Haʻawina Lahui no ka Wehe ʻana i nā meaʻai a me nā ʻenehana lua-Water quality sensor

Haʻawina Lahui no ka Wehe ʻana i nā meaʻai a me nā ʻenehana lua
Ke nānā nei ʻo EPA i nā ala kūpono a me ke kumu kūʻai no ka wehe ʻana i nā meaʻai ma nā hana lapaʻau a ka lehulehu (POTW). Ma ke ʻano o ka noiʻi ʻāina, ua hana ke keʻena i kahi noiʻi o POTW i ka makahiki 2019 a i 2021.

Ua hoʻohui kekahi mau POTW i nā kaʻina hana lapaʻau hou no ka wehe ʻana i nā meaʻai, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke kūʻai ʻia kēia mau hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana a pono paha no nā hale āpau. Ke kōkua nei kēia haʻawina iā EPA e aʻo e pili ana i nā ala ʻē aʻe e hōʻemi ai nā POTW i kā lākou hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā meaʻai, ʻoiai e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i nā hana hana a me ka mālama ʻana, a me ka ʻole o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā kumukūʻai nui. ʻEkolu mau pahuhopu nui ka haʻawina:

E kiʻi i ka ʻikepili o ka ʻāina no ka wehe ʻana i nā meaʻai.
E paipai i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hana POTW me ka liʻiliʻi o ka lilo.
Hāʻawi i kahi ʻaha kūkā no nā mea pili e kaʻana like i nā hana maikaʻi loa.
Nā pōmaikaʻi i nā POTW
ʻO ka haʻawina e:
E kōkua i nā POTW e hoʻoikaika i ka wehe ʻana i nā meaʻai ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻike hana a me ka hana ʻana mai nā ʻano like like o POTWs i loaʻa mua i nā ala kūleʻa a me nā kumu kūʻai no ka wehe ʻana i nā meaʻai.
E lawelawe ma ke ʻano he kumu ʻikepili hou a puni ka ʻāina e pili ana i ka wehe ʻana i nā meaʻai e kōkua i nā mea kuleana e loiloi a hoʻomohala i nā waiwai hōʻemi meaʻai hiki ke loaʻa.
Hāʻawi i kahi waihona waiwai waiwai o ka hana hoʻoneʻe ʻana i nā meaʻai no nā POTW, nā mokuʻāina, nā mea noiʻi hoʻonaʻauao, a me nā mea makemake ʻē aʻe.
Ua ʻike mua nā POTW i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka loiloi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. I ka makahiki 2012, ua hoʻomaka ke Keʻena ʻOihana Kūʻai ʻo Montana i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā limahana POTW ma ka mokuʻāina e pili ana i ka wehe ʻana i nā meaʻai a me ka maikaʻi. ʻO nā POTW nona nā limahana i komo piha i ke kaʻina hana hoʻoponopono i hōʻemi nui i kā lākou mau meaʻai.

Hoʻokō ʻia ka wehe ʻana i nā meaʻai ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa
ʻO nā hualoaʻa mua o ka nīnau nīnau screener e kōkua i ka hōʻike ʻana i kahi ʻano koʻikoʻi o ka National Study: ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wehe ʻana i nā meaʻai hiki ke loaʻa i nā ʻano POTW āpau. Hōʻike nā hualoaʻa noiʻi a hiki i kēia lā ma mua o 1,000 POTWs me nā ʻano lapaʻau olaola like ʻole (me nā ʻenehana lapaʻau maʻamau a me nā ʻenehana lapaʻau kiʻekiʻe) hiki ke loaʻa i ka nui o ka nitrogen effluent o 8 mg/L a me ka phosphorus a pau o 1 mg/L. Aia ka helu ma lalo nei i kēlā mau POTW me ka heluna kanaka i lawelawe ʻia ma kahi o 750 mau kānaka a me ka holo mana hoʻolālā ma kahi o 1 miliona mau galani i kēlā me kēia lā.