Amagosa eNqila yaseSan Diego aqhwabela izandla iMexico ngokuNgqobhozwa kweZityalo zokucocwa kwamanzi amdaka

I-SAN DIEGO - I-Mexico iphule umhlaba kwindawo ekudala ilindelwe kwindawo yokucocwa kwamanzi amdaka e-Baja California athi amagosa aya kunciphisa ngokumangalisayo ukukhutshwa kwelindle eliye langcolisa i-San Diego kunye ne-Tijuana yonxweme.

Indawo yonyango yaseSan Antonio de los Buenos engasebenziyo nephelelwe lixesha ePunta Bandera, malunga neekhilomitha ezintandathu emazantsi womda, yenye yemithombo emikhulu yongcoliseko lwamanzi kulo mmandla. Yonke imihla, eli ziko likhupha izigidi zeegaloni zelindle elikrwada kulwandle oluhlala lufikelela kumanxweme asemazantsi eSan Diego County.

Kumsitho we-groundbreaking ngoLwesine kunye noSodolophu we-Imperial Beach uPaloma Aguirre kunye no-Ambassador wase-US u-Ken Salazar, u-Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda uthe ukuqaliswa kweprojekthi kuphawule isiganeko esibalulekileyo ekupheliseni ungcoliseko olunqumla imida emva kwemizamo engaphumelelanga phantsi kolawulo lwangaphambili. Wenza isibhambathiso sokuba le projekthi izakuba kwi-intanethi kulo nyaka.

“Isithembiso sesokuba ngomhla wokugqibela kuSeptemba, eli ziko lonyango liza kusebenza,” utshilo u-Ávila Olmeda. "Akusekho kuvalwa kolwandle."

Ku-Aguirre, ukuqaliswa kweprojekthi yesityalo esitsha sonyango eMexico kuvakala ngathi i-Imperial Beach kunye noluntu oluyingqongileyo linyathelo elinye elikufutshane ekufumaneni amanzi acocekileyo.

“Ndicinga ukuba ukulungisa iPunta Bandera yenye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo zokulungisa esizidingayo kwaye yeyona nto kudala siyikhuthaza,” utshilo. “Kuyavuyisa ukucinga ukuba xa sele uphelisiwe lo mthombo wongcoliseko, siya kukwazi ukuba neelwandle zethu ziphinde zivulwe ngeenyanga zasehlotyeni nakwimozulu eyomileyo.”

I-Mexico iza kuhlawulela iprojekthi yezigidi ezingama-33 zeerandi, eza kubandakanya ukuthuthwa kwamanzi kumachibi aphelelwe lixesha angakwaziyo ukucocwa ngokufanelekileyo kwamanzi amdaka. Isityalo esitsha endaweni yoko siya kuba nenkqubo ye-oxidation ye-oxidation eyenziwe ngeemodyuli ezintathu ezizimeleyo kunye ne-656-foot footfall yolwandle. Iza kuba nomthamo we-18 yezigidi zeelitha ngosuku.

Le projekthi yenye yezinto ezininzi ezimfutshane kunye nexesha elide iMexico kunye ne-US zafunga ukuba ziya kuthatha phantsi kwesivumelwano esibizwa ngokuba nguMzuzu 328.

Kwiiprojekthi zexeshana elifutshane, iMexico iya kutyala imali eyi-144 yezigidi zeedola ukuhlawula iplanti entsha yonyango, kunye nokulungisa imibhobho kunye neempompo. Kwaye i-US iya kusebenzisa i-300 yezigidi zeedola ezikhuselwe ziinkokeli zengqungquthela ngasekupheleni kuka-2019 ukulungisa kunye nokwandisa iZiko loNyango lwaMazwe ngaMazwe lase-South Bay eSan Ysidro, elisebenza njengendawo yomva yogutyulo lwaseTijuana.

Imali engasetyenziswanga kwicala lase-US ayonelanga, nangona kunjalo, ukugqiba ulwandiso ngenxa yolondolozo olulityazisiweyo oluye lwaba mbi kakhulu ngexesha lemvula enkulu. Inkxaso-mali engakumbi iya kufuneka kwiiprojekthi zexesha elide, ezibandakanya ukwakhiwa kweplanti yonyango eSan Diego eya kuthatha impompolo esuka kwinkqubo ekhoyo yophambuko kuMlambo iTijuana.

Amagosa anyuliweyo amele ummandla waseSan Diego aye acela inkxaso-mali eyongezelelweyo ukuze kugqitywe iiprojekthi e-US. Kunyaka ophelileyo, uMongameli uBiden wacela ukuba iCongress inike i-310 yezigidi zeedola ukulungisa ingxaki yogutyulo.

Ayikenzeki loo nto.

Iiyure ngaphambi kokuba i-groundbreaking, u-Rep. Scott Peters uthathe umgangatho weNdlu yaBameli efuna ukuba inkxaso-mali ifakwe kuyo nayiphi na inkcitho ezayo.

“Kuya kufuneka sibe neentloni kuba iMexico isebenza ngokungxamisekileyo kunathi,” utshilo. Okukhona silibazisa ukujongana nongcoliseko olunqumla imida, kokukhona kubiza kakhulu kwaye kunzima ukululungisa kwixa elizayo.

Icandelo lase-US le-International Boundary and Water Commission, elisebenza kwiplanti yaseSouth Bay, licela izindululo zoyilo nolwakhiwo lweprojekthi yokuhlaziya kunye nokwandisa. NgoLwesibini, amagosa anike ingxelo yokuba ngaphezu kwe-30 yeekontraka eziphuma kwiinkampani ezimalunga ne-19 zityelele indawo kwaye zibonise umdla wokubhida. Ulwakhiwo lucwangciselwe ukuqalisa kwisithuba sonyaka omnye wokunikezelwa kwekhontrakthi.

Kwangaxeshanye, i-IBWC iye yavavanya uxinzelelo kumbhobho omtsha ofakwe endaweni yalowo wagqabhuka eTijuana ngo-2022, nto leyo eyakhokelela ekuchithekeni kwelindle kumda kuMlambo iTijuana ukuya elwandle. Abasebenzi kutshanje bafumene ukuvuza okutsha kumbhobho omtsha kwaye bayalungisa, ngokutsho kwe-IBWC.

Nangona uphuculo lweziseko zophuhliso lwenziwa ngeminyaka yoo-1990 kwaye iinzame ezintsha kumacala omabini omda ziyaqhubeka, iindawo zamanzi amdaka zaseTijuana azikhange zihambelane nokukhula kwabemi. Uluntu oluhluphekayo lukwahlala lungaqhagamshelwanga kwinkqubo yogutyulo lwedolophu.