Ngaba ukhe uzibuze malunga nomgangatho wamanzi xa uhamba kwaye uvule ishawari kwigumbi lakho lehotele? Okanye xa uqhuba ibhrashi yakho yamazinyo phantsi kwe-spigot yamanzi? Okanye xa uhlamba nje izandla zakho?
Amanzi kumanxweme aseYurophu, emilanjeni nasemachibini ebekumgangatho ophezulu ngokubanzi ngo-2013, kunye ne-95 % yezi ndawo ihlangabezana neemfuno ezisezantsi. Iindawo eziselunxwemeni ziqhube ngcono kancinane kunamanzi okuhlambela angaphakathi elizweni, iinkcukacha zibonisa.
Zonke iindawo zokuhlambela eCyprus naseLuxembourg zabonwa "zigqwesile." La mazwe alandelwa yiMalta (99 % ibonwa njengegqwesileyo), iCroatia (95%) kunye neGrisi (93%). Kwesinye isiphelo sesikali, i-European Union Member States kunye nowona mlinganiselo uphakamileyo weendawo ezinesimo 'esibi' zaziyi-Estonia (6 %), iNetherlands (5 %), iBelgium (4 %), iFransi (3%), ISpain (3 %) kunye ne-Ireland (3 %).
Ingxelo yonyaka yomgangatho wamanzi okuhlamba evela kwi-Arhente ye-Environment yaseYurophu (EEA) ilandelela umgangatho wamanzi kwiindawo zokuhlamba ze-22,000 kwi-EU, eSwitzerland kwaye, ngokokuqala ngqa, eAlbania. Ecaleni kwengxelo, iEEA ipapashe imephu esebenzisanayo ebonisa indlela indawo yokuhlamba nganye eyenziwa ngayo kwi-2013.
Umkomishinala wezendalo uJanez Potočnik wathi: “Kuhle ukuba umgangatho wamanzi okuhlamba aseYurophu uqhubeke ukumgangatho ophezulu. Kodwa asinakukwazi ukungakhathali bubuncwane obuxabiseke njengamanzi. Kufuneka siqhubeke siqinisekisa ukuba amanzi ethu okuhlamba nawokusela kwakunye neendawo ezihlala emanzini zikhuselwe ngokupheleleyo.”
U-Hans Bruyninckx, uMlawuli weSigqeba se-EEA, uthe: “Amanzi okuhlamba aseYurophu aphucukile kule minyaka ingamashumi amabini idlulileyo – asisakhuphi imiyinge yogutyulo oluphezulu ngolo hlobo ngqo kwimithombo yamanzi. Umceli mngeni wanamhlanje uvela kwimithwalo yongcoliseko yexesha elifutshane ngexesha lemvula enkulu kunye nezikhukhula. Oku kunokuphuphuma kwiinkqubo zogutyulo lwelindle kwaye kuhlambe iintsholongwane zelindle ukusuka kumafama ukuya emilanjeni naselwandle.”
Abasemagunyeni basekuhlaleni babeka iliso kwiisampulu kwiilwandle zengingqi, beqokelela iisampulu entwasahlobo kunye nakulo lonke ixesha lokuhlamba. Amanzi okuhlamba anokulinganiswa 'agqwesileyo', 'alungile', 'anele' okanye 'ambi'. Iireyithingi zisekwe kumanqanaba eentlobo ezimbini zebhaktiriya ezibonisa ungcoliseko olusuka kugutyulo okanye kwimfuyo. Ezi bhaktiriya zinokubangela ukugula (ukuhlanza kunye nohudo) ukuba ziginyiwe.
Amazinga okuhlamba amanzi awathatheli ngqalelo inkunkuma, ungcoliseko kunye neminye imiba eyonakalisa indalo esingqongileyo. Ngelixa uninzi lweendawo zokuhlambela zicoceke ngokwaneleyo ukukhusela impilo yabantu, uninzi lwenkqubo yokuphilisana kwendalo kwimithombo yamanzi yaseYurophu ikwimeko exhalabisayo. Oku kuyabonakala kwiilwandle zaseYurophu – uhlolo lwakutsha nje lufumanise ukuba i-ecosystem yaseYurophu isongelwa kukutshintsha kwemozulu, ungcoliseko, ukuloba ngokugqithisileyo kunye neasidi. Uninzi lwezi ngcinezelo zimiselwe ukwanda.
Amanzi okuhlamba: iziphumo eziphambili:
– Ngelixa ama-95 % eendawo zokuhlambela aye ahlangabezana nezona mfuno zisezantsi, i-83 % ihlangabezane nelona nqanaba lingqongqo 'eligqwesileyo'. Isi-2% kuphela esithe sabonwa njengabahluphekayo.
– Umyinge weendawo eziphumelele ezona mfuno zisezantsi ngo-2013 ubuphantse ufane nowama-2012. Nangona kunjalo, umlinganiselo weendawo 'ezigqwesileyo' unyuke ukusuka kuma-79 % ngo-2012 ukuya kuma-83 % ngo-2013.
– Kwiilwandle ezigudle unxweme, umgangatho wamanzi ubungcono kancinane, nge-85 % yeziza ezichazwe njengezigqwesileyo. Lonke unxweme oluselunxwemeni lwaseSlovenia naseSipro lwachazwa njengolubalaseleyo.
– Embindini welizwe, umgangatho wamanzi okuhlamba ubonakala ungaphantsi kancinci kunomndilili. I-Luxembourg yaba lelona lizwe lifumene 'ezigqwesileyo' kuzo zonke iindawo zayo zokuhlambela zangaphakathi, kunye ne-Denmark ekufutshane ne-94 % efunyenwe ngokugqwesileyo. IJamani ifumene olu qondo luphezulu kuma-92 % phantse ama-2 000 eendawo zokuhlambela ngaphakathi elizweni.
Iinkcukacha ezithe xaxe:
Indawo yamanzi yokuhlambela ye-Arhente yaseYurophu
