1. Kia mārama ki te kounga o tō wai: I mua i te hoko i tētahi taputapu horoi wai, he mea nui kia mōhio koe ki te kounga o tō wai puna. Tikina he pūrongo kounga wai mai i tō kaiwhakarato wai ā-rohe, whakahaerehia rānei he whakamātautau wai hei tautuhi i ngā poke me ngā paru motuhake e tika ana kia whakatikahia.

2. Tāutuhia ō hiahia: He rerekē ngā momo horoi wai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia rerekē. Whakatauhia he aha ngā poke motuhake e hiahia ana koe ki te tango mai i tō wai, pērā i te chlorine, te konganuku taumaha, te huakita, ngā patu pepeke rānei. Mā tēnei koe e āwhina ki te whiriwhiri i te momo horoi tika e tika ana mō ō hiahia.

3. Rangahauhia ngā momo pūwero wai rerekē: He maha ngā momo pūwero wai e wātea ana, tae atu ki ngā tātari waro whakahohe, ngā pūnaha osmosis whakamuri, ngā pūwero UV, me ngā waeine whakatō. He painga me he herenga tō ia momo. Rangahauhia, kia mārama hoki ki ngā painga me ngā huakore o ia momo kia taea ai e koe te whakatau whai whakaaro.

4. Whakaarohia te tiaki me te whakakapi i te tātari: He mea nui te tiaki me te whakakapi i te tātari i ia wā kia pai ai te mahi a ngā mīhini horoi wai. Rapua ngā mīhini horoi he ngāwari te whakakapi i ngā tātari, ā, whakaarohia te utu me te wātea o ngā tātari whakakapinga i mua i te hoko.

5. Tirohia ngā tiwhikete: Rapua ngā mīhini horoi wai kua whakamanahia e ngā whakahaere rongonui pēnei i te NSF International, te Water Quality Association rānei. Mā ēnei tiwhikete ka tutuki i te mīhini horoi ētahi paerewa, ā, ka tangohia pai ngā poke motuhake.

6. Whakatauritehia ngā utu me ngā pūtāhui: Whakatauritehia ngā utu me ngā pūtāhui o ngā mīhini horoi wai rerekē kia whiwhi ai koe i te uara pai rawa atu mō tō moni. Whakaarohia te utu tīmatanga, ngā utu tāutanga (mēnā he), me ngā whakapaunga tiaki mō te wā roa.

7. Ngā whakaritenga tāutanga me te wāhi: Whakaarohia te tukanga tāutanga me ngā whakaritenga wāhi mō te horoi wai. Tērā pea ētahi horoi e hiahiatia ana he tāutanga ngaio, ko ētahi ka taea te tāuta ngāwari e ngā kaipupuri whare. Me whakarite kei a koe he wāhi nui me ngā hononga paipa e tika ana mō te horoi.

8. Pānuihia ngā arotake me ngā whakatauranga a ngā kiritaki: Pānuihia ngā arotake me ngā whakatauranga a ngā kiritaki ipurangi mō ngā tauira horoi wai e whakaarohia ana e koe. Mā tēnei ka taea te whakarato i ngā māramatanga whai hua mō te mahi, te pakari, me ngā taumata makona o ngā kiritaki o ngā waitohu me ngā tauira rerekē.

9. Whakaarohia te whai hua o te pūngao: Rapua ngā mīhini horoi wai e whai hua ana ki te pūngao hei whakaiti i te whakapaunga hiko. He kōwhiringa pai ngā tauira kua whakamanahia e Energy Star nā te mea e tutuki ana i ngā paerewa whai hua motuhake.

10. Rapua he tohutohu ngaio mēnā e tika ana: Mēnā kāore koe i te tino mōhio ko tēhea taputapu horoi wai hei whiriwhiri, he āwangawanga rānei mō te kounga o tō wai, whakaarohia te rapu tohutohu mai i tētahi tohunga maimoatanga wai. Ka taea e rātou te tuku tohutohu whaiaro i runga i ō hiahia.

Kia maumahara, he mea nui te hoko i tētahi taputapu horoi wai pai hei whakarite i te hauora me te haumaru o tō whānau, nō reira whakapaua te wā ki te rangahau me te whakatau whai whakaaro.