"Kupukuta kwemvura ikozvino ndiro rimwe rematambudziko makuru atinosangana nawo muhurongwa hwekuunganidza hweCharleston Water Supply System," akadaro Baker Mordecai, maneja wekuunganidza mvura yetsvina. Mapuku anga ari dambudziko muhurongwa hwemvura yetsvina kwemakumi emakore, asi dambudziko iri rakawedzera mumakore gumi apfuura uye rakawedzera nedenda reCOVID-10.
Wet wipes nezvimwe zvinhu zvine matambudziko enguva refu. Ivo havanyungudika sebepa rechimbuzi, zvichitungamira kumatare edzimhosva kumakambani anogadzira nekutengesa mawipe akanyorova. Chiratidzo chinonyanya kuzivikanwa ndiKimberly-Clark. Zvigadzirwa zvekambani iyi zvinosanganisira Huggies, Cottonelle naScott, avo vakaunzwa kudare nehurongwa hwekupa mvura muCharleston, South Carolina. Sekureva kweBloomberg News, iyo Charleston System yakasvika pakugadzirisana naKimberly-Clark muna Kubvumbi ndokukumbira rubatsiro. Chibvumirano ichi chinotemesa kuti mawipe ekambani akanyorova akanyorwa se "anogona kugezwa" anofanirwa kusangana neyakajairwa indasitiri yetsvina muna Chivabvu 2022.
Nekufamba kwemakore, dambudziko rekupukuta iri rakadhura nzira yekupa mvura yeCharleston mazana ezviuru zvemadhora. Mumakore mashanu adarika, sisitimu iyi yakaisa US$120,000 pachiratidziro chakaita sebhara chechiteshi chekupinda—muripo wemari chete, usingasanganisire mari dzekushandisa nekugadzirisa. "Izvi zvinotibatsira kubvisa zvekupukuta zvisati zvakonzera chero rudzi rwekukuvadza kune chero midziyo yepasi (kunyanya kugadzira michina)," Modhekai akadaro.
Mari yakakura kwazvo yaive mu supervisory control uye data acquisition (SCADA) yesystem's 216 yekupomba zviteshi, iyo inodhura USD 2 miriyoni mumakore masere. Kuchengetedza kwekudzivirira, sekuchenesa tsime, kuchenesa mainline uye kuchenesa skrini pachiteshi chega chega chekupomba, kunosanganisirawo mari hombe. Rakawanda rebasa rakaitwa mukati, asi makondirakiti ekunze akaunzwa kuzobatsira nguva nenguva, kunyanya panguva yedenda - imwe madhora zviuru zana negumi yakashandiswa.
Kunyangwe hazvo Modhekai akataura kuti nzira yekupa mvura yeCharleston yanga ichibata nekupukuta kwemakumi emakore, denda iri rakawedzera dambudziko. VaModhekai vakati hurongwa uhu hwaimbovharwa nemapombi maviri pamwedzi, asi gore rino kwave ne8 mamwe maplug pamwedzi. Munguva imwecheteyo, mutsara mukuru wemutsara wakawedzerawo kubva ku2 nguva pamwedzi kusvika ku6 nguva pamwedzi.
"Isu tinofunga chikamu chikuru cheizvi ndechekuti vanhu vari kuwedzera kuuraya hutachiona," akadaro. “Sezviri pachena vanogeza maoko avo kakawanda. Mamvemve ese aya ari kuungana mupombi yetsvina.”
COVID-19 isati yasvika, iyo Charleston Water Supply System inodhura US$250,000 pagore kubata zvekupukuta chete, izvo zvichawedzera kusvika US$360,000 panosvika 2020; Modhekai anofungidzira kuti ichashandisa imwezve US$250,000 muna 2021, inoita mari inodarika US$500,000.
Nehurombo, kunyangwe kugovaniswazve kwebasa, idzi dzekuwedzera mari dzekutonga dzekupukuta dzinowanzo kupfuudzwa kune vatengi.
"Pakupera kwezuva, chaunacho ndechekuti vatengi vanotenga zvekupukuta kune rumwe rutivi, uye kune rumwe rutivi, vanoona kuwedzera kwemitengo yesuweji yekupukuta," akadaro Modhekai. "Ini ndinofunga vatengi dzimwe nguva vanofuratira chinhu chinodhura."
