ʻO ka maikaʻi o ka wai ma ke ʻano he pilikia ma ke ahi hope i kēia pōʻai koho balota. Loaʻa iaʻu.
ʻO nā kuleana o ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana, ka pilikia o nā kula aupuni, nā kūlana i nā hale kahu hānai a me ka nele o Iowa i ka mālama olakino noʻonoʻo i waena o nā pilikia nui. E like me ka pono.
Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻāʻo mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā moho kau kānāwai kūloko e kaʻana like i ko lākou manaʻo no ka wai lepo o Iowa. He iwakāluakūmālua mau moho i hoʻihoʻi mai i nā nīnau nīnau e pili ana i nā pilikia like ʻole.
ʻO ia ka nīnau 6. "Pehea inā he mau hana āu e hana ai e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ka wai ma Iowa? No ke aha ʻoe i manaʻo ai ʻo kēia ala ke ala maikaʻi loa e neʻe ai i mua?"
Maʻalahi, pololei. A e like me kāu e manaʻo ai, ua hui pū ʻia nā hopena. Inā he ho'āʻo mākaʻikaʻi kēia, ʻaʻole au e hāʻawi i kekahi As.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi mau lāhui.
Ma ka Apana Senate 40, he noho Cedar Rapids, ʻo Kris Gulick ka moho Repubalika kiʻekiʻe ma waena o nā moho GOP i hoʻopiha i ka mea.
I ka wā mua, maʻa mau kāna pane. "E hoʻolako i nā kumuwaiwai no ka hoʻoulu ʻana, ka māhele kumukūʻai, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe no nā papahana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wai. Kūikaʻi i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai, ʻaʻole makemake ka poʻe mahiʻai i kā lākou mau meaʻai a me ka lepo e holo ana mai ko lākou ʻāina," i kākau ai ʻo ia.
Nui nā moho i hoʻohana i nā huaʻōlelo e like me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana, ka launa pū ʻana a me ka paipai ʻana i ka wā e kūkākūkā ai i ka mea e hiki ai ke hoʻohuli i ka poʻe mahiʻai a me ka poʻe nona ka ʻāina e ʻae i ka mālama ʻana.
Akā e kali, ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō.
"ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke kamaʻilio wale i ke kamaʻilio akā hele pū kekahi," i kākau ai ʻo Gulick. "Ma kaʻu mahiʻai ʻohana ua hana au i nā hana he nui e hōʻemi i ka holo ʻana me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā ʻāpana paʻa kahawai, uhi i nā mea kanu a me nā kanu lāʻau hou."
No laila ʻike ʻo Gulick i ka hana ʻana. Akā ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i poʻe kālai'āina ʻē aʻe o Iowa e kamaʻilio ana e pili ana i nā mea hoʻoikaika, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻōlelo i nā hana āna e hana ai e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka maikaʻi o ka wai.
ʻO kāna hoa paio, ʻo Rep. Art Staed, ka mokuʻāina Democratic, "hoʻokumu i kahi kumu wai maikaʻi" me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka nānā ʻana i ke kahawai a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā kumu. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa pū ʻo ia i hiki i ka mokuʻāina ke hui pū me "nā mea kōkua nui loa o ka pollution nitrate" e hōʻemi i nā kahe kahe mai nā māla.
Akā ʻoi aku ka hoihoi o ke koena o kāna pane.
"Pono ka Ahaolelo e haawi aku i na kalana DNR a me Iowa i ka mana e hooikaika i na hana hooponopono manure a me ka hoonoho ana i na CAFO hou a hoonuiia e hooweliweli ana i ko kakou mau ala wai lehulehu a me ka puni.
No laila ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Staed i kahi pōkā ʻoiaʻiʻo ma ka hoʻolālā manawaleʻa. ʻO ka pilikia, ʻaʻole maopopo ka poʻe āpau ʻaʻole lawa. ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻo Staed i ka mea e pani ai.
Ma ka Hale Apana 83. Ua kākau ʻo Lunamakaʻāinana ʻo Cindy Golding "ʻo ka maikaʻi o ka wai he pilikia paʻakikī e koi ai i ke komo ʻana mai kēlā me kēia kaiāulu." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he mau papahana ko ka ʻoihana mahiʻai, a ke hōʻemi nei nā wahi o ke kūlanakauhale i ka wai ʻino.
Inā ʻoe i hahai i kēia pilikia no ka manawa lōʻihi, ʻike ʻoe i ka mea e hiki mai ana.
"ʻOiai mākou e ana i kēia manawa i ka nitrogen contamination mai ka mahiʻai, pono mākou e noiʻi i nā kumu āpau e hāʻawi i ka emi ʻana o ka maikaʻi o ka wai - PFAS, lāʻau lapaʻau, nā metala kaumaha, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hiki mai ana kēia mai nā pae ʻāina, ʻoihana, nā mea kanu ʻōpala, a me nā kahe wai ʻino," kākau ʻo Golding.
