Inkunga ya miliyoni 9 z'amadolari yatanzwe na USDA yashyize imbaraga mu gushyiraho umuyoboro wo kugenzura ikirere n'ubutaka hirya no hino muri Wisconsin. Uyu muyoboro witwa Mesonet, usezeranya gufasha abahinzi mu kuziba icyuho mu makuru y'ubutaka n'ikirere.
Inkunga ya USDA izashyirwa muri UW-Madison kugira ngo habeho icyo bita Rural Wisconsin Partnership, kigamije gushyiraho gahunda z’abaturage hagati ya kaminuza n’imijyi yo mu cyaro.
Umwe muri iyo mishinga uzaba ari ukurema Wisconsin Environmental Mesonet. Chris Kucharik, perezida w’ishami ry’ubuhinzi muri Kaminuza ya Wisconsin-Madison, yavuze ko ateganya gushyiraho umuyoboro w’ibiro 50 kugeza kuri 120 bigenzura ikirere n’ubutaka mu turere twose tw’intara.
Yavuze ko izo monitori zigizwe n'ibyuma bipima umuvuduko w'umuyaga n'icyerekezo, ubushuhe, ubushyuhe n'imirasire y'izuba. Izi monitori zirimo kandi ibikoresho byo munsi y'ubutaka bipima ubushyuhe n'ubushuhe bw'ubutaka.
Kucharik yagize ati: “Wisconsin ni ikintu kidasanzwe ugereranyije n’abaturanyi bacu n’izindi leta mu gihugu mu bijyanye no kugira umuyoboro wihariye cyangwa umuyoboro wo gukusanya amakuru.”
Kucharik yavuze ko ubu hari abagenzuzi 14 ku bigo by’ubushakashatsi ku buhinzi bya kaminuza mu bice nka Door County peninsula, kandi amwe mu makuru abahinzi bakoresha ubu aturuka ku itsinda ry’abakorerabushake b’Ikigo cy’Igihugu gishinzwe iteganyagihe mu gihugu hose. Yavuze ko ayo makuru ari ingenzi ariko atangazwa rimwe gusa ku munsi.
Inkunga ya leta ya miliyoni 9 z'amadolari, hamwe na miliyoni imwe y'amadolari yatanzwe n'Ikigega cy'Ubushakashatsi cya Wisconsin Alumni, izishyura abakozi n'abakozi bashinzwe gukurikirana bakenewe kugira ngo hakorwe, hakusanywe kandi hakwirakwizwe amakuru ajyanye n'ikirere n'ubutaka.
Kucharik yagize ati: “Turashaka cyane kubaka umuyoboro w’abantu benshi uzaduha uburyo bwo kubona amakuru agezweho y’ikirere n’ubutaka mu gihe nyacyo kugira ngo dushyigikire imibereho y’abahinzi bo mu cyaro, abashinzwe ubutaka n’amazi, ndetse n’abafata ibyemezo mu by’amashyamba.” “Hari urutonde rurerure rw’abantu bazakungukira muri ubu buryo bwo kunoza umuyoboro.”
Jerry Clark, umwarimu w’ubuhinzi muri Kaminuza ya Wisconsin-Madison mu kigo cy’ivugururwa rya Chippewa County, yavuze ko uru ruziga ruzafasha abahinzi gufata ibyemezo by’ingenzi ku bijyanye no gutera, kuhira no gukoresha imiti yica udukoko.
Clark yagize ati: “Ndatekereza ko bifasha atari mu buryo bwo guhinga ibihingwa gusa, ahubwo no mu bintu bimwe na bimwe bitateganijwe nko gufumbira aho bishobora kugira akamaro.”
By’umwihariko, Clark yavuze ko abahinzi bazagira igitekerezo cyiza cy’uko ubutaka bwabo bwuzuye cyane ku buryo budashobora kwakira ifumbire y’amazi, ibyo bikaba byagabanya kwanduza amazi.
Steve Ackerman, Visi Chanseli wa UW–Madison ushinzwe ubushakashatsi n’uburezi bw’icyiciro cya gatatu cya kaminuza, ni we wayoboye gahunda yo gusaba inkunga ya USDA. Senateri w’Umudemokarate wa Amerika Tammy Baldwin yatangaje iyo nkunga ku ya 14 Ukuboza.
Ackerman yagize ati: “Ndatekereza ko iyi ari ingirakamaro cyane mu bushakashatsi ku ishuri ryacu no ku gitekerezo cyose cya Wisconsin.”
Ackerman yavuze ko Wisconsin iri inyuma y’ibihe, kuko izindi leta zagize imikoranire ihuriweho n’uturere kuva mu myaka ya 1990, kandi “ni byiza kugira aya mahirwe ubu.”
Igihe cyo kohereza: Kanama-08-2024
