Kuchera kontrakta Luisier akatanga kuchera tsime rakadzika panzvimbo yeAndrea Maxwell muPeshtigo muna Zvita 1, 2022. Tyco Fire Products inopa masevhisi ekuchera emahara kune varidzi vedzimba semhinduro inogoneka kuPFAS kusvibiswa kubva kune yavo. Vamwe vagari havana chokwadi nazvo uye vanoda dzimwe nzira dzemvura yekunwa dzakachengeteka. Mufananidzo nerubatsiro rweTyco/Johnson Controls
Tsime reimba yake muPeshtigo riri padyo neMarinette's fire fire academy, uko makemikari aimboshandiswa mufuro rekudzima moto akapinda mumvura yepasi nekufamba kwenguva. Tyco Fire Zvigadzirwa, inova muridzi wenzvimbo iyi, yakaedza matsime angangoita zana nemakumi manomwe munzvimbo iyi yePFAS (inozivikanwawo se "makemikari echigarire").
Maregulators uye nyanzvi dzehutano dzakasimudza kushushikana pamusoro pezviuru zvemakemikari ekugadzira sezvo akabatanidzwa nezvinetso zvehutano zvakakomba, kusanganisira gomarara reitsvo uye testicular, chirwere chethyroid, uye matambudziko ekuzvara. PFAS kana perfluoroalkyl uye polyfluoroalkyl zvinhu hazvisi biodegrade zvakanaka munharaunda.
Muna 2017, Tyco yakashuma mazinga akakwira ePFAS mumvura yepasi kune vamiriri vehurumende kekutanga. Gore rakatevera, vagari vakamhan'arira kambani iyi nekuda kwekusvibisa mvura yekunwa, uye kugadziriswa kwemamiriyoni gumi nemazana mashanu emadhora kwakasvikwa muna 2021. Kwemakore mashanu apfuura, Tyco yakapa vagari mvura yemubhodhoro uye masisitimu ekuchenesa imba.
Maonero emuchadenga emukondirakiti ari kuchera tsime rakadzika panzvimbo yeAndrea Maxwell muPeshtigo musi waZvita 1, 2022. Tyco Fire Products iri kupa mahara masevhisi ekuchera kune varidzi vedzimba semhinduro inogona kukonzeresa kusvibiswa kwePFAS kunzvimbo dzavo Vamwe vagari vemuguta havana chokwadi neizvi. sarudzo uye sarudza dzimwe nzira dzakachengeteka pane mvura yekunwa. Mufananidzo nerubatsiro rweTyco/Johnson Controls
Vezvemamiriro ekunze vanoti mune dzimwe nguva, asi kwete ese, matsime akadzika anogona kugadzirisa dambudziko rekusvibiswa kwePFAS. Makemikari aya anogona kutopinda mumvura yakadzika, uye haasi matsime ese emvura yakadzika anogona kupa mvura yekunwa yakachengeteka uye yakachengetedzeka pasina kurapwa kunodhura. Asi sezvo nharaunda zhinji dzichiona kuti mazinga ePFAS mumvura yavo yekunwa anogona kunge asina kuchengetedzeka, vamwe vari kutarisa kuti matsime akadzika angave mhinduro here. Kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweWisconsin dhorobha reCampbell muIle de France, bvunzo dzakaitwa muna 2020 dzakaratidza huwandu hwePFAS mumatsime akavanzika. Guta racho zvino richachera tsime mutsime rakadzika renzvimbo iyi kuti rione kana ringave nzvimbo yakachengeteka yemvura yekunwa.
Kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweWisconsin, Tyco ari kutarisana nematare akawanda ane chekuita nekusvibiswa kwePFAS. Pakutanga gore rino, Dhipatimendi reWisconsin reJustice rakamhan'arira Johnson Controls pamwe neanoritsigira Tyco nekutadza kuzivisa mazinga akakwira ePFAS mumvura yepasi penyika kwemakore. Vakuru vekambani vakati vanotenda kuti kusvibiswa kwaingoperera panzvimbo yeTyco, nepo vatsoropodzi vachiti munhu wese aiziva nezvekuyerera kwemvura yepasi.
“Pane chinhu chingaitwa nokukurumidza here? Kusaziva. Pamwe,” Maxwell akadaro. “Kusvibisa kucharamba kuripo here? Ehe. Ichagara iripo uye vari kuita zvese zvavanogona kuichenesa izvozvi. "
Haasi wese mugari akabatwa nePFAS kusvibiswa anobvumirana naMaxwell. Vanhu vangangosvika gumi nevaviri vakasaina chikumbiro chekudaidzira vagari vekumaruwa kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweWisconsin kuti vabatane neMarinette iri padyo pamvura yemuguta. Vamwe vanosarudza kutenga mvura kubva kuguta rePeshtigo kana kuti vazvivakire vamene mvura yemuguta.
