Umzi-mveliso omtsha, omtsha ngoku sele ukufutshane ekugqityweni ePraslin. Le projekthi yingqondo kaBenjamin Port Louis ekunyaka wakhe wokugqibela kwiYunivesithi yaseJames Cook eTownsville eOstreliya. Ngenkxaso kayise, uBernard Port Louis, wakha ishishini elitsha lokuvuna i-Seaweed kwiSiqithi sase-Eve, ePraslin, eSeychelles.
Baza kuqokelela i-seaweed ehlanjiweyo ukusuka kumanxweme ajikeleze iziqithi zangaphakathi, kwaye bayenze ukuze bakhuphe i-organic matter kwi-liquid form. Olu lwelo lwezityalo zolwandle luza kuthengiselwa amafama ezolimo njengesichumiso, kwaye kukholelwa ukuba luya kwandisa isivuno sezityalo nge-25%. Lo mzi-mveliso kulindeleke ukuba uvelise ukuya kutsho kwiilitha ezingama-8000 zolwelo lwezityalo zolwandle ngosuku, nto leyo eza kuyenza ibe yenye yezona zinto zivelisa ulwelo lwezityalo zolwandle emhlabeni.
Abakhuthazi bathi akusayi kubakho nkcitho. Ngelixa ulwelo lukhutshwa, okushiyekileyo okuqinileyo kuya kuculwa kube ngumgubo ukuvelisa isilungisi somhlaba. Lo mzamo uthembisayo uvunywe yi-CSIRO, iziko eliphambili lophando e-Australia.
Sithethe nomnini womzi-mveliso, uMnumzana Bernard Port Louis othe, “Ndiyazingca ukuthi iSeychelles Seychelles Pty Ltd iyi-100 % yeSeychellois. Nditsho nonokontraka wethu, uMnu. Barry Souffe wakhethwa ukuba akhe umzi-mveliso”. Umnumzana Port Louis uqhube wathi, “Sikholelwa kuphuhliso oluzinzileyo lweziqithi zethu kwaye sigqibe ekubeni siphuhlise umzi-mveliso ngokufanelekileyo. Sifakele inkqubo yamanzi ashushu elanga anokuvelisa iilitha ezingama-4000 zamanzi ashushu ngosuku kwaye sikwafakele ne-12 kilowatts photovoltaic Solar system ukuvelisa umbane wokuqhuba lo mzi-mveliso.”
Oku kusekwa ngumzamo ekudala ulindelwe kuShishino loKhenketho ePraslin. Ukufumba kokhula lwaselwandle kwezinye iilwandle kube ngumba onzima, ubeka umcelimngeni omkhulu kubanikazi beehotele abebezama ukuthengisa iSeychelles njengeneelwandle ezinesanti emhlophe, kunye namanzi acwengileyo. Esi sixhobo sokuthengisa siye sadanisa iindwendwe ezininzi ezifumana iilwandle ezinukayo, ezizaliswe lukhula lwaselwandle kuzo zonke iinyanga zemonsoon zaseMazantsi-mpuma eSeychelles. Ngoko ke, uninzi lwabaphathi beehotele ePraslin baye bawuchaza umzi-mveliso wokhula lwaselwandle njengentsikelelo efihlakeleyo, yaye bathembise ukuwuxhasa ngokupheleleyo lo mzamo. UMnu Alain Ah-Thion utyunjwe njengomntu oza kulungelelanisa ukuqokelelwa kwezilwanyana zaselwandle kwiilwandle zasePraslin.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The factory is expected to produce up to 8000 litres of seaweed liquid per day, which will make it one of the largest producers of seaweed liquid in the world.
- We installed a solar hot water system that can produce 4000 litres of hot water per day and we have also installed a 12 kilowatts photovoltaic Solar system to produce the electricity for the running of the factory.
- The accumulation of seaweed on some of the beaches has become a serious issue, posing a great challenge for hoteliers who have been trying to market Seychelles as having white sandy beaches, and crystal clear waters.
