Kia ora tātou! I tū koe i waenganui i te inu i te tap o tō kīhini, ā, i whakaaro koe, "He aha rawa kei roto i tēnei karāhe?" Kua hoha rānei koe ki te reka o te hauota, ki te hanganga o te uku i runga i tō ipu wai, ki te tini o ngā pounamu wai kirihou? Mēnā koinā, ehara i te mea ko koe anake. Kei te piki haere te tokomaha o tātou e titiro ana ki ngā pūnaha tātari wai kāinga hei otinga. Engari he maha ngā kōwhiringa kei reira – ngā ipu wai, ngā taputapu tap, ngā waeine i raro i te totohu, ngā mea nunui o te whare katoa – ka uaua te whiriwhiri i te mea tika. Me wehewehe tātou!

He aha i Tātarihia ai i te Tuatahi?

Ahakoa e tukatukahia ana ngā puna wai ā-tāone i roto i te nuinga o ngā rohe kia tutuki ai ngā paerewa haumaru, ka taea e te haerenga mai i te tipu maimoatanga ki tō puna te whakauru mai i ngā poke. Hei tāpiri, he rerekē ngā paerewa, ā, he uaua ake te tango i ētahi poke (pēnei i ētahi konganuku taumaha, ngā patu pepeke, ngā tohu rongoā rānei) kāore rānei i te whakahaeretia i ngā taumata e pai ana ki te katoa. Anei te take he mea tika te tātari:

Whakapai ake i te reka me te kakara: Poroporoaki ki te reka me te kakara o te chlorine! Ka tino whakapai ake ngā tātari i te reka o te wai.

Te Tango i ngā Parahanga Motuhake: I runga i te momo tātari, ka taea e rātou te aro ki ngā mea pēnei i te mata, te mercury, te arsenic, ngā patupatu pepeke, ngā nitrates, ngā cysts (pēnei i te Cryptosporidium), me ētahi atu.

Te Whakaiti i te Parataiao me te Kapua: Ka hopukina e ngā tātari te waikura, te onepu me ētahi atu matūriki.

Ngāwari ake te āhua o te wai: Ka whakaitihia e ētahi tātari ngā kohuke, ka mārō ake, ka iti ake te unahi, ā, ka ngawari ake pea te kiri me te makawe.

He Penapena Utu me te Atawhai ki te Taiao: Whakarērea te inu wai pounamu! He iti ake te utu o te wai paipa kua tātarihia, ā, ka whakakorea e ia ngā maunga para kirihou. He wikitoria tēnei mō tō pēke moni me te ao tūroa.

Te Rangimarie o te Hinengaro: Mā te mōhio ki ngā mea kei roto (me ngā mea kāore rānei) i roto i tō wai inu ka tino whakamarietia koe.

Ngā Momo Tātari Kua Whakamāramahia: Te Kimi i tō Taunga

Anei tētahi aratohu tere ki ngā kōwhiringa kāinga tino noa:

Ngā Tātari Ipu/Kape:

Te āhua o tā rātou mahi: Ka kukume te kaha ā-papa i te wai mā roto i te kātere (he waro whakahohe te nuinga +/- ētahi atu pāpāho).

Painga: Utu iti, kawe, ngāwari ki te whakamahi, kāore e hiahiatia he tāutanga. He pai mō ngā whare iti, mō ngā kairihi rānei.

Ngā Huakore: He puhoi te tātari, he iti te kaha, he maha ngā whakawhiti kātere (ia marama pea), he iti ake te whai hua ki ētahi poke pēnei i te fluoride, te nitrates rānei. Me nui te wāhi i roto i te pouaka whakamātao.

Pai rawa atu mō: Te whakaiti i te reka/kakara/hauora taketake me te tango mārire i ngā paru. He wāhi tomo pakari.

Ngā Tātari e Mau ana ki te Taputapu:

Te āhua o tā rātou mahi: Whakapiria tika ki tō pūwero. Ka rere te wai mā roto i te kātere e piri ana ina hurihia e koe te kaitahuri.

Ngā Painga: He iti te utu, he ngāwari te tāutanga ā-ringa, he pai te rere o te wai, he watea te whakamahi i te wai tātari i runga i te tono.

Huakore: He rahi rawa, kāore pea e tau ki ngā momo taputapu katoa, me whakakapi tonu ngā kātere, ā, ka paku whakaiti i te pēhanga wai.

Pai rawa atu mō: Te hunga e hiahia ana ki te wai tātari tika mai i te pūwero, kāore e hiahiatia he wai e tata ana ki raro i te totohu. He pai mō te whakapai ake i te nuinga o te wā.

Ngā Tātari Papamahi:

Te āhua o tā rātou mahi: Noho ki te taha o tō totohu, me te hono atu ki te taputapu mā te ngongo whakawhiti. He maha ngā wāhanga e whakamahia ana (waro, uku, RO rānei i ētahi wā).

Painga: He nui ake te kaha, ā, he pai ake te tātari i ngā ipu/whakapiringa paipa. Kāore he tāutanga tūturu. Kāore e uru ki ngā paipa wai i raro i te totohu.

