Iphunga lendle lagcwala umoya eSouth Bay International Water Treatment Plant enyakatho yomngcele we-US neMexico.
Ukulungiswa kanye nemizamo yokwandisa iyaqhubeka ukuze kuphindwe kabili umthamo wayo usuka kumagaloni ayizigidi ezingu-25 ngosuku uye kumagaloni ayizigidi ezingu-50, ngentengo elinganiselwa ku-$610 million. Uhulumeni wobumbano unikeze cishe ingxenye yalokho, kanti olunye uxhaso lusalindile.
Kodwa uMmeli uJuan Vargas, D-San Diego, uthe ngisho nesitshalo esinwetshiwe saseSouth Bay asikwazi ukulawula indle yaseTijuana sodwa.
UVargas uthe uzizwa enethemba ngemuva kohambo lwakamuva lwethimba leCongress oluya eMexico. Izikhulu lapho zithe ukulungiswa kweSan Antonio de los Buenos Wastewater Treatment Plant kuzoqedwa ngasekupheleni kukaSepthemba.
“Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi baqede lowo msebenzi,” kusho uVargas.
Izinkinga zemishini zishiye amanzi amaningi ageleza kuleso sitshalo engalungiswa ngaphambi kokuba angene olwandle, ngokusho kweCalifornia Regional Water Quality Control Board. Lesi sitshalo esilungisiwe kulindeleke ukuthi siphathe amalitha ayizigidi ezingu-18 amanzi angcolile ngosuku. Cishe amalitha ayizigidi ezingu-40 amanzi angcolile kanye namanzi oMfula iTijuana ageleza aye kuleso sitshalo nsuku zonke, ngokusho kombiko ka-2021.
Ngo-2022, i-Environmental Protection Agency yathi ukulungisa izitshalo zokuhlanza ezinhlangothini zombili zomngcele kuzosiza ekunciphiseni amanzi angcolile angalashwanga ageleza aye ePacific Ocean ngo-80%.
Amanye amabhishi aseSouth Bay avaliwe izinsuku ezingaphezu kuka-950 ngenxa yamazinga aphezulu amagciwane. Abaholi besifunda bacele izikhulu zezempilo zesifundazwe nezesifundazwe ukuthi ziphenye ngezinkinga zezempilo ezihlobene nokungcola.
ISan Diego County, iPort of San Diego kanye namadolobha aseSan Diego kanye ne-Imperial Beach amemezele izimo eziphuthumayo zendawo futhi acele imali eyengeziwe yokulungisa isitshalo saseSouth Bay. Izimeya kulo lonke isifunda zicele uMbusi uGavin Newsom kanye noMongameli uJoe Biden ukuthi bamemezele izimo eziphuthumayo zesifundazwe nezesifundazwe.
UVargas uthe uhulumeni kaMengameli u-Andrés Manuel López Obrador ugcine isithembiso sakhe sokulungisa isitshalo saseSan Antonio de los Buenos. Uthe uMengameli okhethiwe uClaudia Sheinbaum uqinisekise abaholi base-US ukuthi uzoqhubeka nokuxazulula le nkinga.
“Ekugcineni ngizizwa kahle ngakho,” kusho uVargas. “Kungokokuqala ngqa ngikwazi ukusho lokho cishe eminyakeni engama-20.”
Ngaphezu kokwakhiwa kwezindawo zokuhlanza indle, kuyadingeka futhi ukuqinisa ukuqapha ikhwalithi yamanzi, okungaqapha idatha ngesikhathi sangempela.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Septhemba 12-2024