Njengoba ingqalasizinda yokunisela yase-Alberta ithuthukiswa cishe ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane kanye neSaskatchewan yandisa uhlelo lwayo, amanzi maningi eNtshonalanga.
Ukunisela kuyingxenye ebalulekile yokukhula kwamazambane kulo lonke elaseNtshonalanga Canada. Futhi ePrairies, amaphrojekthi amaningi wengqalasizinda yokuchelela ayenzeka njengamanje. E-Alberta, isifundazwe siphakathi kwephrojekthi ecishe ibe yizigidigidi yokwenza ingqalasizinda yokunisela ibe yesimanje, kuyilapho umakhelwane wabo osempumalanga eSaskatchewan bekhulisa ingqalasizinda yabo yokuchelela. uhlelo lokunisela ezungeze iLake Diefenbaker.
Uhlelo lokunisela ngenkasa lwaseNingizimu ye-Alberta luye lwagcina izitshalo zikhula kungakhathaliseki ukuthi isimo sezulu sinjani isikhathi esingaphezu kwekhulu. Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, izifunda zokunisela ziye zavuselela izinhlelo zazo ukuze ziqhubeke zisebenza. Kodwa-ke, manje ngokusebenzisana okusha nesifundazwe, ingqalasizinda yokuchelela isithuthukiswa kakhulu.
“Ukunisela kutholakala eningizimu ye-Alberta. Futhi lokhu kusisiza nje ukuthi silawule insiza ebaluleke ngempela ngendlela ephumelela kakhulu futhi enomthwalo wemfanelo,” uDavid Westwood, umphathi jikelele we-St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID), kuchaza engxoxweni yocingo. “Umsebenzi wethu wonke—lapho sandisa futhi sifuna ukukwazi ukwengeza amahektare eningizimu ye-Alberta - kuzoba ukuthi sikwenze ngamanzi afanayo noma amancane kunalawo ebesiwasebenzisa njengamanje.”
E-Saskatchewan, isifundazwe sisebenzela ukukhulisa ingqalasizinda yabo yokunisela ngamahektha ayi-500,000 kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo. "Sisesemancane kakhulu ezinsukwini zakuqala, into yalolu hlobo izothatha isikhathi," kusho uPatrick Boyle, okhulumela iSaskatchewan Water Security Agency, engxoxweni yocingo. “Ekupheleni kosuku, ngeyabantu baseSaskatchewan. Ngizokwakhiwa abantu baseSaskatchewan. Ngakho-ke, kuyindlela yokubukeka kwezinguquko esifundazweni sethu.”
Ukwenza Irrigation System yase-Alberta ibe yesimanje
Kunezifunda ezingu-13 zokunisela ngenkasa ngaphakathi kwe-Alberta, ikakhulukazi engxenyeni eseningizimu yesifundazwe, ezihlanganisa amahektha ayizigidi eziyi-1.5 namachibi okugcina angama-42. A umbiko ovela ku-Alberta Irrigation Districts Association eyanyatheliswa ngoNovemba 2021 enesihloko esithi Ivelu Yezomnotho Yezifunda Zenkasa zase-Alberta, ithole ukuthi phakathi kuka-2011 kuya ku-2018, ukuchelela ngenkasa kule ndawo minyaka yonke kukhiqiza amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-5.4 kwi-GDP yesifundazwe, imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3.2 zamaRandi emalini engenayo yabasebenzi futhi kwasekela imisebenzi yesikhathi esigcwele engaba ngu-46,000.
Kuphinde kwatholakala ukuthi umhlaba wesifunda oniselwa ngenkasa umele amaphesenti angu-4.4 kuphela omhlaba olinywayo wase-Alberta, kodwa ukhiqiza amaphesenti angama-27 okuthengiswa kwezolimo okuyisisekelo kwesifundazwe futhi unikele ngamaphesenti angama-28 ku-GDP isiyonke yokudla kwezolimo yase-Alberta. Ucwaningo luphinde lwahlola umthelela woxhaso lwengqalasizinda yokuchelela emalini kahulumeni. Kwatholakala ukuthi idola ngalinye elitshalwe uhulumeni wase-Alberta emisebenzini ehlobene nesifunda sokunisela lengeza u-$3.56 emalini engenayo kuhulumeni wesifundazwe.
