Ngaphansi kwesivumelwano esisha neHays County, ukuqapha ikhwalithi yamanzi eJacob's Well kuzoqala kabusha. Ukuqapha ikhwalithi yamanzi eJacob's Well kuyeke ngonyaka odlule njengoba imali iphela.
Umhume wokubhukuda odumile waseHill Country eduze kwaseWimberley uvote ngesonto eledlule ukuthi unikeze u-$34,500 ukuze uwulandele njalo kuze kube uSepthemba 2025.
Kusukela ngo-2005 kuya ku-2023, i-USGS yaqoqa idatha yokushisa kwamanzi; Ukuguquguquka, inani lezinhlayiya emanzini; kanye nokuhanjiswa kwegesi okuqondile, isilinganiso esingabonisa ukungcola ngokulandelela amazinga amakhemikhali emanzini.
UKhomishana uLon Shell uthe inhlangano kahulumeni yazise isifunda ukuthi ukuxhaswa kwephrojekthi ngeke kuvuselelwe, futhi ukuqapha kwaphela ngonyaka odlule.
UShell utshele amakhomishana ukuthi intwasahlobo “ibilokhu isengozini iminyaka eminingana,” ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuqhubeka nokuqoqa idatha. Bavote ngazwi linye ukuze bavume ukwabiwa kwemali. Ngaphansi kwesivumelwano, i-USGS izonikela ngo-$32,800 kulo msebenzi kuze kube ngu-Okthoba ozayo.
Kuzophinde kwengezwe inzwa entsha ukuze kuqashwe amazinga e-nitrate; Lesi sakhi singabangela ukuqhakaza kwe-algal kanye nezinye izinkinga zekhwalithi yamanzi.
Umthombo kaJacob uvela eTrinity Aquifer, indawo eyinkimbinkimbi yamanzi angaphansi komhlaba etholakala engxenyeni enkulu yeCentral Texas futhi iwumthombo obalulekile wamanzi okuphuza. Nakuba lo mthombo waziwa ngendawo yawo yokubhukuda edumile, ochwepheshe bathi futhi uyisibonakaliso sempilo yama-aquifer. Ngaphansi kwezimo ezivamile, ukhipha izinkulungwane zamagaloni amanzi ngosuku futhi ugcinwa ekushiseni okungaguquki kwama-degrees angu-68.
Intwasahlobo ibilokhu ingavunyelwe ukubhukuda kusukela ngo-2022 ngenxa yamazinga aphansi amanzi, futhi ngonyaka odlule yayeka ukugeleza ngokuphelele kusukela ekupheleni kukaJuni kuya ku-Okthoba.
Embhalweni ochaza uhlelo lokuqapha, i-USGS ibize uMthombo kaJacob ngokuthi “umthombo obalulekile womthombo othinta kakhulu impilo yonke yomfula.”
“I-Jacob's Well isengozini yokucindezeleka okuqhubekayo ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kakhulu kwamanzi angaphansi komhlaba, ukukhula okwandayo kanye nesomiso esivame ukwenzeka,” kusho le nhlangano, yengeza ngokuthi idatha eqhubekayo yesikhathi sangempela izohlinzeka ngolwazi ngempilo yamanzi angaphansi komhlaba eTrinity Aquifer naseCypress Creek.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Juni-24-2024