Huakore: Ka pau te wāhi i runga i te kaute, me hono/momotu ā-ringa (mō ētahi), he puhoi ake i te mea kei raro i te totohu.

Pai rawa atu mō: Ngā kairihi, te hunga rānei e hiahia ana ki te tātari pai ake i te hūka engari kāore e taea/kāore e pai ki te tāuta i te raro totohu.

Ngā Tātari i raro i te Totohu:

Te āhua o tā rātou mahi: Kua tāutahia ki raro i te totohu, kua whakapūmauhia ki roto i te paipa wai matao. Ka tukuna te wai kua tātarihia mā roto i tētahi pūwero motuhake. Ka taea te whakamahi i ngā poraka waro māmā, i ngā pūnaha maha-wāhanga rānei.

Ngā Painga: He kaha tātari tino pai, kāore e kitea, he taputapu motuhake (he ātaahua te nuinga o te wā!), he pai te rere o te wai, he roa te ora o te tātari.

Huakore: Me tāuta e te tohunga, e te tohunga rānei, he nui ake te utu i mua, ka nui te wāhi i roto i te kāpata.

Pai rawa atu mō: Ngā hiahia tātari nui, ngā whānau, te hunga e hiahia ana ki tētahi otinga kounga teitei, pumau. Ko te whiringa pai rawa atu mō te tango whānui i ngā poke.

Ngā Pūnaha Osmosis Whakamuri (RO) (he maha ngā wā kei raro i te totohu):

Te āhua o tā rātou mahi: Ka panaia te wai mā roto i tētahi kiriuhi haurua-permeable, ka tangohia te 95-99% o ngā totoka rewa (tote, konganuku taumaha, fluoride, nitrates, me ētahi atu). Kei roto i te nuinga o te wā ko ngā tātari-mua (waro/para) me te tātari-muri.

Painga: Paerewa koura mō te parakore. Ka tangohia te whānuitanga o ngā poke. He reka tino pai.

Ngā Huakore: He nui ake te utu (te hoko me te tiaki), he puhoi ake te tere whakaputa, ka puta he wai para (he ōwehenga 4:1 te mea noa), me whai wāhi motuhake mō te pūwero me te wāhi i raro i te totohu. Ka tangohia hoki ngā kohuke whai hua (ka tāpirihia anō e ētahi pūnaha).

Pai rawa atu mō: Ngā wāhi e mōhiotia ana he nui te poke, ngā kaiwhakamahi wai puna, te hunga rānei e hiahia ana ki te wai parakore rawa atu.

Te Kōwhiri Marama: Ngā Whakaaro Matua

I mua i tō hoko, pātai atu ki a koe anō:

He aha aku āwangawanga matua? Te reka? Te hauota? Te mata? Te pakeke? Te huakita? Whakamātauria tō wai (he maha ngā ratonga ā-rohe e tuku pūrongo ana, e whakamahi rānei i tētahi kete) kia mōhio ai koe ki te aha e pāngia ana e koe. Whakaritea tō tātari ki ō hiahia.

He aha taku tahua? Whakaarohia te utu tīmatanga me ngā utu whakakapinga tātari tonu.

E hia te wai e whakamahia ana e au? Kāore e ranea te hāte mō tētahi whānau nui.

He aha te āhua o tōku noho? Tērā pea ka pai ake ki ngā kairēti he ipu wai, he taputapu whakamau wai, he papa kaunta rānei.

He pai ki ahau te tāutanga? Me nui ake te mahi mō te raro-totohu me te RO.

Rapua ngā Tiwhikete! Ka whakamatautauria motuhaketia ngā tātari whai mana, ā, ka whakamanahia hoki e ngā whakahaere pēnei i a NSF International, i te Water Quality Association rānei (WQA) kia rite ki ngā paerewa whakaiti poke motuhake (hei tauira, NSF/ANSI 42 mō te ataahua, 53 mō ngā poke hauora, 58 mō te RO). He mea nui tēnei – kaua e whakawhirinaki noa ki ngā kereme hokohoko.

Te Raina Taketake

He haumitanga ki tō hauora, ki ō puku reka, ki tō pēke moni, me te taiao te haumi ki tētahi tātari wai. Kāore he tātari "pai" kotahi mō te katoa – ko te kōwhiringa tino pai e whakawhirinaki ana ki te kounga o tō wai, ō hiahia, tō tahua, me tō momo noho. Rangahauhia, kia mārama ki ngā mea e hiahia ana koe ki te tango, rapua aua tiwhikete nui, ā, kimihia te pūnaha e kawe mai ana i te maia ki a koe me ia karāhe whakahauora.

Anei te huarahi kia mārama ake, kia ma ake, kia reka ake hoki te wai!

Ā, ko koe? He tātari wai tāu e whakamahi ana? He aha te momo, ā, he aha te mea i whiriwhiri ai koe i taua tātari? Tuhia ō wheako ki ngā kōrero i raro nei!