Neke atu i te 120 tau mātou e rangahau motuhake ana, e whakamātautau ana hoki i ngā hua. Mēnā ka hoko koe mā roto i ā mātou hononga, ka whiwhi pea mātou i te komihana. Ako atu mō tā mātou tukanga arotake.
Ki te mea kei te whakawhirinaki koe ki te wai puna mō te whakamakuku o ia rā, kua tae pea te wā ki te tāuta i tētahi tātari wai ki tō kīhini. He mea hanga ngā tātari wai hei pure i te wai mā te tango i ngā poke kino pērā i te chlorine, te mata me ngā patu pepeke, ā, ka rerekē te nui o te tango i runga i te uaua o te tātari. Ka taea hoki e rātou te whakapai ake i te reka o te wai, ā, i ētahi wā, tōna mārama.
Hei kimi i te tātari wai pai rawa atu, i whakamātauhia, i tātarihia hoki e ngā tohunga o te Good Housekeeping Institute neke atu i te 30 ngā tātari wai. Ko ngā tātari wai e arotakehia ana e mātou i konei ko ngā tātari wai mō te whare katoa, ngā tātari wai mō raro i te totohu, ngā ipu tātari wai, ngā pounamu tātari wai, me ngā tātari wai mō te kaukau.
I te mutunga o tēnei aratohu, ka taea e koe te ako atu mō te aromatawai i ngā tātari wai i roto i tā mātou taiwhanga, me ngā mea katoa e hiahia ana koe ki te mōhio mō te hoko i te tātari wai pai rawa atu. Kei te hiahia koe ki te whakanui ake i tō inu wai i a koe e haereere ana? Tirohia tā mātou aratohu ki ngā pounamu wai pai rawa atu.
Whakatuwheratia te pūwero ka whiwhi koe i te wai tātari mō ngā marama e ono. Ka tangohia e tēnei pūnaha tātari i raro i te totohu te chlorine, ngā konganuku taumaha, ngā cysts, ngā patu taru, ngā patu pepeke, ngā matū waro pūngāwerewere me te maha atu. Ka whakamahia hoki tēnei hua i roto i te kāinga o Tākuta Birnur Aral, te kaiwhakahaere o mua o te Taiwhanga Ataahua, Hauora me te Whakapūmautanga o te GH Research Institute.
"Ka whakamahia e au te wai tātari mō te nuinga o ngā mea mai i te tunu kai ki te kawhe, nō reira kāore e pai te tātari wai i runga i te papa mahi," tana kī. "Ko te tikanga kāore he take ki te whakakī anō i ngā pounamu wai, i ngā ipu rānei." He tere te rere engari me tāuta.
Ko tētahi o ā mātou tātari wai tino pai, ko te tātari Brita Longlast+ e tango ana i ngā poke neke atu i te 30 pērā i te chlorine, ngā konganuku taumaha, ngā matū whakaputa mate pukupuku, ngā mea whakararuraru endocrine, me ētahi atu. E mihi ana mātou ki tōna tere tātari, e 38 hēkona noa iho te roa mō ia kapu. Ki te whakatauritea ki tōna mua, e ono marama te roa, kaua e rua marama, ā, kāore he ira pango waro e waiho ana i roto i te wai.
E whakamahia ana tēnei ipu e Rachel Rothman, te tumuaki hangarau o mua, me te kaiwhakahaere hangarau matua o te GH Research Institute, i roto i tōna whānau tokorima. He pai ki a ia te reka o te wai, me te kore e hiahiatia kia whakawhiti pinepine i te tātari. Ko te ngoikoretanga iti ko te hiahia kia horoia ō ringaringa.
E mōhiotia whānuitia ana ko te "upoko kaukau o te Ipurangi", kāore e kore kua noho a Jolie hei tētahi o ngā upoko kaukau rongonui o te ao, inā koa nā tōna hoahoa maeneene. Nā ā mātou whakamātautau whānui ki te kāinga kua whakaūtia e ia tōna pono ki ngā wawata. Kāore i rite ki ētahi atu tātari kaukau kua whakamatautauria e mātou, he hoahoa kotahi te Jolie Filter Showerhead, he iti noa te kaha ki te tāuta. I kī a Jacqueline Saguin, te ētita pakihi matua o mua i GH, e 15 meneti te roa o tana whakatūnga.
I kitea e mātou he tino pai ngā āheinga tātari haukini. Kei roto i ana tātari he ranunga motuhake o te KDF-55 me te konupūmā whanariki, e kī ana te waitohu he pai ake i ngā tātari waro tikanga ki te hopu i ngā poke i roto i te wai kaukau wera, teitei te pēhanga. I muri i te tata ki te tau o te whakamahinga, i kite a Sachin "he iti ake te hanganga unahi i te taha o te waikeri kaukau," me te tāpiri "he ngawari ake te wai me te kore e ngaro te pēhanga."