VaTyco nevatungamiriri vemaguta vanga vachikurukura nezvesarudzo kwemakore, uye mativi ese ari maviri anoti nhaurirano kusvika parizvino dzatadza kuwirirana pakugadzirisa zvachose dambudziko remvura.
Kudonha uku, Tyco akatanga kupa zvibvumirano zvetsime zvakadzika kune varidzi vedzimba kuti vaone kufarira kwavo. Hafu yevakagamuchira, kana vagari makumi mana nevashanu, vakasaina zvibvumirano, kambani yakati. Pasi pechibvumirano ichi, Tyco ichachera matsime mumvura yakadzika uye nekuisa masisitimu ekugara kuti apfave mvura uye kurapa yakakwirira yeradium nezvimwe zvinosvibisa zviri mumvura yakadzika yepasi. Bvunzo bvunzo munzvimbo iyi dzakaratidza mazinga eradium akatenderedza katatu kusvika katanhatu akakwira kupfuura federal uye yenyika yekunwa zviyero.
"Kusanganiswa kwetekinoroji inobvisa izvi zvinhu zvakasikwa zvinobudirira uchichengetedza kunaka uye kuravira kwemvura," akadaro Cathy McGinty, Director weSustainability kuJohnson Controls.
Aerial maonero eTyco Fire Training Center muMarinette. DNR yakati vane data inoratidza kuti tsvina ine PFAS yakabva kunzvimbo dzekudzidzira. Makemikari aya anozivikanwa kuungana mubiological solids inogadzirwa pazvicherwa zvekuchenesa tsvina, izvo zvinozogoverwa kuminda yekurima. Mufananidzo nerubatsiro rweJohnson Controls International
Kuyedzwa kwakaratidza kuti hapana PFAS mune yakadzika aquifer, iyo inoshandiswawo nenharaunda dzakavakidzana sechitubu chemvura yekunwa kunze kwenzvimbo yakasvibiswa yakatenderedza fire academy, McGuinty akadaro. Nekudaro, sekureva kweWisconsin Dhipatimendi reZviwanikwa, mamwe matsime akadzika munharaunda ane akaderera mazinga ePFAS makomisheni. Sangano iri rakaratidzawo kushushikana kuti PFAS inogona kupinda mumvura yakadzika.
Kunharaunda dzakabatwa nePFAS, DNR yagara ichiziva kuti kupihwa kwemvura yemakanzuru ndiyo yakanakisa sarudzo yemvura yekunwa yakachengeteka. Zvisinei, Kyle Burton, DNR’s director of field operations, akati sangano raona kuti vamwe vagari vanosarudza matsime akadzika, angave ari mhinduro yenguva refu. Akataura kuti Tyco naJohnson Controls vari kuderedza njodzi yekusvibiswa-mumagadzirirwo ematsime aya.
"Tinoziva kuti (Johnson Controls) vakaita hunyanzvi hwavo pavakagadzira matsime avaifunga kuti ndiwo, uye taida kukwanisa kupa mvura isina PFAS," akadaro Burton. "Asi isu hatizive kusvika taedza matsime aya munharaunda kwenguva yakareba kuti tive nechokwadi chekuti hapana kusvibiswa."
Iyo yepasi aquifer inowanzochengetedzwa, asi Burton akati panogona kuve nekutsemuka mune dzimwe nzvimbo zvinogona kutyisidzira kusvibiswa. Tyco naJohnson Controls vachaitisa bvunzo dzekota dzakadzika dzePFAS uye zvimwe zvinosvibisa kuti vaone kushanda kweiyo yekuchenesa system mugore rekutanga rekuiswa. Mumiriri weDNR anogona kuzoongorora kudiwa kwekutarisa kushoma.
Nzvimbo yepasi pemvura inogona kunge iri St. Pete Sandstone Formation kana aquifer yedunhu pasi pemaodzanyemba maviri muzvitatu enyika. Ongororo yemuna 2020 yakawana kuti mazinga eradium mumvura yeveruzhinji inotorwa kubva kumadziva anga achiwedzera mumakore makumi maviri apfuura. Mvura yakadzika pasi pevhu inosangana nematombo kwenguva yakareba uye saka inozviisa pasi pepamusoro pe radium, vatsvakurudzi vakati. Vatiwo zvine musoro kuti tifungidzire kuti zvinhu zviri kuramba zvichiipa sezvo matsime ekanzuru akacherwa zvakadzika kudzivirira kusvibisa mvura yepasi nezvinosvibisa pamusoro.
Radium concentrations yakakwira zvakanyanya kumabvazuva kwedunhu, asi mazinga akakwirawo kumadokero nepakati peWisconsin. Sezvo kuisa pfungwa kunowedzera, nharaunda kana varidzi vedzimba vanoda kushandisa aquifer sechitubu chemvura yekunwa vanogona kumanikidzwa kuwedzera kurapwa, izvo zvinogona kudhura zvakanyanya.
