavuze kandi ko mu myaka 15 ishize, iri shami ryashoye hafi miliyari 16 z'amadolari mu kuzamura gahunda y’amazi y’umujyi ndetse anashyira mu bikorwa gahunda zo kugabanya amavuta y’urugo yinjira muri sisitemu, ndetse na gahunda zifasha ba nyir'amazu gukomeza ubuzima bwabo bwite. .sewer. Amazu ubusanzwe ahujwe na sisitemu yimyanda yumujyi kumurongo uva munzu ugana imiyoboro yumujyi munsi yumuhanda. Kubera ko ayo masano ari kumitungo bwite, nyirurugo ashinzwe kubungabunga.Nkurikije ibigereranyo byumujyi, birenze 75 ku ijana bya raporo z’ibibazo by’imyanda biterwa n’ibibazo by’imirongo yigenga. kwinjira muri sisitemu, kimwe na gahunda zifasha banyiri amazu kubungabunga umwanda wigenga. Guhindura amavuta birashobora kwiyubaka no kwizirika imbere mumazi, bikabuza cyangwa bikabuza gutemba kwamazi. Ariko couple ya Medina nabaturanyi babo bavuga ko amavuta atari ikibazo cyabo cya Queens, cyangwa gufunga umwanda wabo bwite. Madamu Medina ati: "Twishyuye abapompanyi kugira ngo turebe." Batubwiye ko ikibazo kitari icyacu, ko ari icy'umujyi, ariko uko byagenda kose tugomba kwishyura telefoni. " Umugabo we Roberto yakuriye mu nzu babamo ubu, avuga ko nyina yaguze mu ntangiriro ya za 70. Ati: "Nakuze gusa," yagize ati: "Nize kubana nayo." Ati: "Igisubizo cyacu kuri iki kibazo ni uguhuza inzu yo hasi, ifasha mu isuku kuko tuyikuramo kandi tukayihumura". Ati: "Twashyizeho ibikoresho bisubira inyuma kandi byaramfashije, ariko byari igitekerezo gihenze". Ba nyir'amazu bashiraho indangagaciro zo kugaruka hamwe n’ibindi bikoresho byo kugenzura imigezi kugira ngo imyanda idasubira mu ngo zabo, kabone niyo gahunda z’umujyi zananirana. John Good, umutekinisiye ushinzwe serivisi z’abakiriya muri Balkan Plumbing, yavuze ko abaturage benshi bagomba gushyiraho indiba zishobora kugura amadolari 2,500 na 3000 cyangwa arenga, bitewe n’iyubakwa rya buri rugo. backup valve) igizwe nuburyo bufunga mugihe amazi mabi atangiye gutemba ava mumiyoboro yumujyi. Nyuma yo kuba mu rugo rwe muri Bronx imyaka irenga 26, Francis Ferrer yavuze ko yari azi ko niba umusarani we udatembye cyangwa ngo uhinduke buhoro, hari ibitagenda neza. "Abaturanyi banjye baraza bakabaza bati 'Ufite ikibazo kuko dufite ikibazo?' kandi wabimenya ". Ferrer ati: "Ubu hashize imyaka 26. Nta kintu ushobora kubikoraho. Nibyo." Umwanda urasohoka kandi ibintu byose binuka kuko mu by'ukuri byari mu nzu kuko umutego wari mu nzu. " Larry Miniccello amaze imyaka 38. atuye mu gace ka Sheepshead Bay ka Brooklyn. Yavuze ko arambiwe guhangana n’imyanda itwara imyanda kandi ashyiraho valve yo kugaruka mu myaka mike ishize. Ati: "Niba udafite ubwo bwoko bwa valve kugira ngo amazi adasubira inyuma, uzatwikwa muri kariya gace - nta kibazo kirimo". Ati: "Ibyabaye ni uko iyo nayizamuye gato, isohoka, kandi ni umwanda. Nagombaga gukoresha inyundo yanjye kugira ngo ndayikubite hasi. Nijoro byari biteye ubwoba". Umwe mu bagize Inama Njyanama y’Umujyi wa New York, Chaim Deutsch, ahagarariye Minichello n’abaturanyi be muri Ward ya 48 ya Brooklyn. Nyuma y’imvura nyinshi yaguye mu mpeshyi ishize, Deutsh yateguye