Umyalelo wokubilisa okhutshwe ngabanye abemi basePeabody ngentsimbi yesi-2:30 emva kwemini ngoLwesihlanu uhlala kude kube yintsimbi yoku-1 emva kwemini ngoLwesibini, apho ukutya okulula kutyiwa kwiipleyiti zephepha ukuze kuthintelwe imfuneko yamanzi.
Abanye, abafana noCourtney Schmill, bafaka amanzi abilayo embizeni ecaleni kwesinki baze bongeze i-bleach ezityeni.
“Ngaphandle kokuba uzikhumbuze ngabom ukuba ungazami ukungcangcazela, awuyi kuqaphela ukuba ungcangcazela kangakanani emanzini,” utshilo. “Ndiziva ngathi ndingumfazi onguvulindlela, ndifaka izitya zam zetafile elangatyeni elivulekileyo.”
UShmill wayehleli kwigumbi lokuhlambela ngelixa unyana wakhe oneminyaka eli-9 ubudala ehlamba, emkhumbuza ukuba angavuli umlomo wakhe. Uthenge namanzi asebhotileni ukuze bawasebenzise xa behlamba amazinyo kwaye behlamba ubuso babo.
“Ndiyabulela ukuba ukuhlamba nokuhlamba kulungile,” utshilo, “kodwa, Thixo, ndikulungele ukusebenzisa ipompo kwakhona.”
Ilungu lebhunga lesixeko kunye nelungu lekomiti yamanzi uJay Gfeller (uJay Gfeller) uthe ngenxa yengxaki yesiphazamisi sesekethe, ivalvu eyayivaliwe ngexesha lokuhlolwa kwenqaba yamanzi yasePeabody ngoLwesine ayizange ivulwe kwakhona.
Ibangela ukungalingani kuxinzelelo lwamanzi, okunokuphazamisa inqanaba le-chlorine eseleyo kwaye kubangele ukukhula kweebhaktheriya, ngoko ke iSebe lezeMpilo neNdalo laseKansas likhuphe umyalelo wokubilisa.
Kwisithuba seyure emva kokukhutshwa komyalelo wokubilisa, uGfeller kunye nabanye abasebenzi besixeko bangena ezitalatweni besasaza amaphecana aneenkcukacha zokhuseleko.
Isixeko saqhagamshelana nevenkile ukuqinisekisa ukuba banamanzi aneleyo asemabhotileni. I-Peabody Markets yayigcina amanzi agciniwe ngexesha lembalela, nangona yayingenakusebenzisa izixhobo zokuhambisa amanzi, izixhobo zokuhambisa isoda, okanye oomatshini bekofu—zonke ezo zinto zaziyimali eninzi evenkileni.
Akuzange kubangele ingxolo efana nobushushu obuphantsi ngexesha lonyaka. NgoMvulo, iishelufu zasePeabody Market naseFamily Dollar zazisagcwele amanzi asemabhotileni.
NgoMvulo, uvavanyo lwe-chlorine lwemihla ngemihla lufumanise ukuba i-chlorine ifikelele kwinqanaba elikhuselekileyo, kodwa iisampulu zamanzi kufuneka zithunyelwe kwi-Pace Analytical eSalina ukuze kufunyanwe ulwazi lokuba i-KDHE kufuneka iphakamise umyalelo wokubila.
Amagosa asePeabody athi iPez Analytica ivaliwe ngempelaveki kwaye ayinakwamkela iisampulu ngaphambi koMvulo, ngoko ke ngoLwesibini lelona xesha lifanelekileyo lokuba iiodolo zirhoxiswe.