Kia maumahara he nui te utu o te pane kaukau, me te utu anō hoki mō te whakakapi i te tātari.
E ono pauna noa iho te taumaha o tēnei ipu tātari wai karāhe iti engari kaha ina kī tonu. He māmā, he ngāwari hoki te pupuri me te riringi i roto i ā mātou whakamātautau. Kei te wātea hoki i roto i te kirihou, e whakapai ake ana i te reka me te mārama o te wai. Kia mahara me whakakī anō e koe i ngā wā maha nā te mea e 2.5 kapu wai puna anake ka taea te pupuri, ā, i kitea e mātou he puhoi rawa te tātari.
Hei tāpiritanga, e rua ngā momo tātari e whakamahia ana e tēnei ipu: te tātari kiriuhi moroiti me te tātari waro whakahohe me te whakawhiti katote. Mā tā mātou arotake i ngā raraunga whakamātautau taiwhanga tuatoru a te waitohu e whakaū ana ka tangohia e ia neke atu i te 30 ngā poke, tae atu ki te chlorine, te kirihou moroiti, te paru, ngā konganuku taumaha, ngā VOC, ngā mea whakararuraru endocrine, ngā patu pepeke, ngā rongoā, te E. coli, me ngā cysts.
He waitohu a Brita e whai hua tonu ana i roto i ā mātou whakamātautau taiwhanga. I kī tētahi kaiwhakamātautau e pai ana rātou ki tēnei pounamu haereere nā te mea ka taea e rātou te whakakī i ngā wāhi katoa, ā, e mōhio ana rātou he hou te reka o te wai. Kei roto i te kowiri tira, i te kirihou rānei te pounamu—i kitea e ngā kaiwhakamātautau he mea whakamatao, he mea hou hoki te wai i roto i te pounamu kowiri tira takirua-pakinga mō te rā katoa.
Kei te wātea hoki i te rahi 26-aune (e tau ana ki te nuinga o ngā kapu pupuri) me te rahi 36-aune rānei (he mea āwhina tēnei mēnā ka haere tawhiti koe, kāore rānei e taea te whakakī wai i ia wā). Mā te taura kawe kua hangaia ki roto ka māmā ake te kawe. Kua kite ētahi kaiwhakamahi nā te hoahoa o te kakau wai ka uaua ake te inu mai.
I toa a Brita Hub i te Tohu GH Kitchenware whai muri i tana miharo i ā mātou kaiwhakawā ki tana mīhini tuku wai i runga i te papa e tuku ana i te wai ā-ringa, ā-aunoa rānei. E kī ana te kaihanga ka taea te whakakapi i te tātari i muri i ngā marama e ono. Heoi, ko Nicole Papantoniou, te kaiwhakahaere o te Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Laboratory i te GH Research Institute, me whakakapi noa te tātari i ia whitu marama.
"He nui tōna kaha, nō reira kāore koe e hiahia ki te whakakī anō i ngā wā katoa. He pai ki ahau te ringihanga aunoa nā te mea ka taea e au te wehe atu i te mea kua kī tonu," te kī a Papantoniou. He aha ngā ngoikoretanga e kitea ana e ā mātou tohunga? Ina mura te tohu whero mō te whakakapi i te wae tātari, ka mutu te mahi. Me whakarite noa kei a koe ētahi atu tātari e wātea ana.
Ka taea e te Pitcher Larq PurVis te tātari i ngā poke neke atu i te 45 pērā i ngā kirihou moroiti, ngā konganuku taumaha, ngā VOC, ngā mea whakararuraru endocrine, te PFOA me te PFOS, ngā rongoā me te maha atu. Ka mahi anō te kamupene i tētahi atu taahiraa mā te whakamahi i te mārama UV hei whakakore i ngā huakita E. coli me te salmonella ka kohia i roto i ngā ipu tātari wai i te wā e tātarihia ana te chlorine.
I roto i ngā whakamātautau, i pai mātou ki te ngāwari o te whakamahi i te taupānga Larq, me te aroturuki i te wā e hiahia ana koe ki te whakawhiti tātari, nō reira kāore he whakaaro pohehe. He maeneene te ringihanga, kāore e maringi, ā, he pai mō te horoi rihi, engari ko te tokotoko iti ka taea te whakahou ake i kitea e mātou he ngāwari ki te horoi ā-ringa. Kia mōhio mai: tera pea he nui ake te utu o ngā tātari i ētahi atu tātari.
Kia mutu te mahi, ka taea e koe te whakaatu me te whakahīhī i tēnei ipu tātari wai ki runga i tō tēpu me tōna āhua huatau, hou hoki. Ehara i te mea he mea motuhake noa iho, engari e pai ana hoki ki ā mātou tohunga te ngāwari o te pupuri i te ipu nā te āhua karāhe hāora.
