The government does not have the technology to fix the hole. They do, however, have the technology (or can get it, and stop refusing help) to deal with the stuff in the water. What they obviously do not have is a serious will to get on with the job and quit playing the bureaucratic game of turf wars.

As far as MMS is concerned I watched an MMS whistle blower. He said that the breaking up is not a bad idea but until they fire everybody, and the re-hire the ones that were not on the take, they will fix nothing (as long as the same people are doing the same things). I tend to agree.