Kunyangwe denda radzikira zhizha rino, kuvharika kwemvura yeCharleston system hakuna kuderera. Modhekai akati, “Mungafunga kuti vanhu pavanodzokera kubasa, nhamba ichadzikira, asi isu hatisati tazviona kusvikira zvino. Kana vanhu vangotanga tsika yakaipa, zvakaoma kuti vasiyane netsika iyi.
Kwemakore, vashandi veCharleston vakaita zvimwe zviitiko zvekudzidzisa kuti vashandisi vanzwisise kuti kupukuta mapukuta kunogona kukonzera kumwe kushatisa sisitimu. Imwe ndeye "Wipes Clog Pipes" chiitiko chakaitwa naCharleston nemamwe madunhu, asi Modhekai akati zviitiko izvi zvakangowana "kubudirira kushoma".
Muna 2018, vashandi vakatanga chirongwa chesocial media kusimudzira zvivharo uye mapikicha evanosiyana-siyana vanovhara machira nemaoko avo, ayo akaparadzirwa pasi rose, achikanganisa vanhu vanopfuura bhiriyoni imwe. "Nehurombo, huwandu hwekupukuta hwataona muhurongwa hwekuunganidza hauna kukanganiswa zvakanyanya," akadaro Mike Saia, maneja weruzhinji ruzivo. "Hatina kuona shanduko pahuwandu hwekupukuta kwatakatora pachiratidziro uye kubva mukugadziriswa kwemvura yetsvina."
Zvakaitwa nesangano resocial movement ndezvekukwevera pfungwa kumatare edzimhosva akakwidzwa nemakambani ekuchenesa tsvina muUnited States yese uye kuita kuti Charleston water system itarise pfungwa dzemunhu wese.
"Nekuda kwekuedza kwehutachiona uku, tave chiso chaicho chedambudziko rekupukuta muUnited States. Naizvozvo, nekuda kwekuonekwa kwedu muindasitiri, basa guru remutemo riri kuitwa nedare rose rakatimisa basa ndokutitora semumhan’ari mukuru,” Saia Say.
Mhosva yakamhan'arwa naKimberly-Clark, Procter & Gamble, CVS, Walgreens, Costco, Target uye Walmart muna Ndira 2021. Pamberi pemhosva, Charleston Water Supply System yakanga iri muhurukuro dzepachivande naKimberly Clark. Saia akataura kuti vaida kugadzirisana nemugadziri, asi havana kukwanisa kubvumirana, saka vakamhan'arira.
Pakamhan'arwa mhosva idzi, vashandi veCharleston Water Supply System vaida kuona kuti mapepi akanyorwa kuti "flushable" aikwanisa kufamba, uye kuti "aizopararira" nekufamba kwenguva uye nenzira isingakonzere kuvhara kana kuwedzera. nyaya dzekuchengetedza. . Mhosva iyi inosanganisirawo kuda kuti vagadziri vape vatengi chiziviso chiri nani chekuti zvipukuta zvisingawachiki hazvigezeke.
"Zviziviso zvinofanirwa kutumirwa kunzvimbo yekutengesa uye kushandiswa muchitoro, ndiko kuti, pakurongedza," Saiya akadaro. "Izvi zvinotarisa nezve 'usasukurudze' yambiro inobuda kumberi kwepakeji, iko kwaunotora mapukuta kubva pasuru."
Mhosva dzine chekuita nekupukuta dzavepo kwemakore mazhinji, uye Saia akataura kuti uku ndiko kugadzirisa kwekutanga kwe "chero chinhu".
“Tinovarumbidza nekugadzira mawipe chaiwo anowachwa tikabvumirana kuisa mavara akanaka pazvinhu zvavo zvisingawachiki. Tinofarawo kuti vacharamba vachivandudza zvigadzirwa zvavo,” VaSaia vanodaro.
Evi Arthur ndiye anoshamwaridzana mupepeti wePumps & Systems magazini. Unogona kumubata pa earthur@cahabamedia.com.
Nguva yekutumira: Sep-04-2021