Umgangatho wamanzi yingxaki ebaluleke kakhulu ngeli xesha lonyulo lwepalamente. Ndiyakuqonda oko.
Amalungelo okukhupha isisu, imeko yezikolo zikarhulumente, iimeko ezikumakhaya abantu abalupheleyo kunye nokunqongophala konyango lwengqondo e-Iowa zezinye zezona zinto ziphambili. Njengoko kufanele kube njalo.
Sekunjalo, sithathe inyathelo lokunika abagqatswa bepalamente basekuhlaleni ithuba lokwabelana ngezimvo zabo ngamanzi angcolileyo ase-Iowa. Abaviwa abangamashumi amabini anesibini babuyisele imibuzo ebabuza ngemiba eyahlukeneyo.
Oko kuquka umbuzo 6. “Ukuba kukho, kuthekani ngamanyathelo onokuwathatha ukuphucula umgangatho wamanzi e-Iowa? Kutheni ucinga ukuba le ndlela yeyona ndlela ilungileyo yokuqhubela phambili?”
Kulula, kucacile. Kwaye njengoko unokuqikelela, iziphumo bezixubene. Ukuba olu yayiluvavanyo olunemigangatho, bendingayi kunika naluphi na u-A.
Ezinye iintlanga zingcono kunezinye.
KwiSithili seSenate 40, isihlalo saseCedar Rapids, umviwa weRiphabliki uKris Gulick wayengoyena mviwa weRiphabliki uphezulu phakathi kwabaviwa be-GOP abazalise loo mbandela.
Ekuqaleni, impendulo yakhe yayiyeyesiqhelo. “Nika izixhobo zokukhuthaza, ukwabelana ngeendleko, njl. kwiinkqubo zamanzi eziqinisekisiweyo zomgangatho wamanzi. Ngokukodwa kushishino lwezolimo, abalimi abafuni izondlo zabo okanye umhlaba uphume emhlabeni wabo,” wabhala.
Uninzi lwabaviwa lusebenzise amagama anje ngezikhuthazo, ubudlelwane kunye nenkuthazo xa bexoxa ngendlela engcono yokuqinisekisa abalimi kunye nabanini bomhlaba ukuba bamkele ulondolozo lwendalo,
Kodwa linda, akupheleli apho.
“Andikwazi ukuthetha nje kuphela kodwa ndihamba ngeenyawo,” wabhala uGulick. “Kwifama yam yosapho ndithathe amanyathelo amaninzi okunciphisa ukukhukuliswa kwamanzi kuquka ukusekwa kwemicu ye-riparian buffer, izityalo zokugquma kunye nokutyalwa kwemithi eyongezelelweyo.”
Ngoko ke uGulick uyazi ukuba kwenziwa njani. Kodwa ngaphandle kokuba ngomnye wezopolitiko wase-Iowa othetha ngezibonelelo, akazange atsho ukuba zeziphi iindlela aza kuzisebenzisa ukuphucula umgangatho wamanzi.
Umchasi wakhe, uMmeli welizwe leDemocratic Rep. Art Staed, “waseka isiseko somgangatho wamanzi” esebenzisa ukujonga imilambo kunye nokuchongwa kwemithombo. Naye waphikisana ngelithi ilizwe lingasebenzisana “nabona bantu banegalelo elikhulu ekungcolisweni kwe-nitrate” ukunciphisa amazinga okuhamba kwamanzi avela emasimini.
Kodwa impendulo yakhe yonke yayinomdla ngakumbi.
“Indlu yoWiso-mthetho kufuneka inike ii-DNR kunye nee-Iowa counties igunya elingakumbi lokunyanzelisa iindlela zokulawula umgquba kunye nokubeka ii-CAFO ezintsha nezandisiweyo ezisongela iindlela zethu zamanzi zikawonke-wonke kunye nokusingqongileyo. Amanyathelo amatsha kufuneka athathwe njengoko wonke umntu kufuneka aqonde ukuba iSicwangciso sokunciphisa izondlo ngokuzithandela asanele,” utshilo uStaed.
Ngoko ke uStaed waphosa ibhombu yenyani kwicebo lokuzithandela. Ingxaki kukuba, ayinguye wonke umntu oqondayo ukuba alanele. UStaed akatshongo ukuba yintoni efanele ithathe indawo yalo.
KwiSithili seNdlu yama-83. Ummeli ophetheyo uCindy Golding wabhala wathi “umgangatho wamanzi yingxaki enzima eya kufuna ukuba lonke uluntu luthathe inxaxheba.” Uthe icandelo lezolimo lineenkqubo, kwaye iindawo zasezidolophini ziyanciphisa amanzi emvula.
Ukuba ubuyilandela le ngxaki ixesha elide, uyazi ukuba kuza kwenzeka ntoni emva koko.
“Nangona okwangoku silinganisa ungcoliseko lwe-nitrogen oluvela kwezolimo, kufuneka siphande yonke imithombo enegalelo ekunciphiseni umgangatho wamanzi — i-PFAS, amayeza, iintsimbi ezinzima, njl. Ezi zinokuvela kwiindawo zokulahla inkunkuma, kwimizi-mveliso, ukuvuza kwezityalo zamanzi amdaka, kunye nokugeleza kwamanzi emvula,” wabhala uGolding.
