Kia ora tātou! Nō reira, i kōrero tātou mō te tātari i tōinute wai i te wā whakamutunga – he tino huringa nui mō te reka me te hauora. Engari kia pono tātou: ka taunekeneke tātou me te wai, ehara i te mea ko ā tātou karāhe anake. Whakaarohia tō kaukau o ia rā. Ehara i te mea ko te H2O anake taua rerenga wai werawera; he maha ngā wā ka whakakiia ki ngā mea e tātarihia ana e tātou i roto i tā tātou wai inu, me ētahi manuhiri motuhake mō te kaukau. Kua puta atu koe me te mākūkū, te kiri maroke, te kite rānei kua ngaro te kanapa o ō makawe? Kua whawhai pea koe ki te paru hopi uaua me te kirikiri e piri ana ki tō pane kaukau ataahua? Ko tō wai kaukau pea te take. Kua tae ki te wā ki te kōrero mō te toa ngaro o te kounga wai kāinga: te tātari kaukau!

He aha me tātari te wai o tō kaukau? Ehara i te mea he whakamarie noa iho!

Ko te maimoatanga wai ā-rohe e whakawhirinaki nui ana ki te chlorine (ngā chloramine rānei) hei patu i ngā pathogens kino i te mea e rere ana te wai i roto i ngā maero maha o ngā paipa. Ahakoa he mea nui mō te haumaru, kāore taua chlorine e ngaro noa i te wā e pā ana ki tō upoko kaukau. Anei ngā mea ka tupu ina kaukau koe i roto i te wai kāore i tātarihia:

1. Te Kaiwhakaiti Kiri Tino Pai: Ka huakina ō pūwero e te wai wera, ā, he kaha te whakamaroke i te kiri māori, he mea whakamaroke te chlorine. Ka tangohia ngā hinu tūturu o tō kiri, ka maroke, ka riri, ka pakarukaru, ka nui haere ngā mate pēnei i te eczema, te psoriasis rānei. Ko te āhua "piripiri" i muri i te kaukau? He chlorine noa iho.
2. Ngā Raru Whakaara Makawe: He pakari hoki te hauota ki te makawe! Ka taea e ia te hanga i te makawe kia pakarukaru, kia mangu, kia ngawari hoki te whati. Ka tangohia te tae o te makawe kua rongoatia, ā, ka waiho ngā tae kōwhai kia āhua parahi. Kua whakaaro koe kāore tō hinu whakangawari e uru? Ko te toenga hauota pea te ārai.
3. Teihana Manawa: Ina kaukau koe, inā koa i roto i te wai wera, ka manawa koe i te mamaoa. Ka mimiti ngāwari te hauota, ko te tikanga kei te manawa koe. Ka taea e tēnei te whakararuraru i ō pukahukahu, korokoro, me ō ihu – ehara i te mea pai mō te tangata, inā koa te hunga he mate huango, he mate pāwera rānei.
4. Te raruraru o te wai mārō: Ki te mea he wai mārō tōu (he nui te konupūmā me te konupora), ko te tikanga o te kaukau he pani i a koe me tō kaukau ki ngā kohuke. Kia ora, te paru hopi, ngā tauera mārō, te putunga o te uku i runga i ngā tatau karāhe me ngā taputapu, me taua kiri rerekē i runga i tō kiri ahakoa kua horoia!
5. Te Kakara: Ko te "kakara kaukau" motuhake e mau tonu ana i roto i tō wharepaku? Ae, he haukini.

Tomohia te Tātari Kaukau: Ko te Hoa Pai o tō Kiri, o tō Makawe, me tō Kaukau

Ka taea e te tātari kaukau pai te whakatau i ēnei take:

• Whakakore i te Haumāota/Chloramines: Koinei te mahi matua a te nuinga o ngā tātari. Poroporoaki ki te kiri maroke, ki te kiri mākūkū me te makawe mangu.
• Whakaiti i te Unahi me te Para (Mō te Wai Mārō): Ka whakangawarihia te wai e ngā tātari motuhake mā te whakaiti i ngā katote konupūmā me te konupora, ka pai ake te pahuka o te hopi, ka horoi i te kaihoroi, ka ārai hoki i te hanga kiripaka.
• Whakapai ake i te kiri me te makawe: Me tumanako ka ngawari ake te kiri, ka maeneene ake te makawe, ā, ka iti ake pea te hiahia ki ngā whakamakuku me ngā whakangawari matotoru.
• Whakaiti i ngā Kakara me ngā Kohu: Kia pai tō kaukau i te kakara hou, kia māmā ake ai te manawa.
• Tiaki i ngā Taputapu: Nā te iti o te unahi ka noho ma tonu tō pane kaukau, ā, ka roa ake te ora.

