"ʻO ka holoi holoi ʻana i kēia manawa kekahi o nā pilikia nui a mākou e kū nei i ka ʻōnaehana hōʻiliʻili o ka Pūnaehana Waiwai ʻo Charleston," wahi a Baker Mordecai, ka luna o ka ʻohi wai ʻōpala o ka ʻōnaehana. He pilikia ka holoi ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana wai ʻino no nā makahiki he mau makahiki, akā ua wikiwiki kēia pilikia i nā makahiki he 10 i hala iho nei a ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19.
ʻO nā holoi holoi a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he pilikia lōʻihi. ʻAʻole lākou e hoʻoheheʻe e like me ka pepa toilet, e alakaʻi ana i nā hoʻopiʻi kūʻē i nā hui e hana a kūʻai aku i nā holoi holoi. ʻO ka brand kaulana loa ʻo Kimberly-Clark. ʻO nā hōʻailona o ka hui ʻo Huggies, Cottonelle a me Scott, i lawe ʻia i ka ʻaha e ka ʻōnaehana wai ma Charleston, South Carolina. Wahi a Bloomberg News, ua hōʻea ka Charleston System i kahi hoʻoholo me Kimberly-Clark i ʻApelila a noi aku i ka hoʻomaha injunctive. Kuhi ʻia ka ʻaelike e hoʻokō ʻia nā holoi holoi wai o ka ʻoihana i hōʻailona ʻia ʻo "washable" i ka maʻamau o ka ʻoihana wai ma mua o Mei 2022.
I loko o nā makahiki, ua lilo kēia pilikia holoi i ka ʻōnaehana wai o Charleston i mau haneli haneli mau kālā. I nā makahiki ʻelima i hala iho nei, ua hoʻokomo ka ʻōnaehana iā US $120,000 ma ke ʻano o ka pā o ke ala komo—ʻo nā kumukūʻai kālā wale nō, ʻaʻole me nā koina hana a mālama. "E kōkua ana kēia iā mākou e wehe i nā holoi holoi ma mua o ka hana ʻana i kekahi ʻano pōʻino i nā mea hana o lalo (ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea kanu)," wahi a Mordekai.
ʻO ka hoʻopukapuka nui loa i loko o ka mana hoʻomalu a me ka loaʻa ʻikepili (SCADA) o nā hale hoʻoheheʻe 216 o ka ʻōnaehana, ʻo ia ke kumu kūʻai he $ 2 miliona i nā makahiki ʻewalu. ʻO ka mālama pale ʻana, e like me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai wai, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe nui a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka pale ma kēlā me kēia hale hoʻoheheʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi kahi waiwai nui. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hana i hana ʻia i loko, akā ua lawe ʻia nā mea hana ʻaelike o waho e kōkua i nā manawa āpau, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi - ua hoʻopau ʻia he $110,000.
ʻOiai ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mordekai e pili ana ka ʻōnaehana wai ʻo Charleston i nā holoi holoi no nā makahiki he mau makahiki, ua hoʻonui ka maʻi maʻi i ka pilikia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Moredekai, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka ʻōnaehana i ʻelua mau pauma i kēlā me kēia mahina, akā i kēia makahiki he 8 mau plug hou i kēlā me kēia mahina. I ka manawa like, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o ka laina nui mai 2 mau manawa i ka mahina a i 6 mau manawa i ka mahina.
"Manaʻo mākou he hapa nui o kēia no ka hana ʻana o ka poʻe i ka disinfection hou," wahi āna. “Hoʻomaʻemaʻe pinepine lākou i ko lākou mau lima. Ke hōʻiliʻili nei kēia mau lole a pau i loko o ka ʻōnaehana sewer.
Ma mua o COVID-19, ua kūʻai ʻo Charleston Water Supply System iā US $250,000 i kēlā me kēia makahiki no ka mālama ʻana i nā holoi holoi wale nō, e piʻi aʻe i US $360,000 e 2020; Manaʻo ʻo Moredekai e hoʻolilo ʻo ia i kahi US $ 250,000 hou i 2021, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o US $ 500,000.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻoiai ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o ka hana, ua hāʻawi pinepine ʻia kēia mau kumukūʻai hou no ka mālama ʻana i nā holoi holoi i nā mea kūʻai aku.
"I ka hopena o ka lā, ʻo ka mea i loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kūʻai aku nei nā mea kūʻai aku i nā holoi holoi ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, a ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻike lākou i ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai o ka wai holoi holoi," wahi a Mordechai. "Manaʻo wau e nānā ʻole nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi kumu kūʻai."