Entwasahlobo ka-2020, uhulumeni waseNtshonalanga Alberta wakhipha isimemo semibono yephrojekthi yokuvuselela. Ngaleso sikhathi izifunda ezithela ngenkasa esifundazweni bezihlela ukuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo zazo ngezindlela ezahlukene, kodwa kuthe uma zibona isimemezelo zabona ukuthi zingaphothula izinhlelo zazo ngoxhaso lukahulumeni ngesikhathi esifushane.
“Izifunda zacelwa ukuthi zilethe izinhlelo ezingakwazi ukuzenza. Sanikezwa imihlahlandlela yefosholo elilungile noma eliseduze nefosholo selilungile - (amaphrojekthi) esingaqala ukuwenza ngokushesha. Izifunda zethu eziningi bezinale misebenzi ebhodini lokudwetshwa,” kuchaza uWestwood.
Ekwindla ka-2020, kwamenyezelwa ukuthi kuzoba nezigidi ezingu-815 zamaRandi ekuthuthukisweni kwesistimu yokunisela. Ukutshalwa kwezimali kuzoxhaswa yizifunda ezithela ngenkasa kanye nohulumeni, kanti amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-407.5 azovela ebhange leNgqalasizinda yaseWestern Canada (CIB), amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-244.5 esifundazweni kanye namaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-163 ezifundeni zokunisela. Izifunda zokunisela nazo zizokhokha ingxenye ye-CIB.
Ukukhishwa kwezindaba ngaleso sikhathi kwathi le phrojekthi izodala amahektha angaphezu kuka-200,000 omhlaba oniselwayo, yandise ukukhiqizwa kwezitshalo eziyisisekelo, ithuthukise ukusebenza kahle kokusetshenziswa kwamanzi, ikhulise umthamo wokugcina amanzi, ithuthukise ukuvikeleka kwamanzi, futhi inikeze ukuvikelwa kwezikhukhula ukusekela i-value-added yesikhathi eside. umsebenzi wokucubungula.
NgoNovemba 2021, enye imali engu-$117.7 million yatshalwa uhulumeni wesifundazwe kanye ne-CIB. Umbiko wezindaba ovela kuhulumeni uthe ukutshalwa kwezimali okwandisiwe kunamandla okukhulisa ukuchelela ngamahektha angama-230,000.
Iphrojekthi yesimanje yaqala ngonyaka odlule, namaphrojekthi wamapayipi ahlelelwe ukuthi aqedwe ehlobo lika-2025 kanye namaphrojekthi wamadamu entwasahlobo ka-2028. Ngokusho kukaWestwood, zonke izifunda zokuchelela seziqalile amaphrojekthi azo, ezinye ziqhubekela phambili kunezinye. Abanye basezigabeni zokuhlela kanti abanye bazokwenziwa ngamaphrojekthi abo ngoKhisimusi ka-2021.
Esifundeni sokuchelela saseWestwood, i-SMID, bamatasa nomsebenzi wepayipi elaklanywa eminyakeni engu-15 edlule kodwa lavalwa ngenxa yezinselelo zokuthola imvume nezivumelwano nabanikazi bomhlaba ukuze kwakhiwe.
“Ngiyazi, uma ngikhuluma mathupha nabanye balaba bacheleli abathintekile kulowo msebenzi othile, bajabule kakhulu ngokuthi ekugcineni sebelitholile ipayipi. Iziteshi zabo ezindala zokuthutha bekungezinye ezindala ebesinazo esifundeni, kanti kwezinye beziwukuthutha ukungcola,” usho kanje. Iphrojekthi yokuchelela yesimanje isho ukuthi lokho osekuvele kuyisifunda esikhula ngokwehlukahlukana ngokwedlulele kungase kuhluke kakhulu, kusho uTrevor Lewington, oyi-CEO ye-Economic Development Lethbridge, esendaweni yokuchelela, kusho u-Trevor Lewington.
