ʻO ka pollution kaiapuni ke kumukūʻai āu e uku ai no ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo. ʻO ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ʻana o ka wai, ka hoʻolei ʻana i nā ʻōpala mai nā mea kanu hana ʻiʻo a me nā mahiʻai holoholona i loko o nā muliwai a me nā kino wai kekahi o nā kumu nui o ko lākou haumia.
ʻAʻole ia he mea huna i kekahi poʻe ʻaʻole i haumia wale nā kumu o ka wai inu maʻemaʻe o ko kākou honua, akā ua hoʻopau ʻia nō hoʻi, a ʻo ka ʻoihana ʻiʻo ka mea e hoʻopau loa i ka wai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Georg Borgström, ka ʻepekema kaulana kaulana ʻO ka wai ʻino mai nā mahi ʻai holoholona e hoʻohaumia i ke kaiapuni he ʻumi manawa ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā ʻōpala o ke kūlanakauhale a ʻekolu mau manawa ma mua o ka wai ʻōpala ʻoihana.
| Ua kākau ʻo Pohl lāua ʻo Anna Ehrlich i kā lāua puke Population, Resources and Environment he 60 lita wale nō ka wai e ulu ai i hoʻokahi kilokani palaoa, a mai ka 1250 a hiki i ka 3000 lita ke hoʻohana ʻia i hoʻokahi kilokani ʻiʻo! |
I ka makahiki 1973, ua paʻi ka New York Post i kahi ʻatikala e pili ana i ka ʻōpala weliweli o ka wai, kahi waiwai kūlohelohe, ma kahi pāʻai moa nui ʻAmelika. Ua hoʻopau kēia māla moa i 400.000 cubic mika wai i kēlā me kēia lā. Ua lawa kēia nui e hoʻolako i ka wai i ke kūlanakauhale o 25.000 poʻe!