Ka tātarihia e ia te chlorine me ngā konganuku taumaha e whā, tae atu ki te cadmium, te parahi, te mercury me te konutea, mā roto i tētahi tātari kōne huna mohio kei runga i te ipu. I kitea e ā mātou tohunga he ngāwari te tāuta, te whakakī me te riringi, engari me horoi ā-ringa.
"He māmā te tāuta, he iti te utu, ā, kua whakamātauria ki ngā paerewa ANSI 42 me te 53, nō reira ka taea te tātari pono i te whānuitanga o ngā poke," te kī a Dan DiClerico, te kaiwhakahaere o te GH's Home Improvement and Outdoor Lab. I tino pai ki a ia te hoahoa me te mea he waitohu rongonui a Culligan.
Mā tēnei tātari ka taea e koe te whakawhiti ngāwari mai i te wai kāore i tātarihia ki te wai kua tātarihia mā te kukume noa i te takirere karo, ā, kāore he taputapu e hiahiatia ana hei tāuta i tēnei tātari ki tō taputapu. Ka tātarihia e ia te hauota, te paru, te mata me ētahi atu. Ko tētahi ngoikoretanga ko te mea ka nui ake te matotoru o te taputapu.
I te Good Housekeeping Institute, ka mahi tahi tā mātou tīma miihini, kaimātai matū, kaitātari hua me ngā tohunga whakapaipai whare ki te whakatau i te tātari wai pai rawa atu mō tō whare. I roto i ngā tau, kua whakamatautauria e mātou neke atu i te 30 ngā tātari wai, ā, kei te rapu tonu mātou i ngā kōwhiringa hou kei te mākete.
Hei whakamātautau i ngā tātari wai, ka whakaarohia e mātou tō rātou kaha, te ngāwari o te tāuta, me (mēnā e tika ana) te ngāwari o te whakakī. Hei mārama ake, ka pānuihia hoki e mātou ia pukapuka tohutohu, ā, ka tirohia mēnā he pai te whakamahi i te tauira ipu hei horoi i te mīhini horoi rihi. Ka whakamātauhia e mātou ngā āhuatanga mahi pēnei i te tere o te karāhe tātari wai, ā, ka inehia te nui o te wai ka taea e te tāke wai tap te pupuri.
Ka manatokohia hoki e mātou ngā kereme tango paru i runga i ngā raraunga a te hunga tuatoru. Ina whakakapia ngā tātari i runga i te wātaka kua tūtohutia e te kaihanga, ka arotakehia e mātou te roa o te ora o ia tātari me te utu whakakapinga tātari i ia tau.
✔️ Momo me te Pūmanawa: I te wā e whiriwhiri ana i ngā ipu, ngā pounamu me ētahi atu ipu e pupuri ana i te wai tātari, me whakaaro koe ki te rahi me te taumaha. He pai ngā ipu nui ake hei whakaiti i ngā whakakī anō, engari he taumaha ake, ā, ka nui ake te wāhi e nohoia ana i roto i tō pouaka whakamātao, i tō peketua rānei. Ka penapena te tauira papa kaunta i te wāhi pouaka whakamātao, ā, he maha ngā wā ka taea te pupuri i te wai, engari me nui te wāhi i runga papa kaunta, ā, ka whakamahia te wai i te pāmahana rūma.
Me ngā tātari wai kei raro i te totohu, ngā tātari pūwero, ngā tātari kaukau me ngā tātari whare katoa, kāore he take e manukanuka ai ki te rahi, ki te kaha rānei, nā te mea ka tātarihia te wai i te wā tonu e rere ana.
✔️Momo Tātari: Me mōhio he maha ngā momo tātari kei roto i ngā tātari maha hei tango i ngā poke rerekē. Ka rerekē pea ngā poke e tangohia ana e ētahi tauira, nō reira he mea pai kia tirohia te mea e tātarihia ana e te tauira kia tika ai mō ō hiahia. Ko te huarahi pono ki te whakatau i tēnei ko te tirotiro i te paerewa NSF kua whakamanahia te tātari. Hei tauira, ko ētahi paerewa e kapi ana i te mata anake, pērā i te NSF 372, ko ētahi e kapi ana i ngā paitini ahuwhenua me ngā paitini ahumahi, pērā i te NSF 401. Hei tāpiri, anei ngā tikanga tātari wai rerekē:
✔️ Auautanga o te Whakakapinga Tātari: Tirohia te auau o te whakawhiti i te tātari. Mena kei te mataku koe ki te whakawhiti i te tātari, kua wareware rānei koe ki te whakakapi, me rapu pea koe i tētahi tātari roa te mau. Hei tāpiri, ki te hoko koe i ngā tātari kaukau, ipu wai, me te totohu, me mahara koe ki te whakakapi i ia tātari takitahi, nō reira he mea whakaaro nui pea te whakaaro ki tētahi tātari whare katoa nā te mea kotahi anake te tātari e hiahiatia ana e koe hei whakakapi mō tō whare katoa.