Whakaaturanga Tātari Kaukau: Te Kimi i tō Hoa Tino Pai

He māmā ake ngā tātari kaukau i ngā pūnaha wai inu, engari kei a koe tonu ngā kōwhiringa:

1. Ngā Tātari Ā-Rārangi Ao (Nui Rawa):
   • Te āhua o tā rātou mahi: He rango kiato e tāuta anai waenganuitō ringaringa kaukau o nāianei (te paipa e puta mai ana i te pakitara) me tō pane kaukau. Ka takahurihia, ka whakawetohia rānei.
   • Painga: He utu iti, he tino ngāwari te tāutanga DIY (he maha ngā wā kāore he taputapu), ka taea te whakamahi me te nuinga o ngā whakatakotoranga kaukau paerewa. He whānui te wātea.
   • Huakore: Ka tāpirihia he torutoru inihi te roa. Ka poto ake te ora o te tātari (2-6 marama i runga i te whakamahinga/kounga wai). Ko te chlorine/chloramines te kaupapa matua; kāore i te tino whai hua ki ngā kohuke wai mārō mēnā kāore i te tohua.
   • Pai rawa atu mō: Ngā kairihi, ngā kaipupuri whare rānei e hiahia ana ki te tango tere me te utu tika i te haukini. Ko te huarahi whakauru māmā rawa atu.
2. Pane Kaukau + Ngā Huinga Tātari Hanga-roto:
   • Te āhua o tā rātou mahi: He pane kaukau he kātere tātari kua whakauruhia ki roto i tōna whare.
   • Painga: He ātaahua, he āhua katoa-i-te-kotahi. Kāore he roa tāpiri i raro i te pane kaukau. He maha ngā tautuhinga rehu e wātea ana.
   • Huakore: He nui ake te utu i te tātari ā-roto taketake. Tērā pea he mea motuhake/he nui ake te utu mō te whakakapinga o ngā kātere tātari. Tērā pea ka paku whakaitihia te tere rere ki ngā pane kore-tātari. Ko te nuinga o te wā ka aro ki te haurehu.
   • Pai rawa atu mō: Te hunga e hiahia ana ki tētahi āhua whakauru, ā, e hiahia ana ki te haumi i mua.
3. Ngā Tātari Huaora C:
   • Te āhua o tā rātou mahi: Whakamahia te waikawa ascorbic (Huaora C) hei whakakore i te chlorine me ngā chloramines mā te tauhohenga matū. He maha ngā wā ka puta mai hei tātari ā-roto, hei huinga pane kaukau rānei.
   • Painga: Tino whai hua ki te whakakore i te chlorine/chloraminesmehaukiningā kohuNgāwari, kāore he hua taha.
   • Huakore: Ka tere te memeha o ngā kātere (1-3 marama). Kāore e aro ki ngā kohuke wai mārō. Tērā pea he nui ake te utu mō ia karani kua tātarihia i te waro/KDF.
   • Pai rawa atu mō: Te hunga e tino pāngia ana e te kohu chlorine (te huango, te mate pāwera) e hiahia ana rānei ki te whakakorenga chlorine tino whai hua.
4. Ngā Tātari Motuhake mō te Wai Mārō:
   • Te āhua o tā rātou mahi: Whakamahia he rauemi motuhake pērā i ngā tioata waikawa citric, i te tioata āwhina-tauira rānei (TAC) hei hangaāhuawai – e whakarerekē ana i ngā kohuke kia kore ai e piri (tauine) ngāwari. He rite tonu te āhua ki ngā tātari raina nui ake, ki ngā pane kaukau motuhake rānei.
   • Painga: Ka whakakore i te pūtake o te unahi me te paru hopi. Ka kitea te ngawari o te ahua wai. Ka whakaiti i te ira i runga i te karāhe/ngā taputapu. Ka tiaki i ngā paipa wai.
   • Huakore: He rahi ake. He nui ake te utu i te tīmatanga. Kāore e tango i te chlorine/chloramines mēnā kāore i te whakamahia ki tētahi atu rauemi (rapua ngā tātari mahi-rua!).
   • Pai rawa atu mō: Ngā kāinga he raruraru wai mārō ngawari ki te kino.

Te Kōwhiri i tō Tātari Kaukau: Ngā Pātai Matua

• He aha taku Whāinga Matua? Te tango noa i te haukini? Te whawhai ki te wai mārō? Ngā mea e rua? (Rapua ngā tātari whakakotahi!).
• He aha taku Tahua? Whakaarohia te utu tīmatangamete utu/auau o te whakakapinga kātere.
• He Māmā noa iho te Tāutanga? He tino māmā te nuinga o ngā tātari ā-roto. Tirohia te hototahitanga ki tō ringaringa kaukau.
• Te Ora me te Whakakapinga o te Tātari: Kia pēhea te auau o te whakawhiti? Me nui ake te auau o te whakawhiti i te Huaora C i te waro/KDF.
• He mea nui ngā Tiwhikete (Ānō!): Rapua te tiwhikete NSF/ANSI 177 mō te tātari kaukau (te whakaiti i te hauota kore utu e wātea ana).