Zolemba, Ziwerengero, ndi Malipoti
Kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2009, chovala chotchedwa Environmental Working Group (EWG) chinatulutsa lipoti loti mizinda 100 ikhale yokhudza thanzi komanso chitetezo cha madzi. Reno adatchulidwa kuti malo asanu mwachisawawa kuti amwe madzi a matepi m'dzikolo. Chofunika kwambiri chinali arsenic ndi kuchuluka kwa mankhwala a PCE, onse omwe amati amadutsa miyezo yoyenera ya madzi akumwa nthawi zina.
Zosokoneza izi ndi zina zidatchulidwa kuti zidapitirira malire omwe amawoneka kuti ndi othandiza komanso, ngakhale kuti malirewo ali pamwamba kapena pansi pa malamulo. Deta ya kafukufukuyo inapezedwa m'mabuku a boma a Nevada omwe anayesedwa kuyambira 2004 mpaka 2008 ndi Reno yemwe amagulitsa madzi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA). Lipoti labwino la madzi a TMWA lili pa intaneti pa webusaiti ya EWG.
Mfundo ya EWG ikuwoneka kuti pamene madzi a pompotopo amatha kukomana ndi boma ndi boma, zikhoza kuwonetsa zoopsa zaumphawi chifukwa cha mankhwala ambiri (21 omwe amadziwika mu madzi a Reno) omwe amapezeka m'madzi ochiritsira. Reno ndi Las Vegas (zomwe zinawerengedwa kuti ndizovuta kwambiri) zikhoza kuoneka zoipa, koma Allan Biaggi, mtsogoleri wa Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, adanyamuka kuti ateteze, nati, "Nevadans angatsimikizire kuti madzi awo akumwa ali otetezeka Kumwa kwa EWG kumatanthawuza kunena kuti zoyenera zapamwamba za madzi sizingakwane.
Zimakhala ngati kuyendetsa galimoto 25 mu mphindi 55 mph mofulumira. "
Madzi a Truckee Makhalidwe Omwa Madzi
Akuluakulu a TMWA anatsutsana kwambiri ndi lipoti la EWG. Paul Miller, Mtsogoleri wa TMWA Wogwira Ntchito ndi Madzi a Madzi, adatcha lipoti "kusocheretsa ndi kusasamala. Palibe ngozi." Izi sizikutanthauza kuti madzi ake akumwa ndi 100% opanda zowononga - palibe madzi akumwa mumzinda wa United States.
Komabe, madzi operekedwa ndi TMWA amayesedwa tsiku ndi tsiku ndipo amakumana ndi US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ndi State of Nevada. Pitani ku tsamba la webusaiti ya TMWA ya Madzi kuti mudziwe zambiri.
Palibe Mankhwala mu TMWA Pangani Madzi
Akuluakulu a TMWA adanenapo za nkhani zosiyanasiyana za mankhwala omwe adapezeka m'madzi akumwa kuzungulira dzikoli. Zotsatira za zitsanzo zomwe zinatumizidwa kukayezetsa zinapereka ndemanga pa msonkhano wa nyuzipepala wa 2008, "Deta ikuwonetsa kuti palibe mankhwala kapena EDCs omwe adapezeka muzitsamba zopanda madzi kapena zomaliza kuchokera ku Chalk Bluff Water Treatment Plant," adatero Paul Miller wa TMWA. "Palibe mankhwala awa omwe anapezeka kaya madzi omwe amabwera mummera kuchokera ku mtsinje wa Truckee, kapena madzi otuluka mummera omwe amaperekedwa kwa makasitomala athu." Kuti mudziwe zambiri, pitani kumalo a TMWA kuti muwerenge TMWA Tap Water ndi Free of Mayi.
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