Muguta rePeshtigo, Johnson Controls anosimbirira kuti mvura isangane nezviyero zvemvura yenyika, kusanganisira iyo nyika ichangobva kutambirwa PFAS zviyero. Vatiwo vachatevedzera chero mazinga matsva anobva kuDNR kana EPA, angave akadzikira uye anochengetedza hutano hweveruzhinji.
Kwemakore makumi maviri, Tyco naJohnson Controls vakaronga kushanda matsime aya. Zvino zviri kuna landlord. Ivo vanongobhadhara imwe mhinduro yemvura kune wese mugari anoonekwa nekambani akanganisa.
Sezvo vazhinji vevagari vakagamuchira kupihwa kwaTyco kuchera gomba rakadzika, hapana kubvumirana kuti iyi ndiyo mhinduro yakanaka. Kunharaunda dzine chekuita nekusvibiswa kwePFAS, gakava pakati pevagari rinoratidza kuoma kwedambudziko uye dambudziko rekusvika kune zvinogamuchirwa zvinogadziriswa.
NeChishanu, Jennifer akatenderedza chikumbiro chekuti aunganidze rutsigiro rwekushandura vagari vemumvura yeguta kuti vave Marinette kuti vawane mvura yemuguta. Anotarisira kuunganidza masiginecha akakwana kuti anyore kuMarinette City Council mukupera kwaKurume, uye Tyco akabhadhara muongorori kuti amupe zano nezvekuita kwekubatanidza. Kana kubatanidzwa kukaitika, kambani yakati ichabhadhara pombi dzemvura uye kuita mubhadharo wemari kune varidzi vedzimba kune chero yakawedzera mutero kana mareti emvura ane chekuita nesarudzo.
Jeff Lamont ane tsime rekunwa kumba kwake kuPeshtego, Wisconsin nekuda kwePFAS kusvibiswa kwemvura yemupombi. Angela Major/WPR
“Ndinofunga kuti zvaitwa,” Friday akadaro. "Haufanire kunetseka nezvekusvibiswa kunogona kuitika, kugara uchitariswa, kuda kushandisa masisitimu ekuchenesa uye zvese izvo."
Zvakanaka Chishanu chaive mukusvibisa uye bvunzo dzakaratidza yakaderera mazinga ePFAS. Anotora mvura yemubhodhoro kubva kuTyco, asi mhuri yake ichiri kushandisa mvura yemutsime iyi kubika nekugeza.
Sachigaro weguta rePeshtigo, VaCindy Boyle, vanoti bhodhi iri kutarisa imwe nzira inosarudzwa neDNR yekuwana mvura yakachena kuburikidza nenzvimbo dzeveruzhinji, mungave munharaunda mavo kana munharaunda.
"Mukuita izvi, inopa hutongi hwekudzivirira kuburikidza nePublic Service Commission kuona kuti vagari vari kunwa mvura yakachena," akadaro Boyle.
Akataura kuti guta reMarinette parizvino harisi kuda kupa mvura pasina vagari vemo. Boyle akawedzera kuti kutora vamwe vagari kunoderedza mutero weguta, achiti avo vanogara muguta vachawedzera mari yebasa. Vamwe vanhu vemutaundi vakapikisawo kukwidzwa uku nekuda kwemitero yakakwira, mitengo yakakwira yemvura, uye zvirambidzo pakuvhima kana kupisa masango.
Zvisinei, pane kutyira pamusoro pemari yekuvaka nzvimbo yemvura yeguta. Zvakanakisa, fungidziro dzeguta dzinoratidza kuti zvivakwa zvinogona kudhura mari inopfuura mamirioni makumi mapfumbamwe nerimwe emadhora kuvaka, kusasanganisa kuenderera mberi nekugadzirisa.
Asi Boyle akacherekedza kuti chishandiso ichi chichabatsira vagari kwete chete munzvimbo dzinoonekwa nekambani dzakasvibiswa, asiwo munzvimbo dzakafara uko DNR iri kuenzanisa kusvibiswa kwePFAS. Johnson Controls naTyco vakaramba kuyedza ipapo, vachiti makambani akange asina mhosva yekusvibisa munzvimbo iyi.
Boyle akabvuma kuti vagari vari kushushikana nekumhanya kuri kuita zvinhu uye havana chokwadi chekuti sarudzo dzavanenge vachiongorora dzinogoneka kuvagari kana Public Service Commission. Vakuru veguta vanoti havadi kuti vanobhadhara mitero vabhadhare mari dzekuwanisa vanhu mvura yakachena kuburikidza nekambani iyi.
"Mamiriro edu nhasi akafanana neaive kubva pakutanga," akadaro Boyle. "Tinoda kuita zvese zvatinogona kuti tipe munhu wese mvura yekunwa yakachengetedzeka nguva dzose tichibhadhara avo vane mhosva."
Asi vamwe vagari, kusanganisira Maxwell, vaneta nekumirira. Ichi ndicho chimwe chezvikonzero zvavanoda zvakadzika tsime mhinduro.
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