Ubufatanye mu gufasha gukemura ikibazo cy'amazi y'abaturage bo mu gace k'iwabo

Hari inama nyinshi z'amazi abira zitangwa hirya no hino mu gihugu ku bijyanye no kubika amazi. Ese uburyo bushya bw'itsinda ry'abashakashatsi bushobora gufasha gukemura iki kibazo?
Utwuma tw’amazi twa chlorine tworoshye gukora, kandi iyo twongeyeho microprocessor, bituma abantu bashobora gupima amazi yabo ubwabo kugira ngo barebe niba hari ibintu bya shimi—ikimenyetso cyiza kigaragaza niba amazi yaravuwe kandi ko ari meza kunyobwa.

Kunywa amazi ku bigega bya First Nations byari ikibazo kimaze imyaka ibarirwa muri za mirongo. Guverinoma y’igihugu yiyemeje gutanga miliyari 1.8 z’amadolari mu ngengo y’imari ya 2016 kugira ngo ihagarike igihe kirekire cyo gutanga amakuru ku mazi abira – ubu hari 70 muri yo hirya no hino mu gihugu.

Ariko ibibazo by'amazi yo kunywa biratandukanye bitewe n'ahantu hagenewe ubuhinzi. Urugero, ikiyaga cya Rubicon gihangayikishijwe n'ingaruka z'iterambere ry'umucanga wa peteroli uri hafi aho. Ikibazo cy'itsinda rya gatandatu si ugutunganya amazi, ahubwo ni ugutanga amazi. Ikigo gishinzwe ubuvuzi cyubatse uruganda rutunganya amazi rufite agaciro ka miliyoni 41 z'amadolari mu 2014 ariko nta mafaranga gifite yo gushyira imiyoboro y'amazi mu ruganda ku baturage bo muri ako gace. Ahubwo, cyemerera abantu kuvoma amazi muri urwo ruganda ku buntu.

Ubwo Martin-Hill n'ikipe ye batangiraga kuganira n'abaturage, bahuye n'ikibazo cy'amazi cyiyongeraga cyane. Abantu benshi bo mu turere twombi tw’amazi ntibigeze babona amazi meza yo kunywa; cyane cyane urubyiruko, bafite ubwoba ko batazigera babikora.

Martin-Hill yagize ati: “Hari ihungabana tutabonye mu myaka 15 ishize. Abantu ntibasobanukiwe n’abasangwabutaka – ubutaka bwawe ni wowe. Hari imvugo igira iti: ‘Turi amazi; amazi ni twe. Turi ubutaka; ubutaka ni twe.’