ʻOiai ua maʻalahi ka maʻi maʻi i kēia kauwela, ʻaʻole i emi ka paʻa o ka ʻōnaehana wai o Charleston. "E manaʻo paha ʻoe i ka hoʻi ʻana o nā kānaka i ka hana, e emi ana ka helu, akā ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i kēia a hiki i kēia manawa," wahi a Mordekai. "I ka manawa e ulu ai ka poʻe i kahi maʻamau maikaʻi ʻole, paʻakikī ke kāpae ʻana i kēia maʻamau."
I loko o nā makahiki, ua hoʻokō nā limahana o Charleston i kekahi mau hana hoʻonaʻauao e hoʻomaopopo i nā mea hoʻohana pono e hiki i ka holoi holoi holoi ʻana ke hōʻino hou i ka ʻōnaehana. ʻO kekahi ka hanana "Wipes Clog Pipes" i komo ai ʻo Charleston a me nā ʻoihana ʻāpana ʻē aʻe, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mordekai ua loaʻa i kēia mau hanana i ka "hopena liʻiliʻi".
I ka makahiki 2018, ua hoʻolaha nā limahana i kahi hoʻolaha pāʻoihana kaiapili e hoʻolaha i nā clogs a me nā kiʻi o nā mea ʻokoʻa unclogging clogs me ko lākou mau lima, i hoʻolaha nui ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e hoʻopilikia ana ma mua o 1 billion mau kānaka. "ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia ka helu o nā holoi holoi a mākou i ʻike ai i ka ʻōnaehana hōʻiliʻili," wahi a Mike Saia, kahi luna hoʻomalu ʻike lehulehu. "ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike i kahi loli o ka nui o nā holoi holoi a mākou i lawe ai i waho o ka pale a mai ke kaʻina hana hoʻōla wai."
ʻO ka mea a ka hui kaiaulu i hana ai, ʻo ia ka huki ʻana i ka manaʻo i nā hoʻopiʻi i waiho ʻia e nā hui hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a hoʻolilo i ka ʻōnaehana wai Charleston i mea nui o ka nānā ʻana o kēlā me kēia.
"Ma muli o kēia hana viral, ua lilo mākou i maka maoli o ka pilikia holoi holoi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. No laila, ma muli o ko mākou ʻike ʻana i ka ʻoihana, ʻo ka hana kānāwai nui a ka ʻaha holoʻokoʻa e hana nei ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia a hoʻopaʻa iā mākou i mea hoʻopiʻi nui, "Saia Say.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ka hoʻopiʻi kūʻē iā Kimberly-Clark, Procter & Gamble, CVS, Walgreens, Costco, Target a me Walmart i Ianuali 2021. Ma mua o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana, aia ka Charleston Water Supply System i nā kūkākūkā pilikino me Kimberly Clark. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Saia ua makemake lākou e hoʻoholo me ka mea hana, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa i kahi ʻaelike, no laila ua hoʻopiʻi lākou.
I ka wā i waiho ʻia ai kēia mau hoʻopiʻi, ua makemake nā limahana o ka Charleston Water Supply System e hōʻoia i ka holoi ʻana i kapa ʻia ʻo "flushable" e hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, a e "palaha" lākou i ka manawa a ma ke ʻano e hiki ʻole ai ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia a i ʻole nā mea hou aku. nā pilikia mālama. . Hoʻokomo pū ka hoʻopiʻi i ka koi ʻana i nā mea hana e hāʻawi i nā mea kūʻai aku me ka ʻike maikaʻi aʻe ʻaʻole hiki ke holoi ʻia nā holoi holoi holoi ʻole.
"Pono e hoʻouna ʻia nā leka ma kahi o ke kūʻai aku a hoʻohana ʻia i loko o ka hale kūʻai, ʻo ia hoʻi, ma ka ʻeke," wahi a Saiya. "Ke nānā nei kēia i ka ʻōlelo aʻo 'ʻaʻole holoi' e kū mai ana mai ke alo o ka pūʻolo, kahi kūpono i kahi āu e lawe ai i nā holoi ʻana mai ka pūʻolo."
ʻO nā hoʻopiʻi e pili ana i ka holoi ʻana i nā makahiki he nui, a ua ʻōlelo ʻo Saia ʻo kēia ka hoʻoponopono mua o "kekahi mea".
"Ke mahalo nei mākou iā lākou no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi holoi holoi holoi maoli a ʻae mākou e kau i nā lepili maikaʻi aʻe i kā lākou huahana hiki ʻole ke holoi ʻia. Hauʻoli nō hoʻi mākou e hoʻomau lākou i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kā lākou huahana, "wahi a Saia.
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Ka manawa hoʻouna: Sep-04-2021