“Yengeza umthamo omusha wokugcina, ngakho izindaba ezinhle lezo. Ukunweba uhlelo lwamachibi aseChin kusho ukuthi maningi amanzi atholakalayo,” echaza engxoxweni yocingo. "Lokho kwengeza amahektare amaningi ngaphansi kokunisela, okuphinde kuvumele ukukhiqizwa okwengeziwe kwezitshalo ezifanayo noma izitshalo ezingaba ezikhethekile kakhulu kunalokho esikwenzayo njengamanje."
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, ukukhiqizwa kwamazambane kunwetshiwe esifundazweni njengoba amapulazi aseCavendish akha indawo entsha yokucubungula e-Lethbridge, e-Alta. UTerence Hochstein, umqondisi omkhulu wePotato Growers of Alberta, uthi iphrojekthi yesimanje izovumela imboni yamazambane esifundazweni ukuthi ikhule nakakhulu.
“Kufanele sikwazi ukunisela amahektare amaningi ngamanzi alinganayo ngenxa yale miphumela emihle. Futhi izovula indawo entsha eyayiwumhlaba owomile ngaphambili owawungase uthathwe njengokunisela - otshalwe amazambane nezinye izitshalo," kuchaza uHochstein engxoxweni yocingo.
Isibuyekezo ngephrojekthi yokunisela yase-Saskatchewan
Ehlobo lika-2020, uhulumeni waseSaskatchewan umemezele iphrojekthi ezothatha u-$4 billion yeminyaka eyishumi yokwandisa ukuchelela kwesifundazwe ngamahektha ayi-500,000 2021. Lo msebenzi ugxile eLake Diefenbaker futhi uzoqhubeka nezinhlelo zangaphambili zokwandisa ingqalasizinda yokuchelela yesifundazwe. NgoFebhuwari XNUMX, kwaqashwa umeluleki oyinhloko kulo msebenzi. Umfelandawonye we-Clifton Associates Ltd. kanye ne-Stantec bazokwakha umklamo wangaphambili, benze umsebenzi wezemvelo futhi basekele ukusebenzelana nababambiqhaza nabanamalungelo oMdabu, kusho uBoyle.
Umsebenzi uqhubeka kahle kulo msebenzi, uyengeza. Njengamanje umsebenzi ugxile ekwandiseni ukuvuselelwa ohlangothini olusentshonalanga futhi usesigabeni sokuklama nesobunjiniyela bangaphambili. Kunomsebenzi wokuqala ofana nokuhlola inhlabathi kanye nezifundo zesisekelo sezemvelo ezenzekayo ukuze kuqoqwe ulwazi. Ukunwetshwa kokuvuselela ohlangothini olusentshonalanga kuzovuselela amakhilomitha angama-42 amanje emisele namaphampu ohlangothini olusentshonalanga yeLake Diefenbaker. Kuzophinde kube nengqalasizinda yokuchelela eyakhiwe enyakatho yeConquest, Sask.
“Asinawo umugqa wesikhathi oqondile, ngoba ulwazi oluningi, nendlela esifinyelela ngayo kulokho kwaziswa umsebenzi wethu oklanywe kusengaphambili wobunjiniyela. Ngakho-ke, kuze kube siwenza wonke lowo msebenzi, ongathatha izinyanga ezimbalwa, kuzongena u-2022 nakanjani (ngaphambi kokuthi siqale ukwakha),” kuchaza uBoyle.
I-Water Security Agency ikwazile ukusingatha uchungechunge lwezindlu ezivulekile e-Delisle nase-Outlook, ezisendaweni embozwe iphrojekthi eseceleni kwasentshonalanga, ebusika ngo-2021. Bekukhona futhi nendlu evulekile ebibanjelwe e-Dakota Dunes Casino ukuze kuxoxiswane. nabantu bomdabu kanye nabantu baseMétis endaweni. U-Doyle uthi ngokujwayelekile, ukusabela komphakathi kulo msebenzi kube kuhle kuze kube manje.