Umbiko ongaphansi kwe-radar kaMongameli wase-US uJoe Biden's National Infrastructure Advisory Council akufanele ushaywe indiva, kusho umlindi kazwelonke. Ukudla namanzi Buka NgoLwesine, njengoba kungcwatshwe kulo mbhalo kuyikhwelo lokusungulwa kwezinhlelo zamanzi zase-US, okuyinto abenzi bomthetho abathuthukayo kanye nezinhlangano zomphakathi kudala bephikisana nazo.
Ekhasini le-15 lombiko onamakhasi angama-38, umkhandlu olulekayo wathi uhulumeni wobumbano kufanele โasuse izithiyo zokwenziwa kwangasese, izivumelwano, nezinye izinhlobo ezingezona ezendabuko zokuxhasa ngezimali izinhlelo zamanzi zomphakathi ngokuhambisana nokuthuthukiswa kombuso ngamunye kwendlela engcono kakhulu.โ
I-Food & Water Watch (FWW) iphakamise ukuthi isincomo sihambisane nosihlalo wephaneli ka-Adebayo Ogunlesi, ongusihlalo kanye ne-CEO ye-Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).
I-GIP "iyibhange lokutshala izimali kwingqalasizinda enempahla elinganiselwa ku-$100 billion engaphansi kokuphathwa eqondise ingqalasizinda yezamandla, ezokuthutha, yedijithali, neyamanzi," kusho i-FWW, ithatha amanzi omphakathi kanye nezinsiza zamanzi angcolile yinhlangano ezimele-imvamisa ngaphansi kokucasha. wokuthuthukisa izinhlelo zokuguga nokwehlisa izindlekoโokuzuzisa ibhange ngokwezimali.
UMary Grant, umqondisi womkhankaso Wamanzi Omphakathi Wabo Bonke kwa-FWW, esibizwa isincomo "umbono omubi."
โUMengameli uBiden bekungafanele aqoke umuntu obeka imali ebhange ukuthi abe ngusihlalo womkhandlu oweluleka ngengqalasizinda yezwe,โ kusho uGrant. "I-Wall Street ifuna ukulawula izinhlelo zamanzi zomphakathi ukuze iqede inzuzo emiphakathini esivele idonsa kanzima ngezikweletu zamanzi ezingathengeki namanzi anobuthi."
I-FWW ine ihlaziywe izinhlelo zokuhwebelana ngamanzi iminyaka eminingi, bethola ukuthi ngokuvamile zishiya imiphakathi โinezikweletu eziphakeme zamanzi, isevisi embi kakhulu, ukulahlekelwa yimisebenzi, kanye nokulawulwa okuncane kokulungisa lezi zinkinga.โ
Umbiko ka-2018 weqembu onesihloko esithiInkinga Yamanzi YaseMelika Eyimfihloithole ukuthi kuzinsiza zamanzi ezizimele eziyi-11 kulo lonke elase-US, zonke ngaphandle kweyodwa zenqabile ukunikeza idatha mayelana nokuvalwa kokungakhokhi. Umfushane weqembu wango-2011 Amanzi = Ukuphilakubonise ukuthi amakhaya anemali engenayo ephansi athintwa ngokungafanele ngenxa yokwenyuswa kwentengo yamanzi ngabanikazi abazimele, njengoba ukwenziwa kwangasese kuguqula insiza eqashelwa yiZizwe Ezihlangene โnjengelungelo lomuntu elibalulekileโ libe yimpahla.
โUkwenziwa kwezinto ezizimele kuzojulisa izinkinga zamanzi esizweni, okuholela ekwenyukeni kwezikweletu zamanzi kanye nezinsizakalo ezingaphenduleki nezingafihli lutho,โ kusho uGrant. โIzinhlelo zamanzi eziphethwe abantu abazimele zibiza ngo-59% ngaphezu kwezinhlelo zohulumeni basekhaya, kanti ubunikazi bomuntu siqu yibo isici esisodwa esikhulu kunazo zonke okuhlobene nezikweletu eziphakeme zamanziโngaphezu kwengqalasizinda endala noma isomiso.โ
Grant waphawula ukuthi Umthetho Wengqalasizinda Yezinhlangothi ezimbili eyaphasiswa ngo-2021 โyayiyisinyathelo esibheke phambiliโ njengoba itshale amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-55 ukuze yandise ingqalasizinda yamanzi, kodwa yaveza ukuthi โinikeze cishe u-7% kuphela wezidingo ezihlonziwe zezinhlelo zethu zamanzi.โ
โEsikhundleni sokuthembela kubeluleki baseWall Street, uMongameli Biden kufanele asekele izinqubomgomo ezizosiza ngempela imiphakathi ngokucela iCongress ukuthi iphasise uMthetho Wokutholakala Kwamanzi, Ukungafihli, Ukulingana, Nokuthembeka (WATER) (HR 1729, S. 938),โ wengeza. .
Kwethulwe ngo-2021 ngabakwa-Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) kanye noBrenda Lawrence (D-Mich.) e-US House kanye noSen. UBernie Sanders (I-Vt.) kuSenethi, uMthetho WAMANZI uzonweba uxhaso emiphakathini emincane, yasemakhaya kanye neyoMdabu; dala isikhwama se-water trust; ukuxhasa ngezimali amaphrojekthi okuqeda izinto ze-per- kanye ne-polyfluoroalkyl, noma PFAS, ukungcola; futhi idinga I-Ejensi Yokuvikela Imvelo ukuthi ihlaziye ukufinyeleleka kwamanzi, ukuvalwa, kanye nokwephulwa kwamalungelo omphakathi yizinsiza zamanzi, phakathi kwezinye izinyathelo zokuthuthukisa ukutholakala kwamanzi komphakathi.
โUMthetho WAMANZI,โ kusho uGrant, โungabuyisela ngokugcwele ukuzibophezela kombuso emanzini aphephile ngokunikeza umthombo waphakade wezimali zikahulumeni ezingeni elidingwa yizinhlelo zethu zamanzi kanye namanzi angcolile ukuze kuqinisekiswe amanzi omphakathi aphephile, ahlanzekile, futhi athengekayo kubo bonke. โ
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