Kei te rite te tere whanaketanga o te ao horoi wai mō ngā whanaketanga hou i roto i ngā rā kei te heke mai. I te mea kei te piki haere ngā āwangawanga mō te kounga o te wai me te hiahia mō ngā otinga pumau, ko te whanaketanga o ngā taputapu horoi wai hou e tohu ana i tētahi heke mai kanapa ake mō te wai inu ma, haumaru hoki.

I ngā tau tata nei, kua hurihia e ngā hangarau hou ngā taputapu horoi wai tuku iho hei taputapu atamai, tino whai hua hoki. Nā te whakaurunga o ngā hangarau matauranga horihori (AI) me te Ipurangi o ngā Mea (IoT) kua wātea te ara mō ngā taputapu horoi wai atamai ka taea te aroturuki i te kounga o te wai, te tātari raraunga, me te whakarite i ngā tukanga tātari kia pai ai te mahi.

Ko tētahi o ngā whanaketanga matua e ārahi ana i te heke mai o ngā pūwhakapai wai ko te whakamahinga o te nanotechnology. Ko ngā rauemi nano, pērā i te graphene oxide me ngā nanotubes waro, he āhuatanga ahurei e āhei ai te whakarei ake i ngā āheinga tātari. Ka taea e ēnei kiriuhi tātari matatau te tango pai i ngā poke iti rawa, pērā i ngā konganuku taumaha, ngā kirihou moroiti, me ngā toenga rongoā, ka whakarato i te wai inu ma, hauora hoki.

Ko tētahi atu tirohanga whakahihiri ko te whakamahi i ngā tikanga tātari taiao-hoa, pumau hoki. He maha ngā wā ka puta he para i roto i te tukanga tātari i ngā kaiwhakapai wai tuku iho. Heoi, kei te hangaia ngā kaiwhakapai wai o muri mai me ngā huarahi taiao-hoa. Hei tauira, ko ētahi tauira e whakauru ana i ngā puna pūngao whakahou, pērā i ngā panera rā, i te whakamahi rānei i te pūngao nekeneke, hei whakakaha i te tukanga tātari. Hei tāpiri, kei te tūhuratia ngā tikanga tātari matatau, tae atu ki te osmosis whakamuri me te waikura matatau, hei whakaiti i te moumou wai me te whakarite i te horoinga tino pai.

He āwangawanga ā-ao te urunga atu ki te wai ma, inā koa i ngā wāhi tūmatanui, i ngā wā rