Baker Mordecai, mai kula da tattara ruwan sharar na tsarin ya ce: "Yanzu shine babban ƙalubalen da muke fuskanta a cikin tsarin tattara ruwa na Charleston Water Supply System." Shafa ya kasance matsala a cikin tsarin ruwan sha shekaru da yawa, amma wannan matsalar ta kara tsananta a cikin shekaru 10 da suka gabata kuma ta yi muni da cutar ta COVID-19.
Rigar goge da sauran kayan suna da matsalolin da suka daɗe. Ba sa narke kamar takarda bayan gida, wanda ke haifar da shari'a ga kamfanonin da ke kera da sayar da goge goge. Mafi shahararren alama shine Kimberly-Clark. Alamomin kamfanin sun hada da Huggies, Cottonelle da Scott, wadanda tsarin samar da ruwa ya kai su kotu a Charleston, South Carolina. A cewar Bloomberg News, Tsarin Charleston ya cimma matsaya tare da Kimberly-Clark a watan Afrilu kuma ya nemi agajin gaggawa. Yarjejeniyar ta tanadi cewa goge-gogen kamfanin da aka yiwa alama a matsayin “wanda za a iya wankewa” dole ne ya cika ka'idojin masana'antar ruwan sha a watan Mayun 2022.
Tsawon shekaru, wannan matsalar shafe-shafe ta jawo asarar dala dubunnan daloli ga tsarin samar da ruwan sha na Charleston. A cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata, tsarin ya sanya hannun jarin dalar Amurka 120,000 akan allon siffa mai siffa ta tashar shigarwa - farashin babban birnin kawai, ba tare da haɗawa da farashin aiki da kulawa ba. "Wannan yana taimaka mana mu cire goge kafin su haifar da kowace irin lahani ga duk wani kayan aiki na ƙasa (yawancin masana'antar sarrafa)," in ji Mordekai.
Mafi girman jarin shine a cikin kulawa da sayan bayanai (SCADA) na tashoshin famfo na tsarin guda 216, wanda ya ci dalar Amurka miliyan 2 a cikin shekaru takwas. Kulawa na rigakafi, kamar tsabtace rijiyar rigar, tsabtace babban layi da tsaftacewar allo a kowace tashar famfo, kuma ya ƙunshi babban jari. Yawancin ayyukan an yi su ne a cikin gida, amma an kawo 'yan kwangila na waje don taimakawa na ɗan lokaci, musamman a lokacin bala'in - an kashe wani $ 110,000.
Ko da yake Mordekai ya ce tsarin samar da ruwa na Charleston yana fama da goge-goge shekaru da yawa, cutar ta kara tsananta matsalar. Mordekai ya ce tsarin ya kasance yana toshe famfo biyu a kowane wata, amma a wannan shekara an sami ƙarin matosai 8 a kowane wata. A daidai wannan lokacin, babban cunkoson layin shima ya karu daga sau 2 a wata zuwa sau 6 a wata.
"Muna tunanin babban bangare na wannan shine saboda mutane suna yin ƙarin rigakafin," in ji shi. “A fili suna tsaftace hannayensu akai-akai. Duk waɗannan tsummoki suna taruwa a cikin magudanar ruwa.”
Kafin COVID-19, Tsarin Samar da Ruwa na Charleston yana kashe dalar Amurka 250,000 kowace shekara don sarrafa goge-goge shi kaɗai, wanda zai ƙaru zuwa dalar Amurka 360,000 nan da 2020; Mordekai ya kiyasta cewa zai kashe ƙarin dalar Amurka 250,000 a 2021, jimlar fiye da dalar Amurka 500,000.
Abin takaici, duk da wurin aiki, waɗannan ƙarin farashi na sarrafa goge ana ba da su ga abokan ciniki.
"A ƙarshen rana, abin da kuke da shi shine abokan ciniki suna siyan goge-goge a gefe guda, kuma a gefe guda, suna ganin karuwar farashin magudanar ruwa na goge," in ji Mordechai. "Ina tsammanin masu amfani wani lokaci suna yin watsi da yanayin farashi."
