NāʻIke, nāʻIke, a me nā Pūʻulu
I ka pauʻana o ka makahiki 2009, ua hoʻokuʻuʻia kahiʻaʻahu i kapaʻiaʻo ka Pūʻulu Hana Manawaena (EWG) i ka helu kūlana o 100 mau kūlanakauhale ma keʻano o ka olakino a me ka palekana o ko lākou wai. Ua kapaʻiaʻo Reno i ka hapalima o kahi kūpono loa e inu i ka wai paila i ka'āina. ʻO ka mea nui i hopohopo nui keʻano o nā'āpana arsenic a me nā haʻina o ka PCE mea koʻikoʻi, a ua'ōleloʻiaʻelua uaʻoi aʻe kaʻoihana o ka wai kūpaʻa i nā manawa.
Uaʻikeʻia kēia mau mea a me nā mea poke'ē aʻe iʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā mea i manaʻoʻia he kūlana olakino,ʻoiai ināʻoi aʻe nā palena a iʻole ma lalo o nā kūlana i kauohaʻia. Ua loaʻa nāʻikepili no ka noiʻi mai nā hōʻike a ka moku'āinaʻo Nevada no ka hoʻokolohuaʻana mai ka makahiki 2004 a hiki i 2008 e ka mea wai wai o Reno, ka Power Authority (TMWA) o Truckee. He pūnaewele maikaʻi ka hōʻikeʻana o ka waiʻo TMWA ma ka pūnaewele EWG.
Ua like ka manaʻo o ka EWG i ka wā e hālāwai ai ka wai o ka moku i nā kūlana pekelala a me ka moku'āina, hiki i ka hopena o ka hopena o nā kino nui (21 i hōʻikeʻia i loko o ka wai o Reno) i loaʻa i ka wai i mālamaʻia. ʻO Reno a me Las Vegas (hiki keʻikeʻia he kolu keu aku paha) iʻole e hewa i ka hōʻike, akā ua alaʻo Allan Biaggi, ka luna o ke Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, i ka pale me ka'ōleloʻana, "E hiki i nā Nevadans ke maopopo i ko lākou inu wai e palekana ʻO ka koiʻana a EWG i ka'ōleloʻanaʻaʻole e lawa nā koina o ka wai wai.
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ʻO ka maikaʻi o ka wai inuʻo Truckee Meadows
Ua kū'ē ikaika nā luna o TMWA i ka hōʻike EWG. ʻO Paulo Miller, ka Luna o ka Manawaena a me ka Uila o TMWA, ua kapaʻiaʻo ka hōʻike "he kuhihewa a he hanaʻole."ʻAʻohe pilikia. " ʻAʻoleʻo ia keʻano o ka wai inu wai he 100%ʻole o nā mea poke -ʻaʻohe wai inu wai maʻAmelika Huipūʻia.
Eia naʻe, ua ho'āʻoʻia ka wai i hoʻolakoʻia e TMWA i kēlā lā i kēia lā a hui pū me nā US Health Protection Agency (EPA) a me ka moku'āinaʻo Nevada. E hele i ka pūnaewele kūpono o ka waiʻo TMWA no kaʻikeʻana i nāʻike.
ʻAʻohe Pharmaceutical i TMWA e hoʻopau i kahi wai
Ua'ōlelo nā luna o ka TMWA e pili ana i ka hoʻopukaʻana i nāʻano o nā lāʻau lapaʻau iʻikeʻia i ka inu wai a puni ka'āina. ʻO nā hualoaʻa mai nā'āpana i hoʻounaʻia no ka hoʻokolohua ua hōʻoiaʻia kēia manaʻo ma ka hālāwai loiloi 2008, "Uaʻikeʻia kaʻikepiliʻaʻoleʻikeʻia kekahi mau mea lapaʻau a meaʻole paha i loko o nā'ōmole wai kūmole a hoʻopihaʻia paha mai ka papahana Ola Kōkua Bluff Water," i kā Paul Miller'ōlelo a TMWA. "ʻAʻohe o kēia mau mea iʻikeʻia i loko o ka wai e komo mai ana i loko o ka mea kanu mai ka muliwaiʻo Truckee, aiʻole ka wai e puka aku ana i waho o ka lāʻau i hāʻawiʻia i kā mākou mea kūʻai." No nāʻike hou aku, e hele i ka pūnaewele TMWA e heluhelu i ka TMWA Tap Water he Free of Pharmaceuticals.
Kākauʻo EWG City City
ʻO nāʻumi heʻumi ...
- 100 - Pensacola, FL
- 99 - Koloa, CA
- 98 - Las Vegas, NV
- 97 - Waipahu, HI
- 96 - Reno, NV
- 95 - Houston, TX
- 94 - Omaha, NE
- 93 - North Las Vegas, NV
- 92 - San Diego, Ca
- 91 - Kailua Kona, HI
Aʻo kaʻumiʻumi keu ...
- 1 - Waimanalo, TX
- 2 - Providence, RI
- 3 - Loaʻa, TX
- 4 - Charleston, SC
- 5 - Boston, MA
- 6 - Honolulu, HI
- 7 - Austin, TX
- 8 - Fairfax County, VA
- 9 - St. Louis, MO
- 10 - Minneapolis, MN