Icyemezo cyo guteka cyatanzwe na bamwe mubaturage ba Peabody saa mbiri nigice zumugoroba wo kuwa gatanu kirakomeza kugeza saa saba zijoro kuwa kabiri, aho ibiryo byoroshye biribwa kumasahani kugirango birinde amazi.
Abandi, nka Courtney Schmill, bashyira amazi abira mu nkono iruhande rw'umwobo hanyuma bakongeramo amavuta mu masahani.
Ati: “Keretse niba wiyibutse ubishaka ko udakina, ntuzamenya uko winjira mu mazi.” “Numva ndi umugore w'umupayiniya, wibiza ibikoresho byanjye byo ku meza ku muriro ufunguye.”
Shmill yicaye mu bwiherero mu gihe umuhungu we w'imyaka 9 yari arimo kwiyuhagira, amwibutsa kutakingura umunwa. Yaguze kandi icupa ryamazi kugirango bombi bakoreshe mugihe cyoza amenyo no koza mumaso.
Ati: "Nishimiye ko kwiyuhagira no gukaraba ari byiza, ariko, Mana, niteguye kongera gukoresha robine."
Umujyanama w’Umujyi akaba n’umwe mu bagize komite y’amazi, Jay Gfeller (Jay Gfeller) yavuze ko kubera ikibazo cy’umuzunguruko, valve yafunzwe mu gihe cyo kugenzura umunara w’amazi wa Peabody ku wa kane idashobora gufungurwa.
Itera ubusumbane bwumuvuduko wamazi, ushobora guhungabanya urugero rwa chlorine isigaye kandi bigatera gukura kwa bagiteri, bityo ishami ry’ubuzima n’ibidukikije rya Kansas ryatanze itegeko ritetse.
Mu gihe cy'isaha imwe yo gutanga itegeko ritetse, Gfeller n'abandi bakozi bo mu mujyi bagiye mu mihanda gukwirakwiza impapuro zifite amakuru y’umutekano.
Umujyi wavuganye nububiko kugirango barebe ko bafite amacupa ahagije. Amasoko ya Peabody yabikaga amazi mugihe cyamapfa yihagije, nubwo idashobora gukora imashini itanga amazi, abatanga soda, cyangwa imashini yikawa-byose byari amafaranga menshi kububiko.
Ntabwo byateje umuvurungano nka gahunda yo guteka mugihe cyizuba. Ku wa mbere, amasahani yisoko rya Peabody hamwe n amadorari yumuryango yari yuzuye amazi yamacupa.
Ku wa mbere, ikizamini cya chlorine ya buri munsi cyerekanye ko chlorine igeze ku rwego rw’umutekano, ariko ingero z’amazi zigomba koherezwa muri Pace Analytical muri Salina kugira ngo zibone amakuru ko KDHE ikeneye gukuraho itegeko ryatetse.
Abayobozi ba Peabody bavuze ko Pez Analytica yafunze mu mpera z'icyumweru kandi ko idashobora kwakira ibyitegererezo mbere yo ku wa mbere, bityo ku wa kabiri ni cyo gihe cya mbere cy'uko amabwiriza ashobora guhagarikwa.