Iphunga lendle laligcwele umoya eSikhungweni Sokuhlanza Amanzi saseNingizimu Bay esisenyakatho nje yomngcele wase-US-Mexico.
Imizamo yokulungisa nokunwetshwa iyaqhubeka ukuze umthamo wayo uphindwe kabili ukusuka emalithani ayizigidi ezingama-25 ngosuku iye ezigidini ezingama-50, ngenani elilinganiselwa ku-$610 million. Uhulumeni wobumbano ukwabele cishe ingxenye yalokho, kanti olunye uxhaso lusalindile.
Kodwa u-Rep. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, uthe ngisho nesikhungo esinwetshiwe saseNingizimu Bay asikwazi ukulawula indle yaseTijuana ngokwaso.
UVargas uthe uzizwa enethemba ngemuva kohambo lwakamuva lwethimba lengqungquthela eMexico. Izikhulu zalapho zathi ukulungiswa kweSikhungo Sokuhlanza Amanzi Angcolile saseSan Antonio de los Buenos kuzoqedwa ngasekupheleni kukaSepthemba.
"Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi baqede lowo msebenzi," kusho uVargas.
Izinkinga zemishini zishiye amanzi amaningi ageleza kuleso sitshalo engakahlanzwa ngaphambi kokuthi angene olwandle, ngokusho kwe-California Regional Water Quality Control Board. Lesi sikhungo esilungisiwe kulindeleke ukuthi sihlanze amalitha amanzi angcolile angu-18 million ngosuku. Cishe amalitha ayizigidi ezingama-40 wamanzi angcolile kanye namanzi omfula iTijuana ageleza ebheke kuleso sitshalo usuku nosuku, ngokusho kombiko wango-2021.
Ngo-2022, i-Environmental Protection Agency yathi ukulungisa izindawo zokuhlanza ezinhlangothini zombili zomngcele kuzosiza ukunciphisa amanzi angcolile angagezwanga agelezela olwandle iPacific ngo-80%.
Amanye amabhishi aseNingizimu Bay avaliwe izinsuku ezingaphezu kuka-950 ngenxa yamazinga aphezulu amagciwane. Abaholi besifunda bacele izikhulu zezempilo zikahulumeni kanye nezifundazwe ukuthi ziphenye ngezindaba zezempilo ezihlobene nokungcola.
Isifunda saseSan Diego, ichweba laseSan Diego kanye namadolobha aseSan Diego kanye ne-Imperial Beach amemezele izimo eziphuthumayo zasendaweni futhi acela enye imali yokulungisa imboni yaseSouth Bay. Izimeya kulo lonke isifunda zicele u-Gov. Gavin Newsom kanye noMongameli uJoe Biden ukuthi bamemezele izimo eziphuthumayo zezwe nezwe.
UVargas uthe abaphathi bakaMengameli u-Andrés Manuel López Obrador basigcinile isithembiso sabo sokulungisa imboni yaseSan Antonio de los Buenos. Uthe uMengameli oqokwe uClaudia Sheinbaum uqinisekise abaholi baseMelika ukuthi bazoqhubeka nokulungisa le nkinga.
“Ekugcineni ngizizwa ngijabule ngakho,” kusho uVargas. “Bengiqala ngqa ukusho lokho cishe eminyakeni engu-20.”
Ngaphezu kokwakhiwa kwezitshalo zokuhlanza indle, kuyadingeka futhi ukuqinisa ukuqapha izinga lamanzi, okungase ukuqapha idatha ngesikhathi sangempela.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-12-2024