Izinga lamanzi njengenkinga liseqhulwini ngesikhathi somjikelezo wokhetho lomthetho. Ngiyakuthola.
Amalungelo okukhipha izisu, usizi lwezikole zikahulumeni, izimo emakhaya asebekhulile kanye nokushoda kwe-Iowa yokunakekelwa kwengqondo kuphakathi kwezinkinga eziphambili. Njengoba kufanele babe.
Noma kunjalo, sithathe igxathu ekunikezeni amakhandidethi asendaweni yomthetho ithuba lokwabelana ngemibono yawo ngamanzi angcolile ase-Iowa. Abafundi abangamashumi amabili nambili baphendule imibuzo ebabuza ngezinkinga ezahlukahlukene.
Lokho kwakuhlanganisa nombuzo wesi-6. "Kuthiwani uma zikhona, izinyathelo ongazimisa ukuze uthuthukise izinga lamanzi e-Iowa? Kungani unomuzwa wokuthi le ndlela iyindlela engcono kakhulu yokuqhubekela phambili?"
Kulula, kuqondile. Futhi njengoba ungase uqagele, imiphumela iye yaxutshwa. Ukube lokhu bekuwukuhlolwa okuhleliwe, bengingeke ngikhiphe noma iyiphi i-As.
Ezinye izinhlanga zingcono kunezinye.
Esifundeni seSenate 40, isihlalo seCedar Rapids, u-Kris Gulick owayengenele ukhetho lweRiphabhulikhi wayeyi-Republican ephezulu phakathi kwabangenele ukhetho lwe-GOP abagcwalise le nto.
Ekuqaleni, impendulo yakhe yayivamile. "Nikeza ngezinsiza zokugqugquzela, ukwabelana ngezindleko, njll. zezinhlelo eziqinisekisiwe zekhwalithi yamanzi. Ngokuqondile embonini yezolimo, abalimi abafuni umsoco wabo noma umhlabathi uphela emhlabathini wabo," wabhala.
Abaningi, abaningi ababekhethiwe basebenzise amagama anjengezikhuthazi, ubambiswano kanye nesikhuthazo lapho bedingida indlela engcono kakhulu yokukholisa abalimi nabanikazi bomhlaba ukuba bamukele ukongiwa kwemvelo,
Kodwa linda, akugcini lapho.
“Angikwazi ukukhuluma nje kuphela kodwa ngihambe futhi,” kubhala uGulick. “Epulazini lomndeni wami ngithathe izinyathelo eziningi zokunciphisa ukugeleza kwamanzi okuhlanganisa nokusungula ama-buffer strips, izitshalo zokumboza kanye nokutshalwa kwezihlahla okwengeziwe.”
Ngakho uGulick uyazi ukuthi kwenziwa kanjani. Kodwa ngaphandle kokuba abanye osopolitiki base-Iowa abakhuluma ngezinto ezikhuthazayo, akashongo ukuthi yiziphi izinyathelo azozenza ukuze kuthuthukiswe izinga lamanzi.
Umphikisi wakhe, iDemocratic state Rep. Art Staed, "sungula isisekelo sekhwalithi yamanzi" usebenzisa ukuqapha umfudlana nokuhlonza imithombo. Naye uthe umbuso ungabambisana “nabanegalelo elikhulu lokungcoliswa kwe-nitrate” ukuze kwehliswe amazinga okugeleza okuvela emasimini.
Kodwa enye impendulo yakhe yayithakazelisa kakhulu.
"IsiShayamthetho kufanele sinikeze izifunda ze-DNR ne-Iowa igunya elengeziwe lokuphoqelela izinqubo zokuphatha umquba kanye nokubekwa kwama-CAFO amasha futhi anwetshiwe asongela amanzi ethu omphakathi kanye nemvelo. Izinyathelo ezintsha zidinga ukuthathwa njengoba wonke umuntu kufanele aqaphele ukuthi iSu lokuncishiswa Kwezondlo ngokuzithandela ayanele, "kusho u-Staed.
Ngakho-ke u-Staed wehlisa ibhomu leqiniso esu lokuzithandela. Inkinga ukuthi, akuwona wonke umuntu oqaphelayo ukuthi akwanele. UStaed akashongo ukuthi yini okumele uyithathele indawo.
Ku-House District 83. Ummeli Ophethe uCindy Golding wabhala “ikhwalithi yamanzi iyinkinga eyinkimbinkimbi ezodinga ukubamba iqhaza kuyo yonke imiphakathi.” Uthe umkhakha wezolimo unezinhlelo, kanti izindawo zasemadolobheni zinciphisa ukugeleza kwamanzi eziphepho.
Uma ulandele lolu daba isikhathi eside, uyazi ukuthi yini elandelayo.
