I-HOUSTON (AP) - Iminyaka elishumi elinesine emva kokuba iNkanyamba i-Ike itshabalalise amawakawaka amakhaya kunye namashishini kufuphi neGalveston, eTexas - kodwa iindawo zokucoca kunye nezityalo zemichiza zasindiswa kakhulu - iNdlu yabameli baseMelika ivotele ngoLwesine ekuvunyweni kweprojekthi ebiza kakhulu. i-US Army Corps of Engineers ukumelana nesaqhwithi esilandelayo.
I-Ike yatshabalalisa iindawo zokuhlala ezingaselunxwemeni yaza yabangela umonakalo kwiibhiliyoni ezingama-30 zeedola. Kodwa ngobuninzi belizwe kwishishini lepetrochemical kwipaseji yaseHouston-Galveston, izinto zinokuba mbi nangakumbi. Ukusondela kukhuthaze uBill Merrell, unjingalwazi wenzululwazi yaselwandle, ukuba aqale acebise ngomqobo omkhulu wonxweme ukukhusela ngokuchasene nogwayimbo oluthe ngqo.
I-NDAA ngoku ibandakanya ukuvunywa kwenkqubo yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ezingama-34 eboleka izimvo kuMerrell.
“Yahluke kakhulu kuyo nantoni na esiyenzileyo e-US, kwaye kusithathe ixesha ukuyiqonda,” utshilo uMerrell waseTexas A&M University eGalveston.
I-House of Representatives iphumelele i-858 yeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni zokukhusela ngevoti ye-350 kwi-80. Iquka iiprojekthi ezinkulu zokuphucula iindlela zamanzi zesizwe kunye nokukhusela uluntu kwizikhukhula ezibangelwa utshintsho lwemozulu.
Ngokukodwa, ivoti yaqhubela phambili uMthetho woPhuhliso lweMithombo yaManzi ka-2022. Umthetho udale uluhlu olubanzi lwemigaqo-nkqubo yomkhosi kunye neenkqubo ezigunyazisiweyo ezinxulumene nokuhamba ngenqanawa, ukuphuculwa kokusingqongileyo, kunye nokhuseleko lwesaqhwithi. Ngokuqhelekileyo kwenzeka rhoqo emva kweminyaka emibini. Unenkxaso enamandla ye-bipartisan kwaye ngoku uyenzile kwi-Senate.
Iprojekthi yoKhuselo loNxweme lwaseTexas idlula kude naziphi na ezinye iiprojekthi ezingama-24 ezigunyaziswe nguMthetho. Kukho i-6.3 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi isicwangciso sokwenza nzulu iindlela zokuthumela ngenqanawa kufutshane neSixeko saseNew York kunye ne-1.2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zokwakha amakhaya kunye namashishini kunxweme olusembindini weLouisiana.
"Nokuba ukweliphi na icala lezopolitiko, wonke umntu unenxaxheba ekuqinisekiseni ukuba unamanzi alungileyo," utshilo uSandra Knight, umongameli weWaterWonks LLC.
Abaphandi kwiYunivesithi yaseRice e-Houston baqikelele ukuba iCandelo le-4 yesivunguvungu esine-24-foot foot storge singonakalisa iitanki zokugcina kwaye ikhulule ngaphezu kwe-90 yezigidi zeegaloni zeoli kunye nezinto ezinobungozi.
Olona phawu luphawulekayo lwesithintelo sonxweme sisitshixo, esiquka malunga neemitha ezingama-650 zokutshixa, ngokulinganayo ngokulingana nesakhiwo esinemigangatho engama-60 kwelinye icala, ukuthintela izaqhwithi zokungena eGalveston Bay kunye nokuhlamba iindledlana zeenqanawa zaseHouston. Inkqubo yothintelo lweemayile ezili-18 nayo iya kwakhiwa ecaleni kweSiqithi saseGalveston ukukhusela amakhaya kunye namashishini kwizaqhwithi. Le nkqubo yathatha iminyaka emithandathu kwaye yayibandakanya abantu abamalunga nama-200.
