Kukho iingcebiso ezininzi zamanzi abilayo ezikhoyo kulo lonke ilizwe kwiindawo zokugcina amanzi. Ngaba indlela entsha yeqela lophando inokunceda ekusombululeni le ngxaki?
Kulula ukuvelisa izixhobo zokuvavanya i-chlorine, kwaye ngokongeza i-microprocessor, ivumela abantu ukuba bavavanye amanzi abo ukuze babone izinto zeekhemikhali—into ebonisa ukuba amanzi anyangiwe kwaye akhuselekile na ukuwasela.
Ukusela amanzi kwiindawo zokugcina amanzi zeZizwe eziQalayo kube yingxaki kangangeminyaka emininzi. Urhulumente wobumbano uthembise i-$1.8 yeebhiliyoni kwibhajethi ka-2016 ukuphelisa izilumkiso zamanzi abilayo ebezikho ixesha elide – okwangoku kukho ezingama-70 kulo lonke ilizwe.
Kodwa imiba yamanzi okusela iyahluka ngokuxhomekeke kwindawo egciniweyo. Umzekelo, iRubicon Lake ixhalabile ngempembelelo yophuhliso lwesanti yeoyile ekufutshane. Ingxaki yeQela leeSithandathu ayikokucocwa kwamanzi, kodwa kukuhanjiswa kwamanzi. Le ndawo igciniweyo yakha indawo yokucocwa kwamanzi exabisa i-$41 yezigidi ngo-2014 kodwa ayinamali yokufaka imibhobho kwindawo egciniweyo kubemi basekuhlaleni. Endaweni yoko, ivumela abantu ukuba bakhuphe amanzi kwindawo egciniweyo simahla.
Njengoko uMartin-Hill kunye neqela lakhe baqala ukunxibelelana noluntu, badibana namanqanaba akhulayo oko akubiza ngokuba “kukukhathazeka ngamanzi.” Abantu abaninzi kuzo zombini iindawo zokugcina amanzi abakaze bafumane amanzi okusela acocekileyo; ulutsha, ingakumbi, luyoyika ukuba alusoze lwenze njalo.
“Kukho ukuphelelwa lithemba esingazange sikubone kwiminyaka eli-15 eyadlulayo,” utshilo uMartin-Hill. “Abantu ababaqondi abantu base-Aboriginal – umhlaba wakho nguwe. Kukho intetho ethi: ‘Singamanzi; amanzi sithi. Singumhlaba; umhlaba sithi.’
Ixesha leposi: Feb-21-2024