ʻAe, ʻo 90% o ka nitrate i nā ala wai mai ka hana mahiʻai. Hiki iā mākou ke pani i ka ʻoihana, hoʻopaʻa i nā kahe wai a hoʻololi i kēlā me kēia mauʻu i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia i mauʻu, a ʻaʻole naʻe e hoʻopōʻino i ke kahe ʻana o nā nitrates i loko o ko mākou wai a hiki i ke awāwa make.
Ke kuleana nā kānaka a pau, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻohe kuleana.
ʻAʻole i hāʻawi nui kona hoa paio Demokarata, ʻo Kent McNally, i ka poʻe koho.
"ʻO ka noiʻi, ka noiʻi, ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hui no nā pilikia haumia, kākau ʻo McNally. "Pono nō hoʻi ʻo EPA e hana i kā lākou hana ma ke kākoʻo ʻana a kākoʻo ʻia."
Ua hana mākou i ka noiʻi. ʻIke mākou i nā pilikia. A ʻaʻohe mana o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo o Iowa e hoʻonui i ke kālā no ka Federal Environmental Protection Agency. ʻOiai he manaʻo maikaʻi ke kālā kālā EPA.
A laila, aia ka maikaʻi.
"Pono mākou e hāʻawi kālā i nā pūnaewele nānā e ʻike i nā kumu nitrate e ʻike i kahi e hoʻohana ai i kā mākou mau hana. Eia kekahi, pono mākou e hoʻoikaika i nā aupuni kalana a me ke kūlanakauhale e hiki ke hoʻohana i nā ala mālama i loko o ko lākou mana a hana i nā hana i loko o kā lākou mau kahawai," i kākau ai ʻo Aime Wichtendahl, ka Democrat e holo ana ma ka Hale District 80.
Ua kākau ʻo House District 86 Democrat Rep. Dave Jacoby ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kēia pane, "He mea kaulana ʻole paha ia, akā me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona hiki ke ana ʻia, ke hoʻopau nei mākou i nā kālā ʻauhau."
Makemake ʻo Jacoby e hana i komisina e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kā mākou wai i 10 mau makahiki. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, inā koho ke kiaʻāina iā ia, e hoʻopili wale ʻo ia i nā mea hoʻopiʻi maʻamau.
"Makemake e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka poʻe ʻōpio ma Iowa? i kaʻu mau kamaʻilio ʻana me nā poʻe ʻelemakule UI, ʻo ka maikaʻi o ka wai a me nā hana i loko a puni nā kumu wai ka lua o nā manaʻo i hāʻawi ʻia, kokoke ma hope o nā kuleana hānau a me IVF," i kākau ai ʻo Jacoby.
Ua koho ʻo Jacoby i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka wai ʻo ia kekahi o kāna mau mea nui.
E kākoʻo ʻo Ian Zahren, he moho ʻaʻohe ʻaoʻao ma ka Hale Apana 64, i kahi hoʻololi kumukānāwai e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ke kuleana o ka wai maʻemaʻe.
Ua emi iho ka maikai.
"Ua loaʻa i ka DNR a me ka EPA nā kānāwai he nui i nā puke e pale aku ai i ko mākou mau wai. E loaʻa mau nā mea hana ʻino a loaʻa nā kānaka i nā pōʻino a me nā kahe a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
A ʻo ka ʻino.
"Ua piʻi ka maikaʻi o ko mākou wai i kēlā me kēia makahiki, akā hiki nō iā mākou ke hoʻonui i ka maikaʻi o ka wai. Manaʻo wau ua hana nui ka Farm Bureau i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ko mākou wai," i kākau ai ʻo House District 66 Republican Rep. Steven Bradley.
"Ua piʻi ka maikaʻi o ko mākou wai i kēlā me kēia makahiki, akā hiki nō iā mākou ke hoʻonui i ka maikaʻi o ka wai. Manaʻo wau ua hana nui ka Farm Bureau i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ko mākou wai," i kākau ai ʻo House District 66 Republican Rep. Steven Bradley.
No laila, aia iā ʻoe. Paʻakikī loa ka maikaʻi o ka wai. Pono mākou e paipai i ka poʻe i hoʻoikaika a hoʻoikaika i ka poʻe i paipai ʻia. He mea pono nō hoʻi ka hui win-win. E hoʻokō i nā lula liʻiliʻi e koi ana i ka poʻe nona ka ʻāina e hoʻohana i nā hana i hōʻoia ʻia? E hoʻopau i ka manaʻo.
Na ko mākou mau alakaʻi e mālama. Ke ʻike koke lākou i ka pilikia.
Hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi i nā mea ʻike wai maikaʻi e ana i nā ʻāpana like ʻole no ʻoe e koho ai
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Nov-22-2024