SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Umnyango Wezinsiza Zamanzi (DWR) namuhla wenze inhlolovo yesine yeqhwa yesizini eSiteshini sasePhillips.Inhlolovo eyenziwa mathupha iqophe amayintshi angu-126.5 okujula kweqhwa kanye namanzi eqhwa alingana namayintshi angu-54, okungamaphesenti angu-221 esilinganiso sale ndawo ngo-April 3. Amanzi eqhwa alinganisa inani lamanzi aqukethwe ku-snowpack futhi ayingxenye ebalulekile Isibikezelo sokuhlinzekwa kwamanzi kwe-DWR.Ukufundwa ngogesi kwe-DWR kusukela kuzinzwa zeqhwa ezingu-130 ezibekwe kuso sonke isifunda kukhombisa ukuthi amanzi eqhwa epaki yezwe lonke alingana namayintshi angu-61.1, noma amaphesenti angu-237 esilinganiso sale dethi.
"Iziphepho ezinamandla nezikhukhula zalo nyaka ziyisibonelo sakamuva sokuthi isimo sezulu saseCalifornia siya siba sibi kakhulu," kusho uMqondisi we-DWR uKarla Nemeth.“Ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu eyome kakhulu eseqophelweni eliphezulu kanye nemithelela ebhubhisayo yesomiso emiphakathini esifundeni sonke, i-DWR isishintshe ngokushesha ekuphenduleni izikhukhula kanye nokubikezela ngokuncibilika kweqhwa okuzayo.Sihlinzeke ngosizo lwezikhukhula emiphakathini eminingi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule ebibhekene nenkinga yesomiso.”
Njengoba nje iminyaka yesomiso ibonise ukuthi uhlelo lwamanzi lwaseCalifornia lubhekene nezinselele ezintsha zesimo sezulu, kulo nyaka ubonisa ukuthi ingqalasizinda yezamcolo yesifundazwe izoqhubeka kanjani nokubhekana nezinselele eziqhutshwa yisimo sezulu zokuthutha nokugcina amanzi amaningi ezikhukhula ngangokunokwenzeka.
Umphumela walo nyaka wango-April 1 ovela kunethiwekhi yezinzwa zeqhwa ezweni lonke uphakeme kunanoma yikuphi okunye ukufundwa kusukela inethiwekhi yenzwa yeqhwa yasungulwa maphakathi nawo-1980.Ngaphambi kokuthi inethiwekhi isungulwe, isifinyezo sango-1983 Ephreli 1 ezweni lonke esivela ezilinganisweni zesifundo seqhwa esisenziwa ngesandla sasingamaphesenti angama-227 esilinganiso.Isifinyezo sango-1952 sango-April 1 ezweni lonke sezilinganiso zezifundo zeqhwa sasingu-237% wesilinganiso.
"Umphumela walo nyaka uzokwehla njengomunye weminyaka emikhulu yeqhwa erekhodiwe e-California," kusho u-Sean de Guzman, umphathi we-DWR's Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit.“Nakuba izilinganiso zeqhwa zango-1952 zabonisa umphumela ofanayo, ayembalwa amaqhwa ngaleso sikhathi, okwenza kube nzima ukuqhathanisa nemiphumela yanamuhla.Ngenxa yokuthi izifundo zeqhwa ezengeziwe zengezwa phakathi neminyaka edlule, kunzima ukuqhathanisa imiphumela ngokunemba kuwo wonke amashumi eminyaka nokunemba, kodwa isikhwama seqhwa salo nyaka ngokuqinisekile singesinye sezinkulu kakhulu esike sazibona izwe kusukela ngawo-1950s.”
Ezilinganisweni zeqhwa laseCalifornia, ngo-1952, 1969 kanye no-1983 kuphela abaqopha imiphumela yezwe lonke ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-200 wesilinganiso sango-April 1.Nakuba ngaphezu kwesilinganiso kulo lonke izwe kulo nyaka, i-snowpack iyahluka kakhulu ngendawo.I-Southern Sierra snowpack okwamanje ingamaphesenti angama-300 esilinganiso sawo sika-Ephreli 1 kanti iCentral Sierra ikumaphesenti angama-237 wesilinganiso sango-Ephreli 1.Kodwa-ke, iNorthern Sierra ebucayi, lapho kunezindawo zokugcina amanzi ezinkulu kunazo zonke esifundazweni, ingamaphesenti angama-192 wesilinganiso sango-April 1.
Iziphepho kulo nyaka zidale imithelela esifundazweni sonke okuhlanganisa nezikhukhula emphakathini wasePajaro nasemiphakathini yaseSacramento, eTulare naseMerced.I-FOC isize abantu baseCalifornia ngokuhlinzeka ngezikhwama zesihlabathi ezingaphezu kwesigidi esingu-1.4, ngaphezu kwamamitha-skwele ayisigidi esingu-1 wamashidi epulasitiki, kanye namafidi angaphezu kuka-9,000 odonga oluqinisa imisipha, esifundazweni sonke kusukela ngoJanuwari.
Mhla zingama-24 kuNdasa, i-DWR yamemezela ukwenyuka kokulethwa kweProjekthi Yamanzi Yombuso (SWP) ebikezelwe ukuthi izofika kumaphesenti angama-75, isuka kumaphesenti angama-35 amenyezelwe ngoFebhuwari, ngenxa yokwenziwa ngcono kwamanzi ombuso.UMbusi uNewsom usebuyisele emuva ezinye izinhlinzeko eziphuthumayo zesomiso ezingasadingeki ngenxa yezimo zamanzi ezithuthukisiwe, ngenkathi egcina ezinye izinyathelo eziqhubeka nokwakha ukusimama kwamanzi isikhathi eside nokuthi izifunda ezisekelayo nemiphakathi isabhekene nezinselele zokuhlinzekwa kwamanzi.
Nakuba iziphepho zasebusika ziye zasiza i-snowpack namadamu, imigodi yamanzi angaphansi komhlaba ithatha kancane ukusimama.Izindawo eziningi zasemakhaya zisabhekene nezinselelo zokuhlinzekwa kwamanzi, ikakhulukazi imiphakathi ethembele emanzini angaphansi komhlaba asephelile ngenxa yesomiso esidonse isikhathi eside.Izimo zesomiso zesikhathi eside e-Colorado River Basin zizoqhubeka nokuba nomthelela ekuhlinzekeni kwamanzi ezigidini zabantu baseCalifornia.Umbuso uyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza
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