Amaqiniso, Amanani namacebiso Ngamanzi E-Bottled
Amanzi okuphuza i-Reno aphakathi kwamanzi aphuze kakhulu okuphuza kuleli zwe. Ukuphuza amanzi ka-Reno emathonjeni esikhundleni samanzi amabhodlela kuyindlela elula yokulondoloza imali, ukulondoloza amandla, nokusiza ukugcina udoti okuningi ekukhunjweni. Kubuye kube nokuqonda okuvamile ukuthi ungakhokheli idoli ngalokho ongayithola engaphansi kwephenny. Kulungile; Amanzi okuphuza anikezwe yi-Truckee Meadows Authority Authority (TMWA) ayithengisa ngaphasi kwepenny njengoba igeleza ekhaya lakho.
Faka enye indlela, i-TMWA inenkokhelo ka-$ 1.58 ngenyanga ngenyanga yokuqala yamamitha angu-6000 wamanzi okuphuza ehanjiswe ebhokisini lakho. Ngizokuthenga futhi ngisindise imali yami ezintweni ezibizayo, njengokudla negesi.
I-Truckee Meadows I-Quality Drink Yamanzi
Iningi lakwaReno kanye ne-Sparks ukuphuza amanzi liqala njengeqhwa eSierra Nevada futhi lifika kithi nge-Truckee River. Uhlelo lwezamanzi lwe-TMWA lubandakanya uchungechunge lwamachibi namachibi, okuyinto enkulu kunazo zonke iLake Tahoe. Umphumela wokuphela kithi ungenye yamanzi okuphuza aphezulu kakhulu futhi aphezulu kakhulu eMelika; akukho emabhodlela amanzi adingekayo. Iya ekhasini lewebhu le-Quality Quality Water TMWA ukuze uthole ulwazi oluthe xaxa.
Ekupheleni kuka-2009, isambatho esibizwa ngokuthi i-Environmental Working Group (EWG) yakhipha umbiko wokubeka amadolobha angu-100 ngokwempilo nokuphepha kwamanzi abo. U-Reno (noLas Vegas) balinganisela kahle umbiko we-EWG, okwenza impendulo ngokushesha esuka ku-TMWA naseNevada.
Funda kabanzi ngalolu daba bese uthole imininingwane eyengeziwe yemininingwana yamanzi kusihloko sami I-Lowdown emanzini okuphuza e-Reno .
Amaqiniso Namanani Amanzi Okuphuza Amanzi Okuphuza
Izinombolo zamanzi okuphuza ezinamanzi zikhulu futhi ukubona abanye babo ndawonye kusiza ukubeka izinto ngendlela efanele. Ngisho noma kungase kungabi nalutho olubi ngamanzi amabhodlela ngalunye, kuyindlela enamandla kakhulu yokuqeda ukoma kwakho.
- Imithethonqubo ye-Federal idinga kuphela amanzi okuphuza amabhodlela ukuba abe kuhle njengamanzi kampompi.
- Uma amanzi okuphuza amabhodlela athengiswa kuphela lapho akhiqizwa khona (ayidluli imigqa yombuso), ngisho nemigomo engaphansi kwemithetho ayisebenzisi.
- Amaphesenti angama-40 wamanzi amabhodlela avela kumanzini amanzi kamasipala; okusho, amanzi okupompo.
- Sichitha ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingu-15 ngonyaka emanzini okuphuza amabhodlela.
- Kusetshenziswe imiphongolo eyizigidi eziyi-1.5 zamafutha ngonyaka ukuze kwenziwe amabhodlela amanzi angamapulasitiki angama-70 asetshenziswa nsuku zonke e-US Amanzi amaningi asetshenziselwa ukuthutha amanzi okuphuza amabhodlela amaphuzu okudayiswa.
- Amabhodlela epulasitiki angenalutho angu-22 ngonyaka alahlekelwa; Amaphesenti angu-20 kuphela alabo abathola kabusha.
Ngavakashela isitolo se-Reno sendawo ukuze ngibone ukukhetha kwamanzi okuphuza amabhodlela futhi ngathola izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene kakhulu zamanani namanani, okwenze kube nzima ukutshela lokho okuyikho ngempela okubiza izindlu, i-quart, ilitha, noma i-gallon. Ngithole amamitha angama-98 angama-dollar angu-1,50, i-0.79 isigamu ngamasenti angu-69, namalitha kusuka ku-$ 1.49 kuya ku-$ 2.19. Angizange ngizame ngisho nokubala izindleko zeyunithi ngamacala amabhodlela ahlukahlukene. Kodwa-ke, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uwuthululela kanjani, amanzi asemabhodleleni ayabiza kakhulu kunalokho esikutholile ngokuvula iphampu.
Izihlungi zamanzi eziphuza
Esikhundleni sokuthenga amanzi okuthinta amabhodlela ahlungiwe, yenze ngokwakho. Izinkampani eziningana zenza izinhlelo zokuhlanzwa ekhaya ngezimpawu ezivuthayo ezizosusa ukungcola okufana ne-chlorine esele isatholakala emanzini kamasipala. I-Aeration nokuyivumela ukuba ihlale isikhashana kuyophinde ichithe i-chlorine. Ngokusho kukaPaul Miller, umphathi we-Operations and Quality Quality e-Truckee Meadows Water Authority, okwandisa i-chlorine eseleyo yimfuneko yomphakathi yomphakathi egcina amabhaktheriya ehamba njengamanzi ageleza phakathi kwamapayipi phakathi kwesitshalo sokwelapha namaphakethe amakhasimende.
Iziphuzo Zamanzi Eziphuza Ukuphuza
Ukuze uphathe uzungeze amanzi akho okupompi ahlungiwe, thola ibhodlela elivuselelekayo. Lezi ziza ngobukhulu obuhlukahlukene, ububunjwa, imibala, nokuhlobisa. Ungakhetha futhi insimbi (insimbi engenalutho noma i-aluminium) noma ipulasitiki (bheka izitsha ze-BPA mahhala).
Ngenye yezitolo zethu zangaphandle zeReno, ngathola ukukhethwa kwamasayizi avela ku-10 oz. kuya ku-32 oz. Kukhona amabhodlela anezihlungi eziyinhloko ukuze ukwazi ukugcwalisa izindiza uma kufanele uhlasele ku-H20.
Imithombo: I-Truckee Meadows Authority Authority, i-USA Namuhla, i-Bottled Water Blues, i-Bloomberg Businessweek.