"Sidinga uMashi Oyisimangaliso," kusho umlimi we-alimondi waseKern County uDon Davis, ezwakalisa ukukhathazeka kwabalimi abaningi njengoba iCalifornia ingena ijula esomiso. I-US Drought Monitor ithe ngesonto eledlule ama-85% ombuso abhekene nesomiso esisesilinganisweni kuya kwezingajwayelekile futhi, ngalo lolo suku, i-US Bureau of Reclamation yamemezela izabelo eziphansi zokuqala zamakhasimende eCentral Valley Project.
Lesi sikhungo sithe sebelabele osonkontileka baso bezokulima ngo-5% enyakatho naseningizimu yomfula. U-Davis uthenga amanzi ngenkontileka ye-Class 1 ne-CVP Friant Division futhi uzothola ukunikezwa kuka-20%.
“Leso sabelo sisho ukuthi bazonginika cishe u-20% wezinto engizisebenzisayo, ngakho omunye u-80% kuzomele uphume emithonjeni,” usho kanje.
Esifundeni saseWestlands Water, esithole indawo engu-5%, iMenenja Jikelele u-Tom Birmingham esitatimendeni uthe lesi simemezelo asimangazi, uma kubhekwa izimo zamanje ze-hydrologic nemithethonqubo evimbela ukusebenza kwe-CVP. "Kuyadabukisa nokho kubalimi kanye nemiphakathi esifundeni sonke esithembele emanzini avela ku-CVP kanye nemisebenzi edalwe ukulima okuniselwa ngenkasa," kusho uBirmingham.
Balance
URyan Ferguson, olima ingxube yezitshalo endaweni yaseHuron esifundeni saseWestlands, uthe isabelo sika-5% "sizokwenza kube nzima ukuphatha isabelomali samanzi kulo nyaka." Uthe ngeke atshale indawo lapho eswele khona inkontileka yezitshalo ezifana ne-pima cotton.
Izithiyo ezengeziwe kanye nezindleko ezihambisana nokulinganisa ukuhlinzekwa kwamanzi angaphansi komhlaba ngaphansi koMthetho Wokuphathwa Kwamanzi Angaphansi Kwamanzi Aqhubekayo, noma i-SGMA, kungase kunciphise ukutshalwa kwezitshalo zaminyaka yonke, kusho uFerguson.
"I-Hydrology, okuhlanganisa imvula kanye ne-snowpack, iphansi, izimo zamachibi zimbi, ukusebenza endaweni engaphansi kwe-delta kusabambekile, ngakho-ke zonke izinto ezineshwa zikhona," kusho uMichael. “Sibe nohlelo esilwenzayo endaweni sokuthi siwise umhlaba bese sidlulisela amanzi emapulazini angomakhelwane angenawo amanzi.”
Njengoba kunikezwe ukunikezwa kwamanzi okufushane kanye nokuqaliswa kwe-SGMA, uthe abalimi nezifunda "bazama ukusebenzisa amathuluzi ahlukene futhi bahlole zonke izinketho," njengokufuna ukwakha i-Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir, amaphrojekthi okuvuselela amanzi angaphansi komhlaba nokunye.