I ngā tau kua taha ake nei, kua piki ake te nui o te whakamahinga o ngā pounamu wai. He tokomaha e whakapono ana he ma ake, he haumaru ake, he parakore ake te wai pounamu i te wai puna, i te wai tātari rānei. Nā tēnei whakaaro kua whakawhirinaki te tangata ki ngā pounamu wai, engari ko te mea pono, kei roto i ngā pounamu wai te 24% o te wai puna tātari.

He tino kino hoki ngā pounamu wai mō te taiao nā te para kirihou. He take nui te para kirihou puta noa i te ao. Mā te hoko pounamu kirihou ka piki ake te hiahia mō te kirihou, ā, ka whakamahia te pūngao me ngā wahie pūmua. He mea whai hua, kua hangaia ngā tātari wai hei whakaiti i ngā para i roto i te taiao, hei whakaiti hoki i ngā utu. He pai ki te taiao ngā tātari wai, ā, ka āwhina i te tango i ngā poke me ngā paru i roto i te wai puna.

He huarahi pai ngā tātari wai hei āwhina i a koe ki te whakaora i te taiao!

Ka āwhina ngā tātari wai ki te karo i te hanga papatipu o ngā pounamu kirihou, ā, ka taea hoki te uru atu ki te wai inu haumaru, hauora hoki. I Ahitereiria anake, neke atu i te 400,000 ngā oko hinu e whakamahia ana i ia tau hei hanga pounamu kirihou. Engari, e toru tekau ōrau anake o ngā pounamu e hokona ana ka hangarua, ko te toenga ka mutu ki te whenua ururua, ka tae rānei ki te moana. He huarahi pai te tātari wai hei oranga pumau, me te mōhio anō hoki he haumaru tō wai inu.

Ko te nui o te parahanga mai i te kirihou ka tino kino ki ngā kararehe whenua me ngā kararehe moana, tae atu ki ō rātou rauropi. He pānga anō hoki ki te hauora o te tangata. Mā te whakaiti i te whakamahinga o ngā pounamu kirihou ka iti ake ngā matū e horomia ana, pērā i te BPA. Kei roto i ngā pounamu wai kirihou te bisphenol A (BPA) ka taea te mimiti me te whakapoke i te wai. Ka taea e te pānga o te BPA te kino ki te roro o ngā kukune, ngā pēpi, me ngā tamariki. Kua aukatia e ngā whenua pērā i a Hapani te whakamahinga o te kirihou mārō "7" nā te mea he matū kino.

He huarahi haumaru ake, he huarahi iti ake te utu hoki ngā tātari wai ki te pārekareka ki te wai ma.

He mea hanga ngā tātari wai o tō whare kia roa, ā, ka taea e koe te penapena utu. Ka taea e koe te penapena $1 mō ia rita mai i ngā pounamu kirihou ki te 1¢ mō ia rita mā te whakamahi i tētahi tātari wai. Mā ngā tātari wai anō hoki koe e whiwhi ai i te wai kua tātarihia i ngā wā katoa, 24/7, mai i te puna wai! Ehara i te mea he ngāwari noa te uru atu ki te tātari wai, engari ko te tango atu i te haunga, te reka kino, me te haukini he painga anō hoki o te hoko tātari.

Ka whakaratohia e ngā tātari wai he wai ma, he reka hoki i roto i ngā momo pūnaha e pai ana mōu me tō whare. He māmā noa te tāutanga, ā, ka whai hua koe me tō whānau i ngā momo huarahi mō ngā tau e haere ake nei.