Okunye ukuchitheka kukawoyela okubaluleke kakhulu emlandweni we-Washington State kwenzeka e-Strait of Juan de Fuca naseSalish Sea.
I-Emergency Response Towing Vessel (ERTV) imi ngo-24/7 endaweni esenyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Olympic Peninsula e-Port of Neah Bay ukuze iphendule ngokushesha.Kodwa-ke, amagagasi ayinselele athinta ukulungela kwawo kanye nekhono lalo mkhumbi ojulile wokuzulazula esiteshini.
Lokho sekuzoshintsha ngephrojekthi ye-US Army Corps of Engineers eqale ngoDisemba 11 ukwenza ukuthuthukiswa kokuzulazula ngokujulisa isiteshi sokungena echwebeni.
I-hydraulic pipeline dredge izojulisa isiteshi sokungena esingamamitha angu-4,500 kuya ku--21 amafidi ukusuka ekujuleni kwawo kwamanje, sivumele ukufinyelela okungakhawulelwe kokudonsa olwandle, izikebhe, kanye nemikhumbi emikhulu edlula i-Neah Bay ngesikhathi solwandle oluphansi.
I-USACE kulindeleke ukuthi isuse kuze kufike kuma-cubic wamayadi angu-30,000 wensika engakaze isuswe ngaphambili esiteshini okulindeleke ukuthi kuthathe izinyanga ezimbili ukuqedwa, kusalindwe izimo zezulu.
"Le phrojekthi izosiza ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi umdonsi wokuhlenga osekelwe e-Neah Bay usulungele ukubhekana nezimo eziphuthumayo zasolwandle ogwini lwase-Washington," kusho u-Rich Doenges, umqondisi weSifunda esiseNingizimu-ntshonalanga eMnyangweni we-Ecology waseWashington."Sicabanga ukuthi ukujula kwesiteshi kumele isinyathelo esidingekayo ukuze kuvinjelwe imithelela endaweni ebucayi yogu lwesifunda sethu futhi silondoloze ugu lwethu lwasePacific."
Umphathi Wephrojekthi Yesifunda SaseSeattle kanye nesazi sebhayoloji uJuliana Houghton ugcizelele ukuthi impahla encishisiwe ifaneleka kanjani ukuthi iphinde isetshenziswe futhi izosiza ukuqinisa ulwandle oluseduze.
“Sizobeka ukusetshenziswa okuzuzisayo okokusebenza endaweni egudle ugu edinga ukuvuselelwa ngenxa yokuntuleka kwenhlabathi egeleza ngokwemvelo.," wathi.“Umgomo uwukubuyisela indawo yokuhlala ephakathi kwamagagasi ngokufaka izinto ezincishisiwe njengokudla kolwandle.”
Ukujulisa umzila wokungenela i-Neah Bay kuzonciphisa izindleko zokusebenza zezimo eziphuthumayo ngokunciphisa isidingo sokuthi imikhumbi ihlale ngaphandle kwechweba emanzini ajulile phakathi namagagasi aphansi.