Itegeko ryo guhagarika ryatanzwe na bamwe mu baturage ba Peabody saa munani n'igice z'umugoroba ku wa gatanu riramara kugeza saa saba z'amanywa ku wa kabiri, aho amafunguro yoroshye aribwa ku masahani kugira ngo hirindwe ko hakenerwa amazi.
Abandi, nka Courtney Schmill, bashyira amazi abira mu nkono iri iruhande rw'isahani hanyuma bakongeramo bleach mu masahani.
Yagize ati: “Keretse wiyibukije ko utagomba gukina, ntuzamenya uburyo ukina mu mazi cyane.” “Numva meze nk'umugore w'umupayiniya, ushyira ibikoresho byanjye byo ku meza ku muriro ufunguye.”
Shmill yari yicaye mu bwogero mu gihe umwana we w'imyaka 9 yari arimo koga, amwibutsa kudafungura umunwa we. Yanaguriye amazi yo mu macupa kugira ngo bombi bayakoreshe mu gihe cyo koza amenyo no mu gihe cyo gukaraba mu maso.
“Nishimiye ko kwiyuhagira no gukaraba ari byiza,” aravuga, “ariko Mana yanjye, niteguye kongera gukoresha robine.”
Umujyanama w’umujyi akaba n’umwe mu bagize komite ishinzwe amazi, Jay Gfeller (Jay Gfeller), yavuze ko kubera ikibazo cy’aho umuyoboro w’amazi wangiritse, valve yari ifunze ubwo hasuzumwaga umunara w’amazi wa Peabody kuwa kane itashoboye gufungurwa.
Bitera ubusumbane mu muvuduko w'amazi, bishobora kubangamira urugero rwa chlorine rusigaye ndetse bigatera n'izamuka rya bagiteri, bityo Minisiteri y'Ubuzima n'Ibidukikije ya Kansas yashyizeho itegeko ryo kubihagarika.
Mu isaha imwe nyuma yo gutanga itegeko ryo guhagarika akazi, Gfeller n'abandi bakozi b'umujyi bagiye mu mihanda gukwirakwiza udutabo turimo amakuru ajyanye n'umutekano.
Umujyi wavuganye n'iduka kugira ngo barebe neza ko rifite amazi ahagije mu macupa. Peabody Markets yagumanye ububiko bw'amazi mu gihe cy'amapfa yihagije, nubwo itashoboraga gukoresha imashini zitanga amazi, imashini zitanga soda, cyangwa imashini zitanga ikawa - byose byari amafaranga menshi kuri iryo duka.
Ntabwo byateje urusaku nk'uko byari bimeze mu gihe cy'ubushyuhe. Ku wa mbere, amabati ya Peabody Market na Family Dollar yari yuzuye amazi mu macupa.
Ku wa mbere, ikizamini cya buri munsi cya chlorine cyasanze chlorine igeze ku rwego rwiza, ariko ingero z'amazi zigomba koherezwa kuri Pace Analytical muri Salina kugira ngo haboneke amakuru y'uko KDHE igomba gukuraho uburyo bwo kubira.
Abayobozi ba Peabody bavuze ko Pez Analytica yafunze mu mpera z'icyumweru kandi idashobora kwakira ingero mbere y'uyu wa mbere, bityo kuwa kabiri ni bwo buryo bwa mbere bwo guhagarikwa ibyo yatumije.