ʻO kahi hōʻike ma lalo o ka radar e ka US President Joe Biden's National Infrastructure Advisory Council ʻaʻole pono e ʻike ʻole ʻia, wahi a ka ʻīlio kiaʻi. Nānā Meaʻai & Wai ma ka Poaha, e like me ka mea i kanu ʻia i loko o ka palapala, he kāhea ia no ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana wai o US, kahi i kūʻē lōʻihi ai nā poʻe loio holomua a me nā hui kīwila.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao 15 o ka hōʻike 38 ʻaoʻao, ka ʻaha kūkā mai la Pono ke aupuni pekelala e "hoʻopau i nā pale i ka privatization, nā ʻae ʻana, a me nā ʻano hoʻohālike ʻē aʻe o ke kālā ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana wai kaiāulu me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o kēlā me kēia mokuʻāina i ka hana maikaʻi loa."
Manaʻo ʻo Food & Water Watch (FWW) e hele pū ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo me ka luna o ka papa o Adebayo Ogunlesi, ʻo ia ka luna a me ka Luna Nui o Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).
ʻO GIP "he panakō hoʻokele waiwai me kahi $ 100 biliona i manaʻo ʻia i nā waiwai ma lalo o ka hoʻokele e kuhikuhi ana i ka ikehu, ka lawe ʻana, nā kikohoʻe, a me nā ʻōnaehana wai," wahi a FWW, e hana ana i ka lawe ʻana i ka wai aupuni a me nā pono wai ʻino e kahi hui pilikino - pinepine ma lalo o ke ʻano. no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana kahiko a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i nā kumukūʻai-pono kālā no ka panakō.
ʻO Mary Grant, ka luna hoʻomalu hoʻolaha wai no nā mea a pau ma FWW, kapaia ka manaʻo "he manaʻo weliweli."
"ʻAʻole pono ʻo Pelekikena Biden i koho i kahi mea hoʻopukapuka kālā e noho i kahi ʻaha kūkā no ka ʻoihana o ka lāhui," wahi a Grant. "Makemake ʻo Wall Street e hoʻomalu i nā ʻōnaehana wai ākea o ka ʻāina e ʻoki i nā waiwai mai nā kaiāulu e hakakā nei me nā bila wai hiki ʻole a me ka wai ʻawaʻawa."
Ua loaʻa iā FWW hōʻuluʻuluʻia no nā makahiki, me ka ʻike ʻana ua haʻalele pinepine lākou i nā kaiāulu "me nā bila wai kiʻekiʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe ʻana, ka nele o ka hana, a me ka mana liʻiliʻi e hoʻoponopono i kēia mau pilikia."
ʻO kahi hōʻike 2018 e ka hui i kapa ʻiaKa pilikia wai huna o ʻAmelikaUa ʻike ʻo ia mai loko o 11 mau pono wai pilikino ma waena o ʻAmelika, ua hōʻole nā mea āpau a hoʻokahi wale nō i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻikepili e pili ana i ka pani ʻana no ka uku ʻole. ʻO ka pōkole 2011 o ka hui Wai = OlaUa hōʻike ʻia ʻo nā ʻohana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa e hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumu kūʻai wai e ka poʻe nona ka waiwai, no ka mea, ua hoʻohuli ʻia ka privatization i kahi waiwai i ʻike ʻia e United Nations ma ke ʻano he "pono kanaka koʻikoʻi" i mea waiwai.
"E hoʻonui ka pilikino i nā pilikia wai o ka lāhui, e alakaʻi ana i nā bila wai kiʻekiʻe a me nā lawelawe kūpono a me ka ʻike maopopo," wahi a Grant. “ʻOi aku ka uku o nā ʻōnaehana wai he 59% ma mua o nā ʻōnaehana aupuni kūloko, a ʻo ka kuleana pilikino ka mea nui hoʻokahi pili me nā bila wai kiʻekiʻe-ʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka ʻoihana kahiko a i ʻole ka maloʻo.
Ua ʻike ʻo Grant i ka Kānāwai Kūkākūkā ʻelua i hala i ka makahiki 2021 he "pae i mua" ʻoiai ua hoʻolilo ʻo ia i $ 55 biliona e hoʻonui i ka ʻōnaehana wai, akā ua kuhikuhi ʻia "ua hāʻawi ʻia ma kahi o 7% wale nō o nā pono i ʻike ʻia o kā mākou ʻōnaehana wai."
"Ma mua o ka hilinaʻi ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo o Wall Street, pono ʻo Pelekikena Biden e kākoʻo i nā kulekele e kōkua maoli i nā kaiāulu ma ke noi ʻana i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e hoʻoholo i ka Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability (WATER) Act (H.R. 1729, S. 938)," wahi āna. .
hoʻolauna i 2021 e Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) a me Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.) ma ka Hale U.S. a me Sen. ʻO Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) ma ka Senate, e hoonui ke Kanawai WATER i ke dala i na kaiaulu liilii, kuaaina, a me na Oiwi; hana i kahi waihona mālama wai; nā papahana e hoʻopau i nā mea per- a me polyfluoroalkyl, a i ʻole PFAS, haumia; a koi aku i ka Environment Protection Agency e kālailai i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai, nā pani ʻana, a me ka uhaki ʻana i nā pono kīwila e nā pono wai, ma waena o nā hana ʻē aʻe e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka loaʻa wai o ka lehulehu.
"ʻO ke kānāwai WATER," wahi a Grant, "e hoʻihoʻi piha i ka hoʻokō federal i ka wai palekana ma o ka hoʻolako ʻana i kahi kumu paʻa o ke kālā federal ma ke kiʻekiʻe e pono ai kā mākou wai a me nā ʻōnaehana wai ʻino e hōʻoia i ka wai lehulehu palekana, maʻemaʻe, a me nā mea kūʻai aku no nā mea āpau. ”
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