Amaqiniso, Amanani kunye neengcebiso malunga namanzi aseBottled
I-Reno iphepheni yamanzi iphakathi kwamanzi aphezulu okuphuza aphezulu kweli lizwe. Ukusela amanzi e-Reno endaweni yamanzi ebhotile kuyindlela elula yokugcina imali, ukugcina amandla, kwaye uncede ukugcina udoti oluninzi kwi-landfill. Kwakhona kuyacaca ukuba ingqiqo yokungahlawulisi i dollar kwizinto ongayifumana ngaphantsi kwe penny. Ilungile lo nto; Amanzi okusela anikezelwa yiGqeba leMigodi yamanzi i-Truckee (TMWA) libiza ngaphantsi kwe penny nge gallon njengoko igeleza ekhaya lakho.
Faka enye indlela, i-TMWA inxela i-$ 1.58 ngenyanga ngenyanga yokuqala yee-6000 zamabhodlela amanzi okusela anikezelwe kwifaucet yakho. Ndiya kuthenga kwaye ndisindise imali yam izinto ezibiza, njengokutya kunye negesi.
I-Truckee Meadows Imilinganiselo yamanzi okusela
Uninzi lweReno kunye ne-Sparks amanzi atywalayo aqala njengeqhwa kwiSierrav Nevada aze asifike ngeTrikee River. Inkqubo yamanzi ye-TMWA ibandakanya uchungechunge lwamachibi kunye neenqanawa, enkulu kunazo zonke iLake Tahoe. Isiphumo sokuphela kuthi sinye yamanzi acocekileyo kunye aphezulu aphezulu okuphuza eMelika; akukho mabhodlela amanzi adingekayo. Yiya kwiphepha lewebhu leWebhu yeWorld Quality for information information.
Ekupheleni kuka-2009, isambatho esibizwa ngokuba yi-Group Working Group (i-EWG) yakhulula ingxelo malunga nezixeko ezili-100 ngokwempilo kunye nokukhuselwa kwamanzi. UReno (kunye neLas Vegas) bachaza ngokungahambi kakuhle ingxelo ye-EWG, okwenza impendulo ngokukhawuleza evela kwi-TMWA ne-Nevada.
Funda kabanzi malunga nale mbandela uze ufumane iinkcukacha ezongezelelekileyo zobunjani kwinqaku lam I-Lowdown kwi-Water Drinking Reno .
Iimpawu zamanzi kunye nokulinganisa kwamanzi
Amanani amanzi okusela amaninzi kunye nokubona abanye babo kunye banceda ukubeka izinto ngendlela ebonakalayo. Nangona kungabikho nto ephosakeleyo ngamanzi ebhotile nge-se, kuyindlela enamandla kakhulu yokucima ukoma lwakho.
- Imimiselo ye-Federal ifuna kuphela amanzi okusela okubhodlo ukuba afaneleke njengamanzi ompompo.
- Ukuba amanzi atywalayo athengiswayo kuphela xa kuveliswa khona (aweleli imigca yelizwe), nokuba imimiselo engaphantsi kwemithetho ayisebenzisi.
- Ukufikelela kuma-40 ekhulwini ngamanzi amabhodlela avela kwiinkqubo zamanzi kamasipala; oko kukuthi, thinta amanzi.
- Sichitha i-$ 15 yezigidigidi ngonyaka kwi-bottled water drinking.
- Iimitha ezili-1.5 zezigidi ze-oyile ngonyaka zisebenzisela ukwenza iibhotile zamanzi zeplastiki ezingama-70 ezisetyenziselwa imihla ngemihla e-US.
- Iibhotile zeplastiki ezingama-22 ezingenanto zonyaka zilahliwe; kuphela iipesenti ezingama-20 zalabo bafumana kwakhona.
Ndandwendwela i-Reno ivenkile yokutya ukuze ndibone ukukhetha kwamanzi okusela okubhotile kwaye ndifumene iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zobukhulu kunye namaxabiso, okwenze kube nzima ukuxelela oko kuthethwa ngeyona mali, i-quart, ilitha okanye i-gallon. Ndifumene iigoloni ezinama-98 ukuya kwi-1.50, i-0.79 kwikota ezingama-69, kunye neekitha ukusuka kwi-$ 1.49 ukuya kwi-2.19. Andizange ndizame ukubala iindleko zeeyunithi kwiimeko zeebhotile ezahlukeneyo. Nangona kunjalo, kungakhathaliseki ukuba uyithululela njani, amanzi ebhodlela aphezulu kakhulu kunezinto esele sinazo ngokuguqula ipaucet.
Iifayile zokuNwa kwamanzi
Esikhundleni sokuthenga amanzi okubhapathiza kwiibhotile ezifakiwe, yenza oko. Iinkampani eziliqela zenza iinkqubo zokucoca ekhaya kunye ne-charcoal esebenzayo eya kususa ukungcola okufana ne-chlorine esele ifunyenwe kumanzi kamasipala. U-Aeration kwaye uvumeleke ukuba uhlale ixesha elide uya kutshabalalisa i-chlorine. Ngokutsho kukaPaul Miller, umphathi weeNkonzo kunye noMgangatho weManzi kwi-Truckee Meadows Authority Authority, ukongeza i-chlorine ye-residual imfuno yonyango kawonkewonke egcina amagciwane ehamba njengamanzi ahamba phakathi kwemibhobho phakathi kwezityalo zonyango kunye neebhentshi zabathengi.
Izixhobo zamanzi zokuNwa
Ukuqhubela ujikeleze amanzi akho okupompoza, fumana ibhotile evuselelekayo. Ezi ziza ngobukhulu obuhlukahlukeneyo, imilo, imibala, kunye nokuzihombisa. Ungakhetha kwakhona isinyithi (i-stainless steel or aluminium) okanye iplastiki (khangela i-BPA izitya ezingenanto).
Kwelinye lwezitolo zethu zangaphandle zeReno, ndafumana ukukhethwa kobunzima obuvela kwi-10 oz. 32 oz. Kukho iibhotile kunye nezihlungi eziqhelekileyo ukuze uhlaziye kwi-fly ifanele uhlasele kwi-H20.
Imithombo: I-Truckee Meadows Authority Yamanzi, i-USA Namhlanje, i-Bottled Water Blues, iBloomberg Businessweek.