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Hiki ke pilikia ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ʻāina i ka muliwai Colorado
Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kēia kaʻina wai hou, i kēlā me kēia Pōʻalima (Pōʻaono i paʻi ʻia) hiki iā mākou ke kamaʻilio i kahi kumuhana hou e pili ana i ka palekana wai ma nā kalana Iron a me Wakinekona. E hōʻoia hou i kēlā me kēia pule no nā mea hou e pili ana i nā wahi wai, nā nīnauele me nā mea kūkākūkā, a me ka ʻimi ʻana i ke ʻano e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai mākou i ka wai e hiki mai ana no nā kaiāulu e piʻi aʻe ana ma ke komohana hema o Utah.
Ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hiki ke hoʻonui mau, he mea hou ao ana ua kālailai i ke kahawai i loko o ka muliwai Colorado ma kahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui i hoʻonui ʻia ma mua o ka mea i loaʻa ma mua. A ʻo ka mea a lākou i ʻike ai ʻaʻole ia he ʻike maikaʻi no ka 40 miliona kanaka e hilinaʻi nei i ka wai o Colorado River.
E pili ana 85 p.c o ka wai o ka muliwai o Colorado mai loko mai o ka hau a me ka ua i loko o ke poʻo o ka muliwai ma ka pali komohana o Colorado's Rocky Mountains. Mai laila mai, ke hoʻomau nei i lalo e hoʻopau i ka make wai o nā kūlanakauhale e like me Las Vegas, Phoenix a me, ina ka Lake Powell Pipeline kūkulu ʻia, St. George. Ma mua naʻe o kona kahe ʻana i lalo i nā pali mauna a hiki i ka muliwai, ʻO kekahi o ia wai e hoʻoulu ʻia e nā ululāʻau kiʻekiʻe alpine evergreen.
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Ua ʻike nā kānaka ʻepekema i kēlā, ma ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka pālākiō o ka palapala ʻāina i hoʻohana ʻia e ʻike a hōʻuluʻulu i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka wai i loko o ke poʻo o Colorado., ua hiki iā lākou ke hopu i ke ʻano o ke kaiapuni o ke ʻano o ka hoʻopili ʻana o kahi panorama mauna i ka nui o ka wai e kahe ana i lalo.. ʻO kā lākou ʻike, paʻi ʻia ma ka pūnaewele i ka hopena o Iulai i loko o ka puke pai Nā Palapala Kaiapuni, Manaʻo ʻia ʻo nā ʻano hana mua e hoʻohana ana i nā māka palapala ʻāina ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi i ke kūlana o nā ululāʻau ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma nā pali alpine kiʻekiʻe a hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia pehea lākou e pane ai i ka loli ʻana o ka ʻāina..
"ʻO nā ʻano hana i kēia manawa i hoʻohana ʻia e wānana i ka wai e hiki mai ana e hāʻawi no ka hema hema o US. ua hoʻokumu mua ʻia ma luna o kēia mau kikowaena nui loa e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā mauna,” i ʻōlelo ʻia Lauren Foster, he kanaka hydrologist me kahi hui loiloi hoʻoweliweli hoʻoweliweli ma Colorado, Neptune a me ka Hui, a me ka mea hana alakaʻi ma ka pepa kālailai. "Akā, aia kekahi pūʻulu kiʻekiʻe ma kahi o ka ululāʻau e paʻakikī loa i ka piʻi ʻana o ka mahana., a e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia kēlā hui me kēia mau pahu nui. "
E like me ka makemake o ka poʻe i ka hou aʻe a pono e inu wai hou i nā lā wela o ke kauwela, ʻO nā kumu lāʻau e nalowale ka wai i ka lewa ma o ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo evapotranspiration a pono e lawe i ka wai hou mai lalo e hoʻoponopono i kēlā poho ke piʻi ka mahana.. He ʻoiaʻiʻo ia no nā ululāʻau kiʻekiʻe i hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā kūlana anu.
ʻO ka mea i manaʻo nui ʻia e kēia poʻe ʻepekema ma o ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā ʻāpana ulu lāʻau ʻo ia, no ka mea, ua mahana ka ʻāina a makemake nā lāʻau e hoʻoinu i ka wai hou e pale aku i ka piʻi ʻana o ka evaporative nalowale, e hāʻule ana ka nui o ka wai i koe i ka holo ʻana i lalo 4 p.c i oi aku mamua o ka mea i helu mua ia.