Kodayake cutar ta sami sauƙi a wannan bazarar, toshewar tsarin samar da ruwa na Charleston bai ragu ba. Mordekai ya ce: "Za ku yi tunanin yayin da mutane ke komawa bakin aiki, adadin zai ragu, amma ba mu lura da hakan ba har yanzu," in ji Mordekai. "Lokacin da mutane suka yi mummunar dabi'a, zai yi wuya a rabu da wannan dabi'a."
A cikin shekaru da yawa, ma'aikatan Charleston sun gudanar da wasu ayyukan ilimi don bari masu amfani da kayan aiki su fahimci cewa goge goge na iya haifar da lalacewar tsarin. Daya shine taron "Shafa Clog Pipes" wanda Charleston da sauran kayan aiki na yanki suka shiga, amma Mordekai ya ce wadannan abubuwan sun sami "karamin nasara".
A cikin 2018, ma'aikatan sun kaddamar da wani kamfen na kafofin watsa labarun don tallata toshewa da hotuna na masu ruwa da tsaki da suka toshe toshe da hannayensu, wanda aka yada a duniya, wanda ya shafi fiye da mutane biliyan 1. "Abin takaici, adadin goge-goge da muka gani a cikin tsarin tattarawa bai yi tasiri sosai ba," in ji Mike Saia, mai kula da bayanan jama'a. "Ba mu ga wani canji a adadin goge-gogen da muka fitar daga allon ba da kuma tsarin kula da ruwan sha."
Abin da ƙungiyoyin zamantakewar jama'a suka yi shi ne jawo hankali ga ƙarar da kamfanonin kula da najasa suka shigar a duk faɗin Amurka tare da sanya tsarin ruwa na Charleston ya mayar da hankali ga kowa da kowa.
"Saboda wannan yunƙurin cutar, mun zama ainihin fuskar matsalar gogewa a Amurka. Don haka, saboda ganinmu a masana’antar, babban aikin shari’a da kotuna ke yi ya dakatar da daukar mu a matsayin babban mai shigar da kara,” Saia Say.
An shigar da karar a kan Kimberly-Clark, Procter & Gamble, CVS, Walgreens, Costco, Target da Walmart a cikin Janairu 2021. Kafin karar, Tsarin Samar da Ruwa na Charleston yana cikin tattaunawar sirri tare da Kimberly Clark. Saia ya bayyana cewa suna so su sasanta da kamfanin, amma sun kasa cimma matsaya, don haka suka shigar da kara.
Lokacin da aka shigar da waɗannan kararraki, ma'aikatan Tsarin Samar da Ruwa na Charleston sun so su tabbatar da cewa gogewar da aka yiwa lakabi da "flushable" sun kasance da gaske, kuma za su " yada" cikin lokaci kuma ta hanyar da ba za ta haifar da toshewa ba ko ƙari. al'amurran kiyayewa. . Har ila yau, ƙarar ta haɗa da buƙatar masana'antun su samar wa masu amfani da mafi kyawun sanarwa cewa ba za a iya wankewa ba.
"Ya kamata a aika da sanarwa a wurin siyarwa kuma a yi amfani da su a cikin kantin sayar da kayayyaki, wato, a kan marufi," in ji Saiya. "Wannan yana mai da hankali kan gargadin' kar ku kurkura 'da ke fitowa daga gaban kunshin, daidai inda kuka cire goge daga kunshin."
Shari'a game da gogewa sun kasance shekaru da yawa, kuma Saia ta bayyana cewa wannan shine farkon sulhu na "kowane abu".
“Mun yaba musu saboda samar da goge goge na gaske kuma mun amince da sanya ingantattun takalmi akan kayayyakinsu marasa wankewa. Muna kuma farin cikin cewa za su ci gaba da inganta kayayyakinsu,” in ji Saia.
Evi Arthur ita ce abokiyar editan Pumps & Systems. Kuna iya tuntuɓar ta a earthur@cahabamedia.com.
Lokacin aikawa: Satumba-04-2021