Akuluakulu a m'chigawo cha San Diego Anayamika M'manja ku Mexico Kuphwanya Malo Opangira Madzi Otayira

SAN DIEGO - Mexico yasweka pa malo omwe akuyembekezeredwa kwa nthawi yayitali kuti alowe m'malo mwa malo opangira madzi akuwonongeka ku Baja California omwe akuluakulu aboma ati achepetsa kwambiri kutulutsa zimbudzi zomwe zasokoneza magombe a San Diego ndi Tijuana.

Malo opangira mankhwala a San Antonio de los Buenos omwe alephera komanso akale ku Punta Bandera, pafupifupi mamailosi asanu ndi limodzi kumwera kwa malire, ndi amodzi mwa malo omwe amawononga madzi m'derali. Tsiku lililonse, malowa amatulutsa mamiliyoni ambiri amadzi amchere amadzi am'nyanja omwe nthawi zambiri amafika ku magombe akumwera kwa San Diego County.

Pamwambo wochititsa chidwi kwambiri Lachinayi ndi Mayor wa Imperial Beach Paloma Aguirre ndi Ambassador wa US Ken Salazar, Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda adati kukhazikitsidwa kwa polojekitiyi ndi chinthu chofunika kwambiri pothetsa kuipitsa malire pambuyo poyesa kulephera pansi pa maulamuliro apitalo. Analumbira kuti ntchitoyi idzakhala pa intaneti chaka chino.

"Lonjezo ndilakuti patsiku lomaliza la Seputembala, malo opangira mankhwalawa azikhala akugwira ntchito," adatero Ávila Olmeda. "Palibenso kutsekedwa kwa magombe."

Kwa Aguirre, kuyambika kwa ntchito yatsopano yopangira mankhwala ku Mexico kumamveka ngati Imperial Beach ndi madera ozungulira ndi gawo limodzi loyandikira kupeza madzi aukhondo.

"Ndikuganiza kuti kukonza Punta Bandera ndi chimodzi mwazokonza zazikulu zomwe timafunikira ndipo ndizomwe takhala tikulimbikitsa kwa nthawi yayitali," adatero. “N’zosangalatsa kuganiza kuti gwero loipitsa limeneli likachotsedwa, tidzatha kutseguliranso magombe athu m’nyengo yachilimwe ndi mvula.”

Mexico ilipira pulojekitiyi ya $33 miliyoni, yomwe ikhala ndi kukhetsa madambwe akale omwe alephera kusamalira bwino madzi oyipa. Chomera chatsopano m'malo mwake chidzakhala ndi ma oxidation ngalande opangidwa ndi ma module atatu odziyimira pawokha komanso kutsika kwamadzi kwa 656-foot. Idzakhala ndi mphamvu yokwana magaloni 18 miliyoni patsiku.

Ntchitoyi ndi imodzi mwa zingapo zazifupi komanso zazitali zomwe Mexico ndi US adalumbira kuti azichita pansi pa mgwirizano wotchedwa Minute 328.

Pama projekiti akanthawi kochepa, Mexico idzayika ndalama zokwana madola 144 miliyoni kuti ilipire malo opangira mankhwala atsopano, komanso kukonza mapaipi ndi mapampu. Ndipo US idzagwiritsa ntchito $ 300 miliyoni yomwe atsogoleri a Congress adapeza kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2019 kukonza ndikukulitsa malo akale a South Bay International Treatment Plant ku San Ysidro, omwe amagwira ntchito ngati kumbuyo kwa zimbudzi za Tijuana.

Ndalama zomwe sizinagwiritsidwe ntchito ku mbali ya US ndizosakwanira, komabe, kuti amalize kukulitsa chifukwa cha kusamalidwa kochedwetsa komwe kumangokulirakulira pakagwa mvula yambiri. Ndalama zochulukirapo zidzafunika pantchito zanthawi yayitali, zomwe zikuphatikiza kumanga malo opangira mankhwala ku San Diego omwe angatenge madzi kuchokera kumayendedwe omwe alipo mumtsinje wa Tijuana.

Akuluakulu osankhidwa oimira chigawo cha San Diego akhala akupempha ndalama zowonjezera kuti ma projekiti ku US amalize. Chaka chatha, Purezidenti Biden adapempha Congress kuti ipatse ndalama zokwana $ 310 miliyoni kuti athetse vuto la zimbudzi.

Izi sizinachitikebe.

Maola angapo zisanachitike, Rep. Scott Peters adapita pansi pa Nyumba ya Oyimilira akufuna kuti ndalamazo ziphatikizidwe pazachuma chilichonse chomwe chikubwera.

"Tiyenera kuchita manyazi kuti Mexico ikuchita mwachangu kuposa momwe timachitira," adatero. "Tikachedwa kuthana ndi kuipitsa malire, m'pamenenso kudzakhala kokwera mtengo komanso kovuta kukonza mtsogolomu."

Gawo la US la International Boundary and Water Commission, lomwe limagwiritsa ntchito fakitale yaku South Bay, likupempha malingaliro oti apange ndi kumanganso ntchito yokonzanso ndi kukulitsa. Lachiwiri, akuluakulu adanenanso kuti makontrakitala oposa 30 ochokera kumakampani pafupifupi 19 adayendera malowa ndikuwonetsa chidwi chofuna kubwereketsa. Ntchito yomanga ikuyembekezeka kuyamba pakangotha ​​chaka chimodzi kuchokera pamene mgwirizano waperekedwa.

Nthawi yomweyo, IBWC yakhala ikuyesa payipi yomwe idakhazikitsidwa kumene yomwe idalowa m'malo yomwe idaphulika ku Tijuana mu 2022, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti zimbudzi zitayike kumalire kudzera mumtsinje wa Tijuana ndikupita kunyanja. Ogwira ntchito posachedwa adapeza kutulutsa kwatsopano mupaipi yatsopano ndipo akukonza, malinga ndi IBWC.

Ngakhale kukonza kwa zomangamanga kudapangidwa mzaka za m'ma 1990 ndipo kuyesayesa kwatsopano mbali zonse zamalire kukuchitika, malo osungira madzi aku Tijuana sakuyenda bwino ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu. Madera osauka nawonso amakhalabe osagwirizana ndi zimbudzi za mzindawo.