Wake wazibuza ngekhwalithi yamanzi uma uhamba futhi uvule ishawa egumbini lakho lehhotela? Noma uma usebenzisa isixubho sakho ngaphansi kwe-spigot yamanzi? Noma uma ugeza nje izandla?
Amanzi asemabhishi aseYurophu, emifuleni nasemachibini ngokuvamile ayesezingeni eliphezulu ngo-2013, kanti u-95 % walezi zindawo uhlangabezana nezidingo ezincane. Iziza ezisogwini zenze ngcono kancane kunamanzi okugeza aphakathi nezwe, idatha iyabonisa.
Zonke izindawo zokugeza eCyprus naseLuxembourg zithathwe “zinhle kakhulu.” Lawa mazwe alandelwa yiMalta (99 % ethathwa njengenhle kakhulu), iCroatia (95%) kanye neGreece (93%). Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwesikali, Amazwe Angamalungu e-European Union anenani eliphakeme kakhulu lezindawo ezinesimo 'esimpofu' kwakuyi-Estonia (6 %), iNetherlands (5 %), iBelgium (4 %), iFrance (3%), ISpain (3%) kanye ne-Ireland (3%).
Umbiko waminyaka yonke wekhwalithi yamanzi okugeza ovela ku-European Environmental Agency (EEA) ulandelela ikhwalithi yamanzi ezindaweni zokugeza ezingu-22,000 kulo lonke elase-EU, eSwitzerland futhi, ngokokuqala ngqa, e-Albania. Eceleni kombiko, i-EEA ishicilele imephu esebenzisanayo ekhombisa ukuthi indawo yokugeza ngayinye yasebenza kanjani ngo-2013.
UKhomishana wezeMvelo uJanez Potočnik uthe: “Kuhle ukuthi izinga lamanzi okugeza aseYurophu liyaqhubeka nokuba sezingeni eliphezulu. Kodwa asinakuvuma ukunethezeka ngomthombo oyigugu njengamanzi. Kumele siqhubeke nokuqinisekisa ukuthi amanzi ethu okugeza nawokuphuza kanjalo nemvelo yethu yasemanzini ivikelekile ngokuphelele.”
U-Hans Bruyninckx, uMqondisi oMkhulu we-EEA, uthe: “Amanzi okugeza aseYurophu abe ngcono kule minyaka engamashumi amabili edlule – asisakhiphi indle eningi kangaka ngqo emanzini. Inselele yanamuhla iqhamuka emithwalweni yokungcola yesikhashana ngesikhathi semvula enamandla nezikhukhula. Lokhu kungachichima amasistimu okukhuculula indle futhi kugeze amagciwane endle asuke emapulazini awayise emifuleni nasezilwandle.”
Iziphathimandla zendawo ziqapha amasampula emabhishi endawo, ziqoqa amasampula entwasahlobo kanye naso sonke isikhathi sokugeza. Amanzi okugeza angalinganiswa ngokuthi 'mahle kakhulu', 'mahle', 'anele' noma 'ampofu'. Izilinganiso zisekelwe emazingeni ezinhlobo ezimbili zamabhaktheriya abonisa ukungcoliswa kwendle noma imfuyo. La magciwane angabangela ukugula (ukuhlanza kanye nesifo sohudo) uma egwinywe.
Izilinganiso zamanzi okugeza azibheki udoti, ukungcola nezinye izici ezilimaza imvelo. Nakuba izindawo zokugeza eziningi zihlanzeke ngokwanele ukuze zivikele impilo yomuntu, imvelo eminingi emanzini ase-Europe isesimweni esikhathazayo. Lokhu kubonakala ezilwandle zaseYurophu – ukuhlola kwakamuva kutholwe ukuthi imvelo yasolwandle yaseYurophu isengozini ngenxa yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ukungcoliswa komhlaba, ukudoba ngokweqile kanye ne-asidi. Eziningi zalezi zingcindezi kulindeleke ukuthi zande.
Amanzi okugeza: okutholakele okubalulekile:
– Nakuba amaphesenti angu-95 ezindawo zokugeza ahlangabezana nezidingo ezincane, ama-83 % ahlangabezana nezinga 'elihle kakhulu' eliqinile. Ama-2% kuphela athathwa njengabampofu.
– Ingxenye yezindawo eziphase izidingo eziyisisekelo ngo-2013 icishe ifane neyango-2012. Nokho, ingxenye yezindawo 'ezinhle kakhulu' inyuke isuka ku-79 % ngo-2012 yaya kuma-83 % ngo-2013.
- Emabhishi asogwini, izinga lamanzi belingcono kancane, kanti ama-85 % ezindawo athathwa njengezinhle kakhulu. Wonke amabhishi asogwini eSlovenia naseCyprus ahlukaniswa njengamahle kakhulu.
– Phakathi nezwe, ikhwalithi yamanzi okugeza ibonakala ingaphansi kancane kunesilinganiso. I-Luxembourg kwaba ukuphela kwezwe elithole 'ezinhle kakhulu' kuzo zonke izindawo zayo zokugezela ezimaphakathi nezwe, iDenmark isele ngemuva ngo-94 % olinganiswe kahle kakhulu. I-Germany ithole lesi silinganiso esiphezulu kuma-92% ezindawo zokugezela ezimaphakathi nezwe ezicishe zibe ngu-2 000.
Ukwaziswa okwengeziwe:
Indawo yokugeza yamanzi yase-European Environmental Agency
