umgangatho wamanzi kulo lonke elaseMelika. Ngelixa amanzi okusela esiXeko saseNew York ebonakala ekhuselekile kwizisongelo ezichaziweyo kwisiqwenga seTimes, inikezela ngokucacileyo ukuba kuyingozi ukuvumela ingqalelo yethu ukuba ibhadule kule ngxaki ibalulekileyo kunye nezixhobo ezibalulekileyo.
Ukushwankathela ingxelo yakhe UDuhigg uyakuqaphela oko :
Phantse kumashumi amane eminyaka eyadlulayo, iCongress yapasisa umThetho waManzi acocekileyo ukunyanzela abangcolileyo ukuba bachaze iityhefu abazilahla emanzini kunye nokunika abalawuli amandla okuhlawulisa okanye ukuvalela aboni. Amazwe apasise eyabo imithetho yongcoliseko. Kodwa kule minyaka idlulileyo, ukwaphulwa koMthetho waManzi acocekileyo kuye kwanda ngokuzinzileyo kwilizwe liphela, uphononongo olubanzi lweerekhodi zongcoliseko lwamanzi yiNew York Times.
Amaxesha nawo wenze isiseko sedatha esihle kakhulu ekwaphuleni imithetho yongcoliseko lwamanzi kunye nokunyanzeliswa kukarhulumente kuloo mithetho. Kule ngingqi, abasemagunyeni baseNew York abasemagunyeni balawula kuphela amanyathelo onyanzeliso ayi-6.4 okophula umthetho okwi-100, ngokuchaseneyo neNew Jersey's 53.5 per 100. I-Connecticut yayimbi kakhulu kuneNew York ene-3.7 kuphela yemizamo yokunyanzeliswa kokophulwa kwe-100.
Ukukhusela amanzi ethu okusela ngumsebenzi osisiseko kurhulumente. Njengokuba silindele ukuba izitrato zethu zikhuseleke kulwaphulo-mthetho kwaye ilizwe lethu likhuselwe kwisoyikiso sobunqolobi, impilo yethu kunye nentlalontle yethu ixhomekeke kunikezelo lwamanzi akhuselekileyo okusela kunye nomoya ococekileyo wokuphefumla. Oku kusisiseko kwaye akunakuthethathethwana. Isicatshulwa se-Times somhla weveki ephelileyo sivela kule ndawo, xa umhlali wase-West Virginia, uJennifer Hall-Massey ebuza ukuba Singayifumana njani intambo yedijithali kunye ne-Intanethi kumakhaya ethu, kodwa hayi amanzi acocekileyo?
Ewe ayingombandela wobuchule bobuchwephesha, kodwa inzuzo kunye nentando yezopolitiko. Kukho imali enkulu kwintambo yekhebula kunye ne-intanethi kunye nokhuphiswano oluninzi. Unikezelo lwamanzi luluntu eluntwini olunikezelwa ngurhulumente kwaye luxhaswe ngemali yokusebenzisa kunye neerhafu zerhafu ngokubanzi. Ukuzilawula yedwa kuthetha ukuba asinakukhetha xa sikhetha umnikezeli wamanzi. Unikezelo lwamanzi lukwabuthathaka ngakumbi kwaye lusemngciphekweni kunesiseko senkonzo esizisa i-Intanethi kunye ne-cable yeTV.
Unobangela wolu hlaselo lonikezelo lwamanzi alunyangeki kwaye alulawulwa kakuhle kwimizi-mveliso yokulahlwa kwezinto eziyityhefu. Ngelixa oku kuxhaphakileyo kumazwe asakhasayo, eMelika, ukusukela phakathi kwiminyaka yoo-1970 ukuya ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1990 kwenziwa inkqubela enkulu ekunciphiseni ezi zinto. Ngokucacileyo, inxenye yelifa lokusingqongileyo elihlala lihleli kwiminyaka ye-Bush-Cheney kukubuyela umva okuxelwe liXesha kweli nqaku.
Umlawuli omtsha weArhente yoKhuselo lokusiNgqongileyo, uLisa Jackson wenza ingxolo elungileyo malunga nokunyusa ukunyanzeliswa, kwaye ndiyarhanela isiqwenga seNew York Times siza komeleza isandla seengcali kwezendalo ngaphakathi kwiarhente ezizama ukutyhala le ajenda. Inqaku likwatsho ukuba ukugxila kutshintsho lwemozulu kungasusa ingqalelo kunye nezixhobo kude neenkxalabo zemveli ezinje ngongcoliseko lwamanzi. Ndiyathandabuza ukuba kuyinyani, umba wokwenyani awonelanga zizibonelelo eziza kukhutshwa.
Ngayiphi na imeko, umba wamanzi okusela acocekileyo unamandla amakhulu kwezopolitiko kunokutshintsha kwemozulu. Uninzi lweempembelelo zokufudumala komhlaba kwixa elizayo, kwaye kunzima kumntu ophakathi ukuba aqonde unxibelelwano phakathi konobangela nefuthe. Ngapha koko, oonobangela botshintsho lwemozulu bavela kwiindawo ezininzi kwaye ifuthe liza kubonakala kwiindawo ezininzi. Ungcoliseko lwamanzi lubangelwa kwalapha ekhaya kwaye luziva. Impembelelo iphantse yangoko kwaye ezinye zeempembelelo, njengokugula kunye nerhashalala, zibonakala kakhulu. Kuba utshintsho lwemozulu yingxaki yehlabathi ewela yonke imida, kudala imiceli mngeni yokwenene kwinkqubo yezopolitiko yomhlaba wethu esekwe kwilizwe elizimeleyo. Ngelixa eminye imiba yongcoliseko lwamanzi iwela imida, e-US imida abayiwela ikakhulu yimida yelizwe kunokuba yeyelizwe.
Siyayazi indlela yokugcina amanzi ethu okusela ecocekile. Sinemithetho eyifunayo kunye namaziko anakho ukulawula loo mithetho. Into esiyifunayo yintando yezopolitiko kunye nezixhobo zokusebenzisa loo maziko nokunyanzelisa imithetho esinayo. Ngokungafaniyo nokhathalelo lwemozulu kunye nolwezempilo, ulwakhiwo sele lukhona kwaye isivumelwano sesizwe sasekwa kwakudala ukuqinisekisa amanzi okusela acocekileyo. Umceli mngeni kulawulo luka-Obama kunye ne-EPA icacile. Into engacacanga gca kukuba baya kulo msebenzi.
