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obituario/u.s. news Diamars 13 september 2022
100 years after compact,
Colorado River nearing
crisis point
“Señor ta mi wardador, mi’n “Señor ta mi Wardador, mi n’ tin falta di nada;
tin falta di nada Den cunucu di yerba berde, E ta pone mi sosega.
Den cunucu di yerba berde e E ta hiba mi na awa trankil, pa mi bolbe haña forsa”
ta ponemi sosega.
E ta hibami na awa trankil, Cu inmenso tristesa den nos curason pero conforme
Pa mi bolbe haña forsa”. cu boluntad di Dios, nos ta anuncia fayecimento
Salmo: 23 inespera di nos querido tata, ruman, welo y omo:
A fayece cristianamente
Wilfrido A. Commenencia
*04-01-1956 - †11-09-2022
DENVER (AP) — The intensifying crisis fac-
Na nomber di su: ing the Colorado River amounts to what is
Mayornan: I fundamentally a math problem.
rma Commenencia-Lesire
†Moises Commenencia The 40 million people who depend on the river to
fill up a glass of water at the dinner table or wash
Rumannan: their clothes or grow food across millions of acres
Raymond y Marlie Commenencia y yiunan
Hermilda y Gordon Toussaint y yiunan Sr. Rafael Koolman use significantly more each year than actually flows
Dulce y Roel Bruinsma y yiu Mihor conoci como “Fai” through the banks of the Colorado.
Mildred Commenencia y Victor Whitfield y yiu Doño di caha d’orgel “Sorpresa”
Rudolf Commenencia y yiunan Tocado di wiri In fact, first sliced up 100 years ago in a document
Lidwina Commenencia y yiu Ex-empleado di LAGO known as the Colorado River Compact, the calcu-
Moises (Moi) Commenencia * 24 – 10 – 1934 - † 08 -09 - 2022 lation of who gets what amount of that water may
never have been balanced.
Famia mucho hopi pa menciona Na number di su:
Mayornan: † sr. Jacobo Koolman During the past two decades, however, the situ-
Sobrino y sobrinanan, primo y primanan, amigonan, †sra. Lucia Koolman ation on the Colorado River has become signifi-
su bon amiga Magaly Croes y famia, bisiñanan y ex- cantly more unbalanced, more dire.
coleganan di douane Na nomber di su Ex-esposa: Dorilia Werleman
Nos disculpa si den nos tristeza nos por a lubida un Su yuinan: In 2000, both reservoirs were about 95% full. To-
of otro famia. Roberto Koolman y Rachel Koolman- Kelly day, Mead and Powell are each about 27% full —
Maria Cristina Illene Koolman y Luis Kock once-healthy savings accounts now dangerously
Ta invita pa e acto di despedida y entiero cu lo tuma low.
lugar diahuebs 15 di September 2022 di 9’or pa Su nieto(a) nan.
11’or di mainta na Aurora Funeral Home, despues The reservoirs are now so low that this summer
saliendo pa Santana central na Sabana Basora. Rumannan: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille
† Sra Maria Krozendijk-Koolman y famia Touton testified before the U.S. Senate Energy
Despues di entiero no ta ricibi bishita di condolencia † Sr. Placido Koolman y famia and Natural Resources Committee that between
na cas. † Sra. Josefa Gomes-Koolman y famia 2 million and 4 million acre-feet would need to be
Sr. Antonio Koolman y famia
† Sr. Demetrio Koolman y famia (na Hulanda) cut next year to prevent the system from reaching
† Sra. Angelina Koolman "critically low water levels," threatening reservoir
† Sra. Rosario Koolman infrastructure and hydropower production.
Tur su sobrino y subrinanan, ihanan, primo y prima A week before Touton's deadline, the represen-
nan, swa nan y cuña, comper y comeran. tatives of 14 Native American tribes with water
Na tur su amigonan y tocadornan di caha d’ orgel y rights on the river sent the Bureau of Reclamation
wiri di Aruba y di Curaçao. a letter expressing concern about being left out of
Señor ta mi wardador, mi’n tin falta di nada Na tur ex-empleado nan di LAGO. the negotiating process.
Den cunucu di yerba berde e ta ponemi
sosega. E ta hibami na awa trankil, Gradicimento na: Enfermenero (a) nan di Tribes, however, still don't have full access to the
Pa mi bolbe haña forsa”. Wit Gele Kruis y Thuiszorg Jaburibari: Colorado River.
Rufina Tromp, Patricia, Marbelis, Mirna, Flavia,
Salmo: 23 Cintya, Geraldine, Angeli y Franchesca un danki di
curazon di parti famia. There are other ways to improve efficiency, but
Nos ta anuncia fayecimento di: Famianan: Koolman, Krozendijk, Gomes, Angela, money is still often a barrier.
Flanegin, Danio, Thiel, Dirksz, Werleman,
Maduro, Kock, Kellly, Geerman, Irausquin, Curiel, After years of incentive programs for residents, Las
Danje, Wernet, Croes, Loopstok, Solognier, Vegas recently outlawed all nonfunctional grass by
Albertsz 2026, setting a blueprint for other Western com-
munities. For years, the city has also paid residents
Y demas famianan ta invita tur amigo, bisiña y
conocirnan pa asisti na e acto di enteiro cual cu to rip out their lawns.
ta tuma lugar Diamars 13 di September 2022 pa
11’or di mainta saliendo for Misa Inmaculada In Denver, Denver Water supplies about 25% of
Concepcion pa Santana the state's population and uses about 2% of the
Catolico na Sta. Cruz. water. The city has had mandatory restrictions in
E restonan mortal lo ta reposa for di 9’or di mainta place for years, limiting home irrigation to three
den Misa Inmaculada Concepcion na Sta. Cruz. days per week.
Jose F. Boissard Araujo Nos ta lamenta cu despues di enteiro nos no por
*21-08-1934 - †10-09-2022 ricibi bishita di condolencia na cas. This summer, in southern California, the Metro-
Nos kier pidi nos disculpa si nos por a lubida un of politan Water District instituted an unprecedented
Acto di despedida lo wordo anuncia despues. otro famia den nos tristesa. one-day-a-week water restriction.
