Umfula iMagdalena ungumfula obaluleke kakhulu futhi omkhulu kunayo yonke e-Colombia, futhi kulula ukuqonda ukuthi kungani ubalulekile ekuhambeni kanye nezinjongo zomnotho nezemvelo. Umfula iMagdalena ungaphezu kwamakhilomitha angu-1500 ubude, usuka e-Andes eseNingizimu ye-Colombia futhi uhamba enyakatho uze uyofika oLwandle lweCaribbean. Kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1800s, umfula iMagdalena ububaluleke kakhulu eColombia, njengoba izimpahla bezithuthwa ngama-steamboats angashoni. Kuze kube namuhla, lo mfula usaqhubeka uyindlela yokuthutha ebalulekile ezweni. Ukubaluleka koMfula iMagdalena kufakazelwe, njengoba ngonyaka wezi-2021, isamba samathani ayizigidi ezi-3 wempahla ahanjiswa eduze nomfula.
Injongo yeProjekthi yomfula iMagdalena iwukuqinisekisa ukuzulazula kusuka ezikhungweni zezohwebo ezinkulu zase-Colombia kuya oLwandle lwe-Caribbean. Le phrojekthi izonciphisa izindleko zokuhamba futhi ikhulise umnotho waseColombia mayelana nokukhiqiza, ukuhweba kanye nezokuvakasha.
I-“El Brazo de Mompox,” noma igatsha le-Mompox liyingxenye yoMfula iMagdalena othinteke kakhulu phakathi neminyaka ngenxa yokugawulwa kwamahlathi, ukuguguleka kwemithambeka yawo, ukuvela kwenhlabathi ngokweqile nezikhukhula. Ikakhulukazi, i-sedimentation eyeqile iphazamise ukuhamba. NgokukaCormagdalena, i-ejensi ebhekele ukuphatha uMfula iMagdalena, le ngxenye yomfula isike yoma kancane ngenxa yalezi zici ezishiwo ngenhla. Izilwane zasendle nazo ziye zahlupheka, njengoba ukuzala kwezinhlanzi kukhinyabezwa ukugcwala ngokweqile kwenhlabathi.
Ukuqaliswa kwesixazululo sekuvele kuqalile njengoba ama-Ellicott dredges amathathu manje asebenza eMompox. Ama-dredges amathathu kulindeleke ukuthi asuse isamba se-1,700,000 cubic metres sediment, esebenza ngo-24/7 ezinyangeni eziyi-7 ezizayo. Enye yalezi zindawo ezintathu, i-Ellicott Series 1270, yathengelwa le phrojekthi ngokukhethekile futhi yethulwa ngoJulayi 8, 2022. I-Ellicott Series 1270 iyi-dredge enamandla futhi eqinile engu-18” ehlome ngekhono lokumba elifinyelela ku-50' (15m) kanye nenjini eyinhloko engu-800 HP kanye nenjini eyisiza engu-375 HP, isamba esingu-1175 HP. Le dredge ilungele izimo nezidingo zale phrojekthi.
Njengoba ukuzulazula sekubuyiselwe, enye yezinhloso ukuthi imikhumbi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ikwazi ukufinyelela eMompox. Lokhu kuzothuthukisa umsebenzi wezokuvakasha futhi kuzoba nomthelela obaluleke kakhulu emnothweni wesifunda.
Ikhwalithi efakazelwe ka-Ellicott, ukwethembeka kanye nokuba khona okuqinile e-Colombia kubalulekile kule phrojekthi ebaluleke kakhulu. Ukuqinisekisa ukuzulazula emfuleni iMagdalena kuwumsebenzi omude ozohlomulisa ezohwebo nokuvakasha komnotho waseColombia, kanti i-Ellicott dredges iyithuluzi elilungile layo.