Imiphumela yomhlaba wonke yokusetshenziswa kwenyama ayigodli emhlabeni. Izolimo nazo zidinga ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi, kanti nokulima kwezilwane akuhlukile. Ukukhiqizwa kwezilwane kudla inani lamanzi cishe elilingana nayo yonke enye imithombo yamanzi e-United States ehlangene.
Ngaphandle kwamabele, izilwane zidinga amanzi ukuze ziphile futhi zikhule zize zihlatshwe. Imali eyodwa yenkomo idinga ukufakelwa kwamanzi angama-2500 amalitha, kanti isisindo se soya sidinga amalitha angama-250 namakhilogremu angu-25 kuphela.
Umthelela wokukhiqizwa kwezilwane kwizinsiza kanye nemvelo
Ukukhiqizwa kwezilwane akufanelekile ngoba kudinga ukusetshenziswa kwemithombo eningi ngaphezu kwezinyanga eziningi neminyaka ngaphambi kokuba umkhiqizo wokudla osebenzayo. Ngamanzi asetshenziselwa ukhiqiza i-hamburger eyodwa, ungathatha isisindo sokunethezeka nsuku zonke amaviki amabili nesigamu.
Ngisho ne-EPA ibonisa ezolimo njengengcolisi yamanzi amakhulu. Kungani? I-pesticides yezolimo kanye ne-nitrate esetshenziselwa umquba nomanyolo ungena emanzini ethu angaphansi komhlaba, ekugcineni uphelela emanzini okudala okuthiwa "izindawo ezifile" (izindawo ezincane kangaka ezinobuthi ezingahlwanyeli noma impilo yesilwane zingasinda) zibukeka ezivela endaweni ezinjengeGulf waseMexico lapho i-Mississippi ichithela khona olwandle.
Ngaphandle kwamakhemikhali asetshenziselwa ukulima, ukungcoliswa ngengozi ngokwemikhiqizo yamakhemikhali kanye nokuthungwa komquba kuwumthombo oqhubekayo wokungcola kwamanzi kusuka ku-feedlots.
Umquba owadalwa yizigidi zezilwane ezibulawa ngokudla kufanele uhambe endaweni ethile, futhi ngokuvamile uphelela emifuleni nasemifudlana, ubulala izigidi zezinhlanzi ngesinye swoop.
Okubalulekile
Ukudla inyama kungukuchitha amanzi futhi kunomthelela omkhulu ekungcoliseni ukungcola. Uma ukhathalela imvelo futhi ufuna ukulondoloza amanzi, inkambo engcono kakhulu yokwenza ukunciphisa inyama yakho yokudla ngokudla imifino noma, kangcono, i- vegan , nokukhuthaza abanye ukuba benze okufanayo.
> Imithombo
> I-US Environmental Protection Agency. 1984. Bika iCongress: Ukungcola koMthombo ongabonakali e-US Office of Water Program Operations, Division Planning Water. Washington, DC
> Merritt Frey, et al., Spill and Kills: Ukungcola komquba kanye neMvelo yaseMelika, i-Clean Water Network, i-Izaak Walton League of America noMkhandlu Wezokuvikela Wezemvelo (Agasti 2000)