Ahakoa te tātari wai e whiriwhiria e koe, kāore e whai hua mēnā kāore koe e whakakapi kia rite ki te taunakitanga. "Ko te whai huatanga o te tātari wai e whakawhirinaki ana ki te kounga o te puna wai me te auau o te whakawhiti i te tātari," te kī a Aral. Ko ētahi tauira he tohu, engari ki te kore he tohu o te tauira, ko te puhoi o te rere, ko te rerekētanga rānei o te tae o te wai he tohu me whakakapi te tātari.
✔️ Utu: Whakaarohia te utu tīmatanga o te tātari wai me te utu mō te whakakī anō. Tērā pea he nui ake te utu mō te tātari wai i te tīmatanga, engari mā te utu me te auau o te whakakapinga ka taea e koe te penapena moni mō te wā roa. Engari kāore e pēnei tonu i ngā wā katoa, nō reira kia tino tatauhia ngā utu whakakapinga ā-tau i runga i te wātaka whakakapinga kua tūtohutia.
He take ā-ao te urunga atu ki te wai inu haumaru e pā ana ki ngā hapori puta noa i te Hononga o Amerika. Mena kāore koe i te tino mōhio ki te kounga o tō wai, kua whakahoutia e te Environmental Working Group (EWG) tana pātengi raraunga wai paipa mō te tau 2021. He kore utu te pātengi raraunga, he ngāwari ki te rapu, ā, kei roto ngā mōhiohio mō ngā kawanatanga katoa.
Whakauruhia tō waehere poutapeta, rapua rānei tō kawanatanga hei kimi i ngā kōrero taipitopito mō te kounga o tō wai inu i runga i ngā paerewa EWG, he tino pakari ake i ngā paerewa a te kawanatanga. Mena ka hipa tō wai puna i ngā aratohu hauora a EWG, ka hiahia pea koe ki te whakaaro ki te hoko i tētahi tātari wai.
He otinga poto noa iho te whiriwhiri i te wai pounamu hei ārai i te wai inu kino pea, engari he nui ake te raruraru me ngā hua kino mō te parahanga mō te wā roa. E maka ana ngā Amerikana ki te 30 miriona tana o te kirihou i ia tau, ā, e 8% anake o aua mea ka hangarua. Ko te nuinga ka mutu ki ngā whenua ururua nā te mea he maha ngā ture rerekē mō ngā mea ka taea te hangarua. Ko te mea pai ko te haumi ki tētahi tātari wai me tētahi pounamu wai ātaahua, ka taea te whakamahi anō—ko ētahi he tātari kua hangaia ki roto.
Nā Jamie (Kim) Ueda tēnei tuhinga i tuhi, i whakamātautau hoki, he kaitātari hua tātari wai (he kaiwhakamahi auau hoki!). He kaituhi motuhake ia e tohunga ana ki te whakamātautau hua me ngā arotake. Mō tēnei rārangi, i whakamatauria e ia ētahi tātari wai, ā, i mahi tahi me ngā tohunga mai i ētahi o ngā taiwhanga o te Good Housekeeping Institute: Ngā Taputapu me te Auahatanga o te Kīhini, Te Whakapaipai Kāinga, Te Waho, Ngā Utauta me te Hangarau;
Ka kōrero a Nicole Papantoniou mō te ngāwari o te whakamahi i ngā hāte me ngā pounamu. I āwhina a Tākuta Bill Noor Alar ki te aromatawai i ngā whakaritenga tango poke e tūāpapa ana i ia o ā mātou otinga. Nā Dan DiClerico rāua ko Rachel Rothman i whakarato i ngā tohungatanga mō te tāutanga tātari.
He tohunga hua kaihoko a Jamie Ueda, neke atu i te 17 tau te roa o tana wheako ki te hoahoa hua me te hanga. Kua mau ia i ngā tūranga kaiārahi i ngā kamupene hua kaihoko rahi-waenga me tētahi o ngā waitohu kākahu rongonui me te nui rawa atu o te ao. Kei te whai wāhi a Jamie ki ētahi taiwhanga o te GH Institute tae atu ki ngā taputapu kīhini, ngā pāpāho me te hangarau, ngā kakahu me ngā taputapu kāinga. I roto i tōna wā waatea, he pai ki a ia te tunu kai, te haereere me te tākaro hākinakina.
Ka whai wāhi atu a Good Housekeeping ki ngā kaupapa hokohoko hononga maha, ko te tikanga ka utua pea mātou i ngā komihana mō ngā hua i whiriwhiria e te ētita i hokona mā roto i ā mātou hononga ki ngā pae hokohoko.