Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell (Mitch O’Farrell) on Tuesday urged state officials to crack down on “greenwashing”, in which companies falsely promote products as environmentally friendly and washable.
O’Farrell was motivated by the 17 million gallons of sewage leak that occurred at the Hyperion water recovery plant last month.
“Based on what I have seen in Hyperion, I believe that the number of so-called disposable wipes flushed into the toilet before the pandemic has surged, but it is certain that millions of them every week have helped lead to Hyperion’s A disaster. These wet wipes are advertised and can be washed in many cases, which is extremely deceptive, costly and dangerous for our sanitation workers,” Offarrell said.
The committee approved a motion filed by O’Farrell and Paul Koretz on Tuesday, requiring the city’s health department to submit a report on how to improve public notifications, after the department and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health did not immediately notify the public about the leak.
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The bill also instructed LASAN to look for engineering opportunities during the maintenance period and begin to renovate facilities to recycle 100% of the wastewater as part of the city’s “next step”. LASAN officials provided the city council with an initial assessment of the cause of the leak on Tuesday, but the full report will be completed within 90 days.
Plant manager Tim Dafeta said that the sewage leak on July 11 was caused by the plant’s filter screens being clogged with a large number of debris, most of which was “daily waste”, including rags and construction. Materials and other large fragments.
“The original theory is that there may be some structures in our sewers, such as a wide structure of siphon shunt structure, which is different from the normal linear type, which may cause some debris to hang and some to accumulate over time 7 Relax on the 11th,” said Traci Minamide, Chief Operating Officer of LASAN.
O’Farrell and Congressman Paul Krekorian introduced a resolution to the City Council to support a bill in the State Senate that would mitigate the effects of green drift.
“We must continue to educate the public on the importance of handling waste correctly, and continue to lobby our state and federal policymakers to provide resources and laws to help solve this persistent problem,” Offarrell said.
“It is generally believed that the Hyperion disaster was caused by a large number of accidental debris-such as building materials, bicycle parts, furniture, and various other types of materials-partially clogging the filter,” he continued.
At the Climate Change, Environmental Justice and Rivers Committee meeting last Thursday, Krekorian criticized what he called “irresponsible” public for not properly disposing of garbage, and called on the city to figure out ways to prevent future accidents.
“The root cause of this problem is not employee mistakes or infrastructure failures, but people doing stupid and irresponsible things. People doing irresponsible things and expecting the mother government to clean them up,” Krekorian .
Representative Ted Lieu of D-Torrance called on the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to investigate the large-scale sewage spill on Tuesday.
“In view of the severity of the recent incident, the subsequent and continued discharge of untreated and partially treated wastewater close to high-traffic beaches, and the lack of clear communication in the City of Los Angeles, it is necessary to investigate the operation, response, and environmental impact of this facility, “Lieu wrote in a letter to EPA administrator Michael Regan and NOAA administrator Richard Spinard.
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Post time: Aug-25-2021