I-UK ijonge ukunqanda ukungcoliseka kwamanzi ngezohlwayo eziqatha, ummiselo owomeleleyo

Umhla: Septemba 6, 20243:07 AM GMT+8

I-LONDON, i-5 Septemba (i-Reuters) - IBrithani yamisela umthetho omtsha ngoLwesine wokuqinisa ukulawulwa kweenkampani zamanzi, kunye nezohlwayo ezibandakanya ukuvalelwa kwabaphathi ukuba bathintele uphando malunga nokungcoliswa kwemilambo, amachibi kunye nolwandle.

Ukuchitheka kwelindle e-UK kufikelele kwirekhodi ephezulu ngo-2023, kukhulisa umsindo woluntu kwimeko yemilambo emdaka yelizwe kunye neenkampani zabucala ezinoxanduva longcoliseko, njengomthengisi omkhulu welizwe, iThames Water.

Urhulumente, owanyulwa ngoJulayi, wathembisa ukuba uya kunyanzela ishishini ukuba liphucule, ngokwenza umzekelo, ukunika amandla okulawula amanzi ukuba avale iibhonasi kubaphathi beenkampani.

“Lo mthetho uyilwayo linyathelo elibalulekileyo ekulungiseni inkqubo yethu yamanzi eyaphukileyo,” utshilo umphathiswa wendalo esingqongileyo uSteve Reed kwintetho yakhe eThames Rowing Club ngoLwesine.

"Iza kuqinisekisa ukuba iinkampani zamanzi ziphendulela."

Umthombo weSebe likaReed uthe kulindeleke ukuba adibane nabatyali-mali ngokukhawuleza kwiveki ezayo ukuzama ukutsala iibhiliyoni zeeponti zenkxaso-mali ezifunekayo ukucoca amanzi aseBritani.

"Ngokomeleza ummiselo kunye nokuwunyanzelisa ngokungaguqukiyo, siya kudala iimeko ezifunekayo kwimodeli yecandelo labucala elilawulwa kakuhle ukutsala utyalo-mali lwehlabathi olufunekayo ukuze kwakhiwe ngokutsha iziseko zethu zamanzi ezaphukileyo," watsho.

Kubekho ukugxekwa ukuba abaphathi bezamanzi bafumene iibhonasi nangona kunyuka ungcoliseko lwelindle.

Umphathi oyintloko weThames Water uChris Weston uhlawulwe ibhonasi ye-195,000 ($256,620) ngomsebenzi weenyanga ezintathu ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka. Inkampani ayizange iphendule ngokukhawuleza kwisicelo sokuphawula ngoLwesine.

UReed uthe lo mthetho uyilwayo uza kunika umlawuli weshishini u-Ofwat amandla amatsha okuvala iibhonasi zesigqeba ngaphandle kokuba iinkampani zamanzi zidibana nemigangatho ephezulu xa kufikelelwa ekukhuseleni okusingqongileyo, abathengi bazo, ukomelela kwezemali kunye noxanduva lolwaphulo-mthetho.

Inqanaba lotyalo-mali olufunekayo ukuphucula imijelo ephantsi komhlaba ehambisa amanzi amdaka kunye nemibhobho, kunye nokuba bangakanani abathengi abafanele bafake isandla kumatyala aphezulu, kubangele ukungaboni ngasonye phakathi kwe-Ofwat kunye nababoneleli.

Phantsi kwalo mthetho ucetywayo omtsha, i-Arhente yokusiNgqongileyo iya kuba nemida ethe kratya yokubeka izityholo zolwaphulo-mthetho kubaphathi, kunye nezohlwayo eziqatha nezizenzekelayo ngenxa yokwaphula umthetho.

Iinkampani zamanzi nazo ziza kufuneka ukuba ziqalise ngokuzimeleyo ukubeka iliso kwindawo nganye yogutyulo kwaye iinkampani kuya kufuneka zipapashe izicwangciso zonyaka zokunciphisa ungcoliseko.