Ka la 9 Loetse, Lekhotla la Toropo ea Tacoma le ile la amohela lihlomathiso ho Khoutu ea Setereke sa Ts'ireletso ea Metsi a Tlas'a Tacoma Boroa (STGPD) le likarolo tse amanang le Khoutu ea Masepala ea Tacoma (TMC) Sehlooho 13 ho matlafatsa tšireletso ea metsi a ka tlas'a lefatše, ho ntlafatsa ts'ebetsong, le ho hokahanya melaoana le litlhoko tsa naha le saense e fumanehang ka ho fetisisa.
South Tacoma Aquifer, e leng karolo ea Central Pierce County Sole Source Aquifer, e fana ka 50% ea tlhoko ea metsi ea Tacoma nakong ea likhoeli tsa lehlabula, e leng se etsang hore e be mohloli oa bohlokoa oa metsi a nooang bakeng sa toropo. Ho tloha khale, aquifer e 'nile ea tobana le likotsi tsa ho silafatsoa ke ho qhalla, ho lutla, le ho tšoara lintho tse kotsi ka tsela e fosahetseng ke liindasteri tsa lehae. Ho sebetsana le litšokelo tsena, Toropo ea Tacoma e thehile STGPD ka 1988 e le sebaka se koahelang se laolang lisebelisoa tse kotsi le ho beha lithibelo tšebelisong ea mobu e nang le tšusumetso e matla e ka senyang mehloli ea metsi a ka tlas'a lefatše.
Liphetoho tse sa tsoa amoheloa ke phello ea ts'ebetso ea lilemo tse ngata e qalileng ka 2021. Ts'ebetso ena e ne e kenyelletsa moralo oa mosebetsi, lithuto tsa theknoloji tse sebelisang saense e fumanehang ka ho fetisisa, Tlhahlobo ea Bophelo bo Botle ba Bophelo (HIA) le lipuisano tse pharaletseng tsa sechaba ka likopano tsa sechaba, likomiti tse peli tsa boeletsi, lipuisano tsa sechaba, tlhahlobo ea Komisi ea Merero, 'me qetellong, tumello ea Lekhotla la Motse.
Lintlafatso tsa bohlokoa tse ka har'a sephutheloana se fetisitsoeng ke Lekhotla la Toropo li kenyelletsa:
- Ho thibela ts'ebeliso ea mobu e nang le tšusumetso e kholo, joalo ka litanka tsa polokelo tse ka tlas'a lefatše le lits'ebetso tsa ts'ebeliso ea litšepe / ho soahlamana ha likoloi, ho fokotsa kotsi ea tšilafalo ea metsi a ka tlas'a lefatše;
- Ho matlafatsa lisebelisoa tsa ts'ebetso le ho beha leihlo bakeng sa ho nka khato e potlakileng mabapi le litlolo;
- Ho hlakisa nako le makhetlo a litlhahlobo tsa khoutu ea nako e tlang, tse tla etsahala bonyane hang ka mor'a lilemo tse ling le tse ling tsa 10 ho sebelisa saense e fumanehang ka ho fetisisa;
- Ho kopanya STGPD ka hare ho Molao oa Toropo oa Tlhokomelo ea Libaka tse Hloahloa;
- Ho nchafatsa limmapa tsa STGPD ho kenyelletsa tikoloho ea Manitou le Libaka tsa Tšireletso ea Wellhead Nako ea Libaka tsa Maeto;
- Ho ntlafatsa ponahalo ea naha, marulelo a lifate, litekanyetso tsa ho kenella ha metsi a sefefo, le melao ea tšireletso ea lotho ho ntlafatsa ho kenella, ho fokotsa libaka tse sa keneleng metsi, le ho fokotsa mocheso libakeng tsa indasteri; le
- Ho atolosoa ho hohela likhoebo le baahi mabapi le ho sireletsa metsi a ka tlas'a lefatše.
Ntlafatso ena e bonts'a boikitlaetso bo kopanetsoeng lipakeng tsa Lefapha la Litšebeletso tsa Merero le Nts'etsopele ea Toropo, Lefapha la Litšebeletso tsa Tikoloho, Metsi a Tacoma, le Lefapha la Bophelo la Tacoma-Pierce County, ho totobatsa tšebelisano e hlokahalang ho sireletsa phepelo ea metsi a nooang a Tacoma.
Bakeng sa tlhaiso-leseling e batsi mabapi le liphetoho tsa Khoutu ea STGPD, ho kenyeletsoa limmapa le lintlha tse mabapi le ts'ebeliso e amehang, etela tacoma.gov/stgpd.