Impendulo ifunwe ngohlelo oluyimpikiswano lweLake Powell Pipeline

I-SALT LAKE CITY - Idokhumenti esalungiswa epayipini eliyimpikiswano elihloselwe ukuhlinzeka ngamanzi aseningizimu ye-Utah kanye nokuhlinzeka ngamanzi kumpompi kubahlali abakhuphukayo baye kwabalandelayo. 40 iminyaka isiphumile emphakathini, nokho isikhathi siyasebenza maduze ukunikeza iziphakamiso.

Umnqamulajuqu wokuthinta ku- okusalungiswa ukugomela kwezemvelo kuLake Powell Pipeline uphela ngoLwesibili.

Impendulo kufanele inikezwe e-U.S. I-Bureau of Reclamation ngokubhala nge-imeyili, ifeksi noma iposi. Isixhumanisi semiyalo yokuthi umuntu angahambisa kanjani impendulo sitholwa kokuthi LPP.org

Ukuhlolwa phezu kwepayipi lama-intshi angu-69, abagxeki abathi akusizi futhi kubiza kakhulu kubakhokhi bentela, angangcwatshwa ngaphansi komhlaba 141 amamayela ukusuka eLake Powell ukuya eWashington County.

Inani layo elilinganiselwe liphakathi $1.1 billion kanye $1.9 ibhiliyoni, ngokuhambisana ne-Utah Division of Water Assets, nangemva kwesigaba sokuthuthukiswa kweminyaka eyisithupha, amanzi angase abe ngaphakathi kwepayipi 2030.

Izilinganiso zithi ukuphela kwamanzi eWashington County, i-Virgin River drainage, kungenzeka ukuthi ikhishwe 2060. Izakhamuzi is at 186,600 okwamanje, kodwa kulindeleke ukuthi iqale 468,000 nge 4 isikhathi eside kusukela manje.

I 86,249 i-acre-feet emiselwe ipayipi imelela ingxenye yesabelo se-Utah samanzi angasetshenzisiwe asuka e-Colorado River.. Yize amanzi efanelekile ngokwenhloso yokuphambukisa aseduze noMfula ongenalwazi ngaphansi koMhosha Ovuthayo, ukuphambukiswa kwamanzi okunembile kuzokwenzeka eduze kwesistimu efanayo eLake Powell.

Abagxeki bathi ukukhipha amanzi amaningi emanzini oMfula iColorado akulungile ngesikhathi sokushintsha kwesimo sezulu sendawo kanye neminyaka yesomiso esidonse isikhathi eside esidale ukuncipha kwezifunda ukuze kumiswe ukuncishiswa kwamanzi abawathola emfuleni..

Nokho ngaphakathi kwesithombe esijwayelekile sohlelo loMfula iColorado, ukuphambukiswa kwalesi sabelo se-Utah ngaphansi kwe-Colorado River Pact umzuzu, kanye nengxenye yesabelo esifanele se-Utah, kusho uJoel Williams, umphathi wombuso phezu kwemishini kanye nomqondisi wesigaba phezu komnyango womcimbi.

UWilliams ukhulume ngokuphambukiswa kwepayipi, uma kulinganiswa ngokuphikisana nokugeleza kwakho okuvamile konyaka okuphelele, imele cishe uhhafu we % zokugeleza kanye 6% yesabelo sonke se-Utah samanzi oMfula iColorado.

Kodwa-ke abagxeki abafana nezinga le-Utah Rivers Council kulokho elikushoyo ukumosha kwamanzi e-Washington County futhi basola isifunda sokugcinwa kwemvelo kanye nesimo sokuphishekela i-boondoggle ye-mission entula obala mayelana nokuthi amanani entengo engakanani kanye nendlela ubuhlungu bemali obungabubangela ngayo abakhokhi bentela.. Bathi ukongiwa kanye nokukhula kwemithombo yamanzi eyahlukene endaweni kungase kuhlangabezane nalezi zidingo, nokho-ke incwadi esalungiswa yazenqaba lezi zimangalo kanye nesiphakamiso seqembu elilodwa sokuqeda konke ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi okupheka ngaphandle nokuthatha wonke amanzi okulima asetshenziswayo..

“Akudingi ukuthi umbuso noma isifunda sibe kuleyo ndawo yokuphoqa ezolimo ukuthi ziphume emabhizinisini,” Kusho uWilliams.

Ngecala elilodwa, abagxeki bathi amanani amanzi kumakhasimende azokhuphuka 3,000%. Isifunda siphendule ngokuthi intengo ngamalitha ayinkulungwane amanzi ihlezi $2.64 kahle manje, futhi angagxumela ku $3.98 nge 2045 -a 51% ngcono.

Akuwona wonke amanzi azoshaya ipayipi ngaphandle kokulibala, kodwa-ke ngokunengqondo izolethwa ngezingcezu njengoba i-Washington County ikhula, futhi abantu abakhokha intela bazosiza ukukhokhela intengo yephayiphi ngokusebenzisa izinkokhiso zokubonisa ukukhula okusha.

Kunezinketho ezimbili ezihloliwe ngaphakathi kwedokhumenti esalungiswa: umgwaqo onguthelawayeka noma ongase Ningizimu.

UWilliams uthe kungenzeka ukuthi umzila waseNingizimu ngenxa yokuthi awunamthelela omncane ezimpahleni zamasiko futhi unezinhlawulo ezimbalwa zemvelo..

Uhlaka kufanele luphothulwe ngoDisemba, ne-Bureau of Reclamation kulindeleke ukuthi ifake inkinga ngo-January.