I-SACRAMENTO, eCalif. – UMnyango Wezinsizakusebenza Zamanzi (i-DWR) namuhla wenze ucwaningo lwesine lweqhwa lwesizini ePhillips Station. Ucwaningo olwenziwe ngesandla luqophe ukujula kweqhwa okungamasentimitha angu-126.5 kanye nokulingana kwamanzi eqhwa okungamasentimitha angu-54, okungamaphesenti angu-221 esilinganiso sale ndawo ngo-Ephreli 3. Ukulingana kwamanzi eqhwa kulinganisa inani lamanzi aqukethwe ephepheni leqhwa futhi kuyisici esibalulekile sokubikezela kokunikezwa kwamanzi kwe-DWR. Ukufundwa kwe-elekthronikhi kwe-DWR okuvela ezinzwa zeqhwa eziyi-130 ezibekwe kulo lonke izwe kubonisa ukuthi okulingana kwamanzi ephepheni leqhwa kulo lonke izwe kungamamitha angu-61.1, noma amaphesenti angu-237 esilinganiso salolu suku.
“Iziphepho ezinkulu nezikhukhula zalo nyaka ziyisibonelo sakamuva sokuthi isimo sezulu saseCalifornia siya ngokuya siba sibi kakhulu,” kusho uMqondisi we-DWR uKarla Nemeth. “Ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu eyomile kakhulu eqoshwe phansi kanye nemiphumela yesomiso ebhubhisayo emiphakathini kulo lonke izwe, i-DWR isishintshe ngokushesha yaya ekuphenduleni kwezikhukhula kanye nokubikezela ukuncibilika kweqhwa okuzayo. Sinikeze usizo lwezikhukhula emiphakathini eminingi ebibhekene nemiphumela yesomiso esibi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule.”
Njengoba nje iminyaka yesomiso ibonise ukuthi uhlelo lwamanzi lwaseCalifornia lubhekene nezinselele ezintsha zesimo sezulu, kulo nyaka kubonisa ukuthi ingqalasizinda yesifundazwe yezikhukhula izoqhubeka kanjani nokubhekana nezinselele ezibangelwa isimo sezulu zokuthutha nokugcina amanzi amaningi kakhulu ngangokunokwenzeka.
Umphumela walo nyaka ka-Ephreli 1 ovela kunethiwekhi yezinzwa zeqhwa kulo lonke izwe uphakeme kunanoma yikuphi okunye ukufundwa selokhu kwasungulwa inethiwekhi yezinzwa zeqhwa maphakathi nawo-1980. Ngaphambi kokuba kusungulwe inethiwekhi, isifinyezo sika-Ephreli 1 esifundazweni sonke sango-1983 esivela ekulinganisweni kwenkambo yeqhwa ngesandla sasingu-227% wesilinganiso. Isifinyezo sika-Ephreli 1 esifundazweni sonke sango-1952 sokulinganisa inkambo yeqhwa sasingu-237% wesilinganiso.
“Umphumela walo nyaka uzobhekwa njengonyaka omkhulu kunayo yonke yeqhwa eCalifornia,” kusho uSean de Guzman, umphathi we-DWR's Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit. “Ngenkathi izilinganiso zeqhwa zango-1952 zibonise umphumela ofanayo, kwakuneqhwa elincane ngaleso sikhathi, okwenza kwaba nzima ukuqhathanisa nemiphumela yanamuhla. Ngenxa yokuthi kunezelwa ezinye iqhwa eminyakeni edlule, kunzima ukuqhathanisa imiphumela ngokunembile phakathi namashumi eminyaka ngokunemba, kodwa iqhwa lalo nyaka ngokuqinisekile lingenye yezinkulu kakhulu isifundazwe esizibonile kusukela ngawo-1950.”
Ngokwezilinganiso zezindawo zeqhwa zaseCalifornia, imiphumela yango-1952, 1969 kanye no-1983 kuphela eqophe imiphumela yesifundazwe sonke engaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-200 esilinganiso sango-Ephreli 1. Nakuba ingaphezu kwesilinganiso kulo lonke izwe kulo nyaka, i-snowpack iyahlukahluka kakhulu ngokwesifunda. I-snowpack yaseNingizimu Sierra okwamanje ingamaphesenti angu-300 esilinganiso sayo sango-Ephreli 1 kanti i-Central Sierra ingamaphesenti angu-237 esilinganiso sayo sango-Ephreli 1. Kodwa-ke, i-Northern Sierra ebalulekile, lapho kutholakala khona amadamu amanzi amakhulu kunawo wonke esifundazweni, ingamaphesenti angu-192 esilinganiso sayo sango-Ephreli 1.
Iziphepho kulo nyaka zibangele imiphumela kulo lonke izwe okuhlanganisa nezikhukhula emphakathini wasePajaro kanye nasemiphakathini yaseSacramento, eTulare, kanye naseMerced county. I-FOC isize abantu baseCalifornia ngokuhlinzeka ngezikhwama zesihlabathi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.4, ipulasitiki engaphezu kwesigidi samamitha-skwele, kanye nodonga lwemisipha oluqinisayo olungaphezu kwamamitha angu-9,000, kulo lonke izwe kusukela ngoJanuwari.
NgoMashi 24, i-DWR yamemezela ukwanda kokulethwa kwe-State Water Project (SWP) okubikezelwe kwafinyelela kumaphesenti angu-75, kusuka kumaphesenti angu-35 amenyezelwe ngoFebhuwari, ngenxa yokuthuthuka kokutholakala kwamanzi esifundazweni. Uhulumeni uNewsom ubuyisele emuva ezinye izinsiza eziphuthumayo zesomiso ezingasadingeki ngenxa yezimo zamanzi ezithuthukisiwe, ngenkathi egcina ezinye izinyathelo eziqhubekayo nokwakha ukuqina kwamanzi isikhathi eside kanye nokusekela izifunda kanye nemiphakathi esabhekene nezinselele zokutholakala kwamanzi.
Nakuba iziphepho zasebusika zisize iqhwa kanye namachibi okugcina amanzi, izitsha zamanzi angaphansi komhlaba zishesha kakhulu ukululama. Izindawo eziningi zasemakhaya zisabhekene nezinselele zokuhlinzekwa kwamanzi, ikakhulukazi imiphakathi ethembele ekuhlinzekweni kwamanzi angaphansi komhlaba okuye kwancipha ngenxa yesomiso esinde. Izimo zesomiso zesikhathi eside eMfuleni iColorado zizoqhubeka nokuthinta ukuhlinzekwa kwamanzi ezigidini zabantu baseCalifornia. Uhulumeni uyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Feb-21-2024