umuganda kugira ngo bakemure icyo kibazo. Deutsch yagize ati: "Abantu barabimenyereye kandi biteze ko igihe cyose imvura iguye, bagomba kugenzura hasi." Yavuze ko iyi nama yahaye DEP amahirwe yo kumva mu buryo butaziguye abaturage.Abaturage bamenye ibijyanye n’imyanda bashobora gushyiramo ndetse n’ubwishingizi buhari bwo gusana imyanda ya ba nyir'amazu. Ariko n'abiyandikishije ntabwo basabwa kwangirika kubera ibibazo byimyanda yo mumujyi, kandi ibyangiritse kumitungo biterwa no kubitsa ntibigaragara, uko ikibazo cyaba kimeze kose. Umuvugizi w’umutungo w’amazi muri Amerika, Richard Barnes yagize ati: "Turakora ibisanwa kugira ngo inzitizi z’imiyoboro y’abakiriya zifitwe n’abakiriya, ariko ibyangiritse ku mutungo bwite mu ngo z’abakiriya bitewe n’ububiko ntibikubiye muri gahunda." Umwe mu bafite amazu yo mu mujyi wa New York yitabiriye gahunda. Deutsch ati: "Ibi ntabwo ari ibisubizo." Iyo umunsi urangiye, abantu ntibakwiriye ko hajyaho imiyoboro y'amazi. Tugomba gukora ibishoboka byose kugira ngo tutabaho nk'ibi kugeza igihe hazabaho ikintu gihoraho. " Ati: "Abantu barabimenyereye ku buryo batahamagara 311 kandi niba udahamagaye 311 ngo utange raporo ko ufite umwanda usubira inyuma, bisa nkaho bitigeze bibaho", akomeza avuga ko amafaranga yo kunoza ibikorwa remezo akunze kujya Umuganda wandika ikirego. McKenna ati: "Bateye intambwe igaragara mu kugabanya ibicuruzwa byiyongereyeho ibice birenga 50 ku ijana mu myaka mike ishize. Icyakora, turatekereza ko ari ngombwa ko bakomeza iryo terambere bakongera bagasubiramo ndetse bakazana n'ubundi buryo bwo kugabanya ibicuruzwa bikabije." . Minichello yerekana ko imiyoboro y'amazi ikorera abantu benshi cyane kuruta uko yagenewe gukora. Miniccello ati: "Ntabwo mbona ko ari byiza kuvuga ko umujyi udakora akazi kabo neza, kuko ibyo ntibibaho kenshi." Ati: "Ahanini, imiyoboro y'amazi imaze imyaka isaga 30 ikora neza. . " Miniccello ati: "Abantu bose bavuza induru ku bijyanye n'imihindagurikire y’ikirere." Byagenda bite se niba dutangiye kugwa imvura buri gihe - ni iki tugomba guhangayikishwa igihe cyose imvura iguye? Azakubwira ", yunama umugore we Marilyn. "Igihe cyose imvura iguye, njya hasi, nzagenzura inshuro eshatu - ahari saa tatu za mu gitondo kandi ndumva imvura irimo kugwa kandi njya hasi kugira ngo ndebe ko nta mazi yinjira kuko ugomba gufata kare." Nubwo nta mvura yiyongera, abaturage ba Queens bavuga ko hagomba gukorwa ikintu. Madamu Medina yavuze ko igisubizo cy’umujyi ari "ubunebwe" anavuga ko umujyi atari wo nyirabayazana w'iki kibazo, ibyo bikaba byaramwongereye gusa. Bibi Hussain w'imyaka 49 wita kuri nyina ugeze mu za bukuru waguze inzu mu 1989. Ati: "Byabaye ikibazo kuva twagura [inzu], rimwe na rimwe ndetse n'imvura itagwa." ijanisha rito ryabantu bavuga "gusubira inyuma kwikirere," ntaho bihuriye nikirere. Hussain yagize ati: "Nta kintu na kimwe dushobora gusiga hasi. Turabika ibintu hejuru kuko tutazi igihe hazabera umwuzure." Kimwe na Medina, yavuze ko nyuma yo gusubira inyuma, umuryango we uzishyura umuyoboro w'amazi wababwiye ko ikibazo kiri muri gahunda z'umujyi.