Perezida wa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, Donald Trump, yasinyiye iteka rya perezida rivanaho ingamba zari zafashwe n’abaperezida b’Abademokarate, Joe Biden na Barack Obama, zigabanya amazi ava mu dusoko tw’imvura mu bwiherero. Iryo teka ryashyizweho ku wa Gatatu rivuga ko utu dusoko tutazongera kuba “duto kandi tudafite umumaro”.
Biden na Obama bashyizeho izo ngamba mu rwego rwo kongera uburyo bwo kuzigama amazi no kubungabunga ibidukikije. Mu gihe bo bahaga agaciro ibidukikije, Trump we avuga ko agamije “gusubiza imvura mu bwiherero ku rwego rwo hejuru,” nk’uko bigaragara mu itangazo rya White House.
Iryo tangazo rivuga ko utu dusoko tutazongera kuba “dudakora kandi tudafite icyo tumaze.” Trump yavuze ko ubwo yavanagaho izo ngamba, yari agamije no kugira ngo abashe koza “umusatsi we mwiza.” Ibyo yabivuze mu gihe politiki ze ku misoro ku byinjira n’ibisohoka zari zatumye isoko y’imari igwa cyane, mbere y’uko igarura igice cy’ibyo yari yatakaje nyuma yo kugabanyiriza ibihugu byinshi imisoro.
Iryo teka rya Trump risaba Umunyamabanga wa Energi, Chris Wright, gusubiza inyuma ibisobanuro byatanzwe na Obama na Biden ku bijyanye n’icyo dusoko tw’imvura twemewe tugomba kuba tumera gutya muri Amerika. “Ibisobanuro bya Biden byari amagambo ibihumbi 13, mu gihe Oxford English Dictionary isobanura ‘dusoko’ mu nteruro imwe ngufi,” nk’uko White House ibivuga.
Trump ashaka gusubira ku itegeko ryashyizweho mu 1992 rigena ko igitutu cy’amazi mu dusoko tw’imvura kigomba kuba galoni 2.5 (ni ukuvuga litiro 9.5) ku munota. Gusa uko imyaka yagiye ishira, utusoko twinshi twagiye dushushanywa dufite iminwa cyangwa uburyo bwinshi butuma tuzengereza amazi.
Mu 2013, ubutegetsi bwa Obama bwasobanuye ko nubwo utusoko twaba dufite iminwa myinshi, uko zose hamwe zikora zitarenza galoni 2.5 ku munota, kugira ngo bizigame amazi.
Ariko iryo teka rya Trump ryo, rishaka ko buri munwa ushobora gusohora galoni 2.5 ku munota. Bityo, niba dusoko rufite iminwa ine, rushobora gusohora galoni 10 ku munota.
“Izi mpinduka zakozwe n’ubutegetsi bwa Obama zari igice cy’imigambi y’ibidukikije idasanzwe yahaga akaga Abanyamerika basanzwe,” nk’uko bivugwa n’itangazo rya White House. “Amategeko menshi aradindiza ubukungu bwa Amerika, agaha imbaraga abakozi ba leta benshi kandi agabanya ubwisanzure bw’abantu.”
Trump yavuze ati: “Njyewe nishimira gufata ‘douche’ nziza, nkarwanya kugira ngo umusatsi wanjye mwiza uhorane isuku.” Yongeraho ati: “Ngomba guhagarara munsi y’imvura iminota 15 kugira ngo nzire. Ayo mazi aza buhoro, buhoro, buhoro. Birasekeje.”
Yego. Muri manda ye ya mbere, Trump yavanyeho amabwiriza ya Obama agenga imikoreshereze y’iminwa myinshi ku dusoko, atuma buri munwa ushobora gusohora galoni 2.5 ku munota. Ibyo byemejwe mu Ukuboza 2020.
Mu 2019, ubwo Trump yakoraga ibikorwa bye byo kwiyamamaza, yavuze ati: “Ufata douche, amazi ntiyisuka. Ushaka koza intoki, amazi ntiyisuka. None se ukora iki? Uhagarara igihe kinini cyangwa ufata douche igihe kirekire? Kuko umusatsi wanjye sinzi uwawe uko umeze ugomba kuba ‘udafite inenge’. Ntakwiye kugorana.”
Mu 2021, ubutegetsi bwa Biden bwasubijeho amabwiriza ya 2013 ya Obama, yemeza ko dusoko, nubwo rufite iminwa myinshi, rutagomba kurenza galoni 2.5 ku munota.
“Ibi byateye ko intambara ku dusoko tw’imvura ikomeza,” nk’uko White House ibivuga.
Nk’uko bitangazwa n’urwego rw’ibidukikije rwa Amerika (EPA), umuryango umwe utanga hafi $1,000 buri mwaka ku mazi. EPA ivuga ko ingo zasubiramo ibyuma byazo byo gukoresha amazi bikajyana n’ibipimo bya WaterSense n’ibikoresho bikoresha ingufu nke, zashobora kuzigama arenga $380 buri mwaka.
Dusoko rufite ikirango cya WaterSense rugomba kutarenza galoni 2 (litiro 7.6) ku munota.
Raporo yemewe na leta ya Amerika yasohotse mu 2019 yerekanye ko ihindagurika ry’ikirere n’izamuka ry’umubare w’abaturage bishobora kongera ibyago by’uko amazi azabura mu bice byinshi bya Amerika.
