
熊本地震で震度6強の揺れに襲われた熊本県八代市では、上水道の断水は解消したものの井戸が枯れたり水が濁ったりする被害が続いている。県は国と連携し井戸水対応チームを設置したが、調査件数は1374件にとどまり改善は61件のみ。住民からは『いつまで続くのか分からない』と不安の声が聞かれる。
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熊本地震で震度6強の揺れに襲われた熊本県八代市では、上水道の断水は解消したものの井戸が枯れたり水が濁ったりする被害が続いている。
熊本地震で震度6強の揺れに襲われた熊本県八代市では、上水道の断水は解消したものの井戸が枯れたり、水が濁ったりする被害が続いている。県は国と連携し井戸の応急復旧に向けた「井戸水対応チーム」を設置したが、被災者からは「いつまで続くのか分からない」などと不安の声が聞かれる。
避難所生活、いまだ1500人超 仮設入居進むも復興半ば―熊本地震、28日で2カ月
八代市は球磨川由来の地下水が豊富なため、水を井戸からくみ上げて生活用水に利用する人が多い。市内の水道普及率は52.1%で、残る約半数の世帯にとって井戸水は欠かせないライフラインだ。
県によると、これまでに市内の約4500世帯で井戸の被害が確認され、水が出ないなどの不調を訴える声が約3500件寄せられている。対応チームが現地調査を終えたのは15日時点で1374件にとどまる。洗浄が可能な井戸では泥や砂などを除去したが、改善したのは61件だけだ。
八代市の戌亥良三さん(83)の自宅の井戸は、地震の後に水の出が悪くなった。妻トミ子さん(81)は「井戸を掘り直すにしても水が出るか分からないし、お金もかかる」と肩を落とした。
「砂とヘドロが混じったような水が上がってきた」。八代市の男性(82)宅の井戸水は、細かい砂が混ざって灰色に濁っている。風呂は銭湯、洗濯はコインランドリーで済ませているが、「いつまで続くのか分からないのが気がかりだ」と語る。
県は9月、井戸の復旧を災害救助法の対象に加え、1世帯当たり上限75万7000円を支援すると発表。4世帯以下で共用する井戸を堀り直す場合は、世帯数を乗じた額が上限となる。
井戸掘削業者などでつくる全国さく井(せい)協会によると、井戸を掘り直す場合の費用は最低でも数百万円かかる。熊本県内には北海道や中国地方など全国から応援の業者が入るが、担当者は「間に合っていない」と指摘する。県も業者不足を課題としており、25日には八代市を中心とした地域で井戸を掘削できる業者の募集を始めた。

Two new deaths were confirmed on the 28th in Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures due to the heavy rains caused by Typhoon No. 25, bringing the total number of deaths to 14 and one person missing. In Chiba Prefecture, power outages and water outages continue due to flooding caused by levee failures and landslides, and restoration is expected to take three months in some sections of JR East. With fears that Typhoon No. 26 will approach within the week, residents are growing anxious about new disasters.

Two months have passed since the Kumamoto Earthquake, and although progress has been made in recovery efforts, including the start of people moving into temporary housing and the reopening of all Kyushu Shinkansen lines, concerns remain as more than 1,500 people have evacuated, and water quality damage has been reported in approximately 4,500 households in Yatsushiro City, which relies heavily on well water.

Heavy rains caused by Typhoon No. 25 caused the embankments around Inbanuma, Chiba Prefecture to burst, flooding fish farms and agricultural warehouses. Approximately 100,000 Japanese carp and goldfish were washed away from the Tani Fish Farm, and the total damage was approximately 1 billion yen. Approximately 50,000 eels died or escaped at the Inbanuma Fisheries Cooperative's eel farm, and approximately 1,000 bags of new rice in the farmer's warehouse could no longer be shipped.

Due to the heavy rains caused by Typhoon No. 25, roads around Omotemachi, Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture were flooded, leaving female office workers stranded as they tried to return home. Similar damage has been caused by heavy rains in the past, but this time the water receded slowly, leaving Narita Airport in the condition of an ``isolated island on land.'' Residents are forced to live in evacuation zones, feeling anxious and tired.

Heavy rains caused by Typhoon No. 25 caused a series of landslides in Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures, and as of 11 a.m. on the 22nd, four people had died and six were missing. Both prefectures have requested disaster relief dispatch from the Self-Defense Forces, and are conducting searches together with police and fire departments. In Yokosuka City, a woman in her 60s died when her house was crushed by a landslide, in Sodegaura City, a man died after falling along with his heavy equipment down a cliff, and in Kamogawa City and Sammu City, two women in their 70s and 80s died when their houses collapsed.

One month has passed since heavy rains occurred in Chiba Prefecture, and more than 10,000 vehicles were submerged in water due to flooding, and approximately 3,100 vehicles were abandoned on the roads. The Japan Car Sharing Association, a general incorporated association, provides free vehicle rentals to disaster victims, but due to the series of disasters across the country, it has been flooded with applications, and currently only responds to one-sixth of applications. The shortage of vehicles and staff is becoming increasingly serious.