"Nakuba okwamanje silinganisa ukungcoliswa kwe-nitrogen kwezolimo, sidinga ukuphenya yonke imithombo enomthelela ekwehleni kwekhwalithi yamanzi - i-PFAS, imithi, izinsimbi ezisindayo, njll. Lokhu kungase kuvele ezindaweni zokulahla imfucumfucu, izimboni, ukuvuza kwezitshalo zendle, kanye nokugeleza kwamanzi esiphepho," kubhala u-Golding.
Yebo, u-90% we-nitrate emanzini uvela emisebenzini yokulima. Singavala imboni, sivale ukuvuza kwendle futhi siguqule yonke itshani elungisiwe ibe yimathafeni, futhi singasaboboki kakhulu ekugelezeni kwe-nitrate emanzini ethu futhi kudlulele endaweni efile.
Uma wonke umuntu enesibopho, lokho kusho ukuthi akekho onesibopho.
Umphikisi wakhe weDemocratic Alliance, uKent McNally, akazange anikeze abavoti ithuba lokuzikhethela.
"Ucwaningo, ucwaningo, ucwaningo kanye nokwenza izinkampani ziphendule ngezinkinga zokungcola, wabhala uMcNally. "I-EPA nayo kufanele yenze umsebenzi wayo ngokuxhaswa ngendlela efanele nokusekelwa."
Senze ucwaningo. Siyazi ukuthi yiziphi izinkinga. Futhi isiShayamthetho sase-Iowa asinawo amandla okwandisa uxhaso lwe-Federal Environmental Protection Agency. Nakuba ukuxhaswa okwengeziwe kwe-EPA kuwumbono omuhle.
Khona-ke, kwakukhona okuhle.
"Kumelwe futhi sixhase amasayithi okuqapha ukuze sihlonze imithombo ye-nitrate ukuze sazi ukuthi singayisebenzisa kuphi imizamo yethu. Ukwengeza, kufanele sinikeze amandla ohulumeni bezifunda kanye namadolobha ukuze bakwazi ukusebenzisa izindlela zokongiwa kwemvelo endaweni yabo futhi bathathe isinyathelo ngaphakathi kwezindawo zabo zamanzi," kubhala u-Aime Wichtendahl, iDemocrat egijima ku-House District 80.
Ummeli we-House District 86 Democrat u-Dave Jacoby wabhala njengengxenye yale mpendulo, "Kungase kungathandeki, kodwa ngaphandle kwezilinganiso ezilinganisekayo, simosha amadola abakhokhi bentela."
U-Jacoby ufuna ukwenza ikhomishini enecala lokuhlanza amanzi ethu eminyakeni eyi-10. Ngeshwa, uma umbusi eyiqoka, uzovele aqoqe abasolwa abajwayelekile.
“Ingabe ufuna ukusiza ukugcina abantu abasha e-Iowa?
UJacoby ubeke ukuhlanza amanzi njengenye yezinto ezibalulekile kuye.
U-Ian Zahren, ongakhethi qembu e-House District 64, uzokweseka ukuchitshiyelwa komthethosisekelo oqinisekisa ilungelo lamanzi ahlanzekile.
Kwakukhona okuncane kunokuhle.
"I-DNR ne-EPA isivele inemithetho eminingi ezincwadini zokuvikela amanzi ethu. Kuzohlala kukhona abadlali ababi futhi abantu bazoba nezingozi nokuchitheka njll. Angikholelwa ukuthi sidinga ukulawulwa okuqinile, kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi imithethonqubo iyadingeka, "kusho u-Republican Jason Gearhart e-House District 74. Unguchwepheshe wezemvelo ne-DNR.
Futhi omubi.
"Izinga lethu lamanzi liyenyuka minyaka yonke, kodwa sisengakwazi ukwandisa izinga lamanzi. Ngikholelwa ukuthi i-Farm Bureau ibambe iqhaza elikhulu ekukhuliseni izinga lethu lamanzi," kubhala i-House District 66 Republican Rep. Steven Bradley.
"Izinga lethu lamanzi liyenyuka minyaka yonke, kodwa sisengakwazi ukwandisa izinga lamanzi. Ngikholelwa ukuthi i-Farm Bureau ibambe iqhaza elikhulu ekukhuliseni izinga lethu lamanzi," kubhala i-House District 66 Republican Rep. Steven Bradley.
Ngakho, kukhona onakho. Izinga lamanzi liyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Kufanele sikhuthaze abagqugquzelwayo futhi sikhuthaze abakhuthazwayo. Ubambiswano lokuwina-win nakho kuyadingeka. Yenza imithetho emincane ephusha abanikazi bomhlaba ukuthi basebenzise amaqhinga afakazelwe? Ushabalala umcabango.
Abaholi bethu bazoyiphatha. Ngokushesha nje lapho bethola ukuthi yini inkinga.
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-22-2024