“ʻO kēlā 4 ʻike ʻia paha he ʻano liʻiliʻi ka ʻokoʻa p.c,” wahi a Foster. "Akā, pono ʻoe e hoʻonui i kēlā ma nā Rockies āpau, he wai nui maoli no ka muliwai Colorado. ʻO ia paha kekahi kumu inā ʻaʻole i hoʻohaʻahaʻa nā ʻano hana o kēia manawa i kā mākou wai e hiki mai ana ma muli o ka hopena e mākaukau ʻoe no ka wā e hiki mai ana me ka wai hou.. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo naʻe lākou e hoʻomāhuahua nei, ʻo ia ka mea e emi ana ka wai ma mua o kā mākou e manaʻo ai i ka wā e hiki mai ana 50 makahiki."
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ʻAʻole e kaupalena ʻia kēia hopena evergreen i ke kahawai ʻo Colorado River Basin. Hiki ke pili ka ʻike like, wahi a Foster, i kekahi muliwai i puka mai i ke poo mauna. Me ke komohana U.S. manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomanawanui i ka hopena mehana a me ka maloʻo ma lalo o nā kūlana hoʻololi o ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻO ka ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole i helu pono ʻia nā kumulāʻau e nā ʻano hana ma mua, hiki ke wānana i ka nui o ka nele o ka wai i ka wā e hoʻokūkū ana nā mea kanu me kahi ea hoʻololi i kāna ʻāpana..
Eia nō naʻe inā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo nei hiki ke lilo i mea hōʻailona kālā i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua ʻike ʻia kēia manawa kauwela he mau haneli haneli o nā ʻeka o nā ululāʻau komohana e piʻi i ka uahi., manao hou. Me nā ululāʻau e malu ai i nā pali mauna, hoohehee hau lohi, a me ka lepo aʻa ma kahi, ʻoi aku ka ʻino o ko mākou mau muliwai.
"ʻO ka mea a mākou e hana ai, ʻo ia ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka helu ʻana no kēlā flux evaporation nui a mākou i ʻike a pau e kū mai ana ma muli o ka manawa a mākou e hana ai i kahi noiʻi hohonu., ʻike mākou,” wahi a Foster. "Pono mākou e hoʻomaka i ka helu ʻana no kēlā hopena i loko o kā mākou wai ke wānana mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana ma lalo o ka loli ʻana o ka ʻāina."
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Minamina, ʻO Brian Richter, peresidena o Nā wai hoʻomau, he hui aʻo wai honua, Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻike ʻo ia i ka ʻepekema e like me kēia ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia. Aʻo ʻo ia i ka noiʻi a Foster a kapa ʻia ʻo ia he "ʻepekema maikaʻi me ka ʻike ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi." Manaʻo ʻo ia e hāʻawi ana ka noiʻi i ka hoʻohālikelike piha ʻana i ke kumu i loaʻa ai ka manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole o ka hoʻomehana ʻana o ka ʻāina i nā papahana wai maoli.. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia i manaʻolana e hoʻoikaika ia i nā loli i ka hoʻolālā wai kūloko.
"ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo e noʻonoʻo nui ana nā luna wai a me nā mea hoʻoholo politika i loko o ke kahawai ʻo Colorado River Basin i ka mea a ka ʻepekema ʻāina e haʻi mai nei iā mākou.,” wahi a Richter. "Manaʻo wau ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o nā hopena o kēia ʻepekema ʻāina no ka wai i loko o ka muliwai ʻo Colorado ma mua o kā mākou e noʻonoʻo ai.. A hiki i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai lākou e lawe i kēia ʻike me ke koʻikoʻi a hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kā lākou manaʻo o ka hāʻawi ʻana a me ke kāhea ʻana i ka wai ma hope a ma hope paha., ʻaʻole lākou e hāʻawi mai iā mākou i ke kiʻi piha a hilinaʻi. "
ʻO ia, wahi a Richter, e like me kā mākou e koi ai e hoʻopili ʻia ka ʻepekema wai i kēia manawa i ka hui ʻana i ka makemake wai e hiki mai ana.
ʻO Joan Meiners kahi mea hōʻike hoʻolaha hoʻopuni no The Spectrum & ʻO ka ʻike i kēlā me kēia lā ma o ka Report for America initiative e The GroundTruth Mission. E hoʻokō me ia ma Twitter ma @beecycles a i ʻole leka uila iā ia ma jmeiners@thespectrum.com.