Kaloku, i-90% ye-nitrate kwimijelo yamanzi ivela kwimisebenzi yezolimo. Singawuvala amashishini, silungise ukuvuza kwamanzi amdaka size siguqule yonke ingca elungisiweyo ibe yintlango, kodwa singayithinteli kangako indlela i-nitrate ephuma ngayo emanzini ethu ize iye kwindawo engasekhoyo.
Xa wonke umntu enoxanduva, oko kuthetha ukuba akukho mntu unoxanduva.
Umchasi wakhe weDemocratic, uKent McNally, akazange abanike abavoti ukhetho oluninzi.
“Phanda, phanda, phanda kwaye ubambe iinkampani ngemiba yongcoliseko,” ubhale watsho uMcNally. “I-EPA nayo kufuneka yenze umsebenzi wayo ngokuxhaswa ngemali ngokufanelekileyo.”
Senze uphando. Siyazi ukuba zeziphi iingxaki. Kwaye iNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yase-Iowa ayinawo amandla okunyusa imali kwi-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo karhulumente. Nangona inkxaso-mali engaphezulu ye-EPA ingumbono olungileyo.
Emva koko, kwakukho okulungileyo.
“Kufuneka sixhase neendawo zokubeka esweni ukuze sichonge imithombo ye-nitrate ukuze sazi apho singenza khona imizamo yethu. Ukongeza, kufuneka sinike amandla oorhulumente besithili kunye nezixeko ukuba bakwazi ukusebenzisa iindlela zokulondoloza ngaphakathi kolawulo lwabo kwaye bathathe amanyathelo ngaphakathi kwamanzi abo,” wabhala u-Aime Wichtendahl, i-Democrat eqhuba kwi-House District 80.
Ummeli weDemokhrasi weSithili seNdlu yama-86 uDave Jacoby ubhale njengenxalenye yale mpendulo, “Isenokungathandwa, kodwa ngaphandle kwemilinganiselo elinganisekayo, sichitha imali yabahlawuli berhafu.”
UJacoby ufuna ukuseka ikhomishini ejongene nokucoca amanzi ethu kwiminyaka eli-10. Ngelishwa, ukuba irhuluneli iyawamisela, uza kuqokelela abarhanelwa abaqhelekileyo.
“Ngaba ufuna ukunceda abantu abaselula bahlale e-Iowa? kwiincoko zam nabantu abaphumelele kwi-UI, umgangatho wamanzi kunye nemisebenzi ekwimithombo yamanzi nakwiindawo ezikufutshane zezona ngcamango ziphambili, ezikufutshane namalungelo okuzala kunye ne-IVF,” wabhala uJacoby.
UJacoby ubeke ukucoca amanzi njengenye yezinto eziza kuqala kuye.
U-Ian Zahren, umviwa ongekho qela kwi-House District 64, uza kuxhasa ukulungiswa komgaqo-siseko okuqinisekisa ilungelo lokufumana amanzi acocekileyo.
Kwakukho izinto ezingalunganga kangako.
“I-DNR kunye ne-EPA sele zinemithetho emininzi ebhaliweyo yokukhusela amanzi ethu. Kuya kuhlala kukho abenzi bobubi kwaye abantu baya kuba neengozi kunye nokuchitheka kwamanzi njl. Andikholelwa ukuba sifuna imithetho engqongqo, kodwa ndiyazi ukuba imithetho iyimfuneko,” utshilo uJason Gearhart weRiphabliki kwiSithili seNdlu 74. Ungungcali kwezendalo kwi-DNR.
Kwaye okubi.
“Umgangatho wethu wamanzi uyanda minyaka le, kodwa sisenako ukuwunyusa umgangatho wamanzi. Ndikholelwa ukuba iFarm Bureau idlale indima enkulu ekunyuseni umgangatho wamanzi ethu,” wabhala uSteven Bradley, uMmeli weRiphabliki weSithili sama-66 seNdlu yeSithili.
“Umgangatho wethu wamanzi uyanda minyaka le, kodwa sisenako ukuwunyusa umgangatho wamanzi. Ndikholelwa ukuba iFarm Bureau idlale indima enkulu ekunyuseni umgangatho wamanzi ethu,” wabhala uSteven Bradley, uMmeli weRiphabliki weSithili sama-66 seNdlu yeSithili.
Ngoko ke, nantso ke. Umgangatho wamanzi unzima kakhulu. Simele sikhuthaze abantu abakhuthazwayo size sibakhuthaze abo bakhuthazwayo. Ubudlelwane obunceda bonke buyimfuneko. Simisele nemithetho emincinci enyanzela abanini bomhlaba ukuba basebenzise amaqhinga aqinisekisiweyo? Yitshabalalise loo ngcinga.
Iinkokeli zethu ziza kuyisingatha le nto. Nje ukuba zifumanise ukuba yintoni ingxaki.
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Ixesha lokuthumela: Novemba-22-2024