Kunezeluleko eziningi zamanzi abilayo ezikhona ezweni lonke ukuze kugcinwe izindawo zokugcina amanzi. Ingabe indlela entsha yethimba locwaningo ingasiza ekuxazululeni le nkinga?
Izinzwa ze-chlorine kulula ukuzikhiqiza, futhi ngokwengeza i-microprocessor, kuvumela abantu ukuthi bahlole amanzi abo ukuze babone izakhi zamakhemikhali—okuyisibonakaliso esihle sokuthi amanzi aphathwe kahle futhi aphephile yini ukuwaphuza.
Amanzi okuphuza ezindaweni zokugcina ze-First Nations kube yinkinga amashumi eminyaka. Uhulumeni wobumbano wanikela ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.8 kwisabelomali sika-2016 ukuqeda izexwayiso zamanzi abilayo esezihlale isikhathi eside - okwamanje zingu-70 kulo lonke izwe.
Kodwa izinkinga zamanzi okuphuza ziyahlukahluka kuye ngendawo egciniwe. I-Rubicon Lake, isibonelo, ikhathazekile ngomthelela wokuthuthukiswa kwesihlabathi sikawoyela esiseduze. Inkinga yeQembu Labayisithupha akuyona ukwelashwa kwamanzi, kodwa ukulethwa kwamanzi. Indawo egciniwe yakha isitshalo sokwelapha amanzi esibiza amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-41 ngo-2014 kodwa ayinayo imali yokufaka amapayipi avela esitshalweni kubantu bendawo. Kunalokho, ivumela abantu ukuthi badonse amanzi kulesi sikhungo mahhala.
Njengoba uMartin-Hill nethimba lakhe beqala ukuzibandakanya nomphakathi, babhekana namazinga akhulayo alokho akubiza ngokuthi “ukukhathazeka ngamanzi.” Abantu abaningi kuzo zombili izindawo zokugcina amanzi abakaze babe namanzi okuphuza ahlanzekile; intsha, ikakhulukazi, yesaba ukuthi ngeke ikwenze lokho.
“Kukhona umuzwa wokuphelelwa yithemba esingazange siwubone eminyakeni eyi-15 edlule,” kusho uMartin-Hill. “Abantu ababaqondi abantu bomdabu – izwe lakho nguwe. Kukhona isisho esithi: ‘Singamanzi; amanzi yithi. Siyizwe; izwe yithi.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Feb-21-2024