Zina mwazinthu zofunikira kwambiri zakuwonongeka kwamafuta m'mbiri ya Washington State zidachitika mu Strait of Juan de Fuca ndi Salish Sea.
Chombo cha Emergency Response Towing Vessel (ERTV) chakhala chokonzeka 24/7 kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Olympic Peninsula ku Port of Neah Bay kuti iyankhe mwachangu.Komabe, mafunde ovuta amakhudza kukonzekera kwake komanso kuthekera kwa chombo chozama kwambiri choyenda panjira.
Izi zatsala pang'ono kusintha ndi projekiti ya US Army Corps of Engineers yomwe idayamba pa Disembala 11 kuti ipange zowongolera pakuzama njira yolowera kudoko.
Mapaipi a hydraulic dredge adzakulitsa njira yolowera mamita 4,500 mpaka -21 mapazi kuchokera pakuzama kwake, kulola mwayi wofikira mopanda malire, mabwato, ndi zombo zazikulu zomwe zimadutsa Neah Bay pamadzi otsika.
USACE ikuyembekezeka kuchotsa mpaka ma kiyubiki mayadi 30,000 a zinthu zotayidwa kale panjira zomwe zikuyembekezeka kutenga miyezi iwiri kuti ithe, poyembekezera nyengo.
"Ntchitoyi idzathandiza kuonetsetsa kuti kupulumutsira komwe kumachokera ku Neah Bay ndi kokonzeka kuyankha zochitika zadzidzidzi zapamadzi pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Washington," adatero Rich Doenges, mkulu wa Southwest Region ku Washington Department of Ecology."Tikuganiza kuti kuzama kwa njirayo ndi njira yofunikira kuti tipewe zovuta zomwe zikuchitika m'mphepete mwa nyanja yathu ndikusunga magombe athu a Pacific."
Woyang'anira Project District wa Seattle komanso katswiri wa sayansi ya zamoyo a Juliana Houghton adatsindika momwe zinthu zophwanyidwazo zilili zabwino kuti zigwiritsidwenso ntchito ndipo zithandizira kulimbitsa gombe lapafupi.
“Tiyika zinthu zogwiritsidwa ntchito bwino m'mphepete mwa nyanja zomwe zikufunika kukonzedwanso chifukwa chosowa dothi lachilengedwe.,” adatero.“Cholinga chake ndikubwezeretsanso malo okhala pakati pa mafunde poyika zinthu zophwanyika ngati chakudya cham'mphepete mwa nyanja.”
Kuzama kwa njira yolowera ku Neah Bay kudzachepetsa ndalama zoyendetsera ntchito zadzidzidzi pochepetsa kufunikira kwa zombo kukhala kunja kwa gombe m'madzi akuya pakagwa mafunde ochepa.