Kuya kubakho iiprojekthi zokubuyisela inkqubo yendalo kumalwandle kunye neendunduma ezigudle unxweme lwaseTexas. I-Houston Audubon Society ixhalabele ukuba le projekthi iza kutshabalalisa indawo yokuhlala yeentaka kwaye ibeke engozini iintlanzi, i-shrimp kunye noononkala kwi-bay.
Umthetho uvumela ukwakhiwa kweprojekthi, kodwa inkxaso-mali iya kuhlala iyingxaki - imali isafuna ukwabiwa. Urhulumente wobumbano uthwele owona mthwalo unzima wenkcitho, kodwa imibutho yasekhaya neyelizwe kuya kufuneka ibonelele ngeebhiliyoni zeedola. Ukwakhiwa kunokuthatha iminyaka engamashumi amabini.
“Oku kunciphisa kakhulu umngcipheko wokuqhambuka kwesaqhwithi esingenakukwazi ukuphinda sibuyele,” utshilo uMike Braden, intloko yeCandelo leeProjekthi eziMkhulu zoMkhosi waseGalveston County.
Lo mthetho uyilwayo ukwabandakanya inani lamanyathelo omgaqo-nkqubo. Ngokomzekelo, xa iinkanyamba zihlasela kwixesha elizayo, ukhuselo lonxweme lunokubuyiselwa ukuze luvumelane nokutshintsha kwemozulu. Abaqulunqi baya kukwazi ukuthatha inqanaba lokunyuka kolwandle xa bephuhlisa izicwangciso zabo.
"Ikamva loluntu oluninzi aliyi kufana nangaphambili," watsho uJimmy Haig, umcebisi ophezulu womgaqo-nkqubo wamanzi kwi-Nature Conservancy.
UMthetho weMithombo yaManzi uyaqhubeka nokutyhala imigxobhozo kunye nezinye izisombululo zolawulo lwezandyondyo ezisebenzisa ukufunxwa kwamanzi ngokwendalo endaweni yeendonga ezibambekayo ukuze ziqulathe ukuhamba kwamanzi. Ngokomzekelo, kuMlambo waseMississippi ngaphantsi kweSt. Louis, inkqubo entsha iya kunceda ukubuyisela i-ecosystems kunye nokwenza iiprojekthi zokukhusela izikhukhula. Kukwakho nezibonelelo zophononongo lwembalela ende.
Amanyathelo athatyathwa ukuphucula ubudlelwane bezizwe kunye nokwenza kube lula ukwenziwa komsebenzi kwiindawo ezihlwempuzekileyo, ezazifudula zisingelwe phantsi ngaphambili.
Ukuphanda iiprojekthi, ukuzifumana ngeCongress, kunye nokufumana inkxaso-mali kunokuthatha ixesha elide. UMerrell, ogqiba iminyaka engama-80 ngoFebruwari, uthe angathanda ukuba icandelo laseTexas lakhiwe, kodwa akacingi ukuba uya kuba lapho ukuze ayibone igqityiwe.
“Ndifuna imveliso yokugqibela ukukhusela abantwana bam nabazukulwana kunye nabo bonke abanye abantu abakulo mmandla,” utshilo uMerrell.
EKHOHLELA: UMFANEKISO: Indoda yayihamba kubutyobo beNkanyamba i-Ike eyayigutyulwa kwindlela yaseGalveston, eTexas, ngoSeptemba 13, 2008. INkanyamba u-Ike yagubungela amakhulu abantu ngenxa yemimoya ebhudla ngamandla nezikhukula, iwisa iikhilomitha ezininzi kunxweme lwaseTexas naseLouisiana. , ukunqunyulwa kwezigidi zamandla nokubangela umonakalo weebhiliyoni zeerandi. Ifoto: UJessica Rinaldi/REUTERS
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Ixesha lokuposa: Dec-28-2022