Kunenqwaba yezeluleko zamanzi abilayo ezikhona ezweni lonke mayelana neziqiwi. Ingabe indlela entsha yethimba locwaningo ingasiza ekuxazululeni le nkinga?
Kulula ukukhiqiza izinzwa ze-chlorine, futhi ngokwenezelwa kwe-microprocessor, kuvumela abantu ukuba bazihlolele amanzi abo ukuze babone izakhi zamakhemikhali—okuyinkomba enhle yokuthi amanzi aselashiwe yini nokuthi aphephile yini ukuphuzwa.
Ukuphuza amanzi ezindaweni ezigcina i-First Nations kube yinkinga amashumi eminyaka. Uhulumeni wobumbano wenze imali eyizigidigidi eziyi-1.8 kusabelomali sika-2016 ukuqeda izixwayiso zamanzi abilayo osekunesikhathi eside zikhona - njengamanje kukhona ezingama-70 zazo ezweni lonke.
Kodwa izinkinga zamanzi okuphuza ziyahlukahluka kuye ngokuthi indawo yokulondoloza ingakanani. I-Rubicon Lake, isibonelo, ikhathazekile ngomthelela wokuthuthukiswa kwezihlabathi zamafutha eziseduze. Inkinga ye-Group of Six akukhona ukuhlanzwa kwamanzi, kodwa ukulethwa kwamanzi. Lesi siqiwi sakha indawo yokuhlanza amanzi eyizigidi ezingama- $ 41 ngo-2014 kodwa ayinayo imali yokufaka amapayipi asuka kulesi sikhungo aya kubahlali bendawo. Kunalokho, ivumela abantu ukuthi bakha amanzi kulesi sikhungo mahhala.
Ngenkathi uMartin-Hill nethimba lakhe beqala ukusebenzelana nomphakathi, bahlangabezana namazinga akhulayo akubiza ngokuthi “ukukhathazeka ngamanzi.” Abantu abaningi kuzo zombili lezi ziqiwi abakaze bathole amanzi okuphuza ahlanzekile; abantu abasha, ikakhulukazi, besaba ukuthi ngeke bakwenze lokho.
“Kunomoya wokuphelelwa ithemba esingazange siwubone eminyakeni engu-15 edlule,” kusho uMartin-Hill. “Abantu abaqondi aboMdabu, izwe lakho ngawe, kukhona isisho esithi: ‘Singamanzi, amanzi yithi, siwumhlaba, izwe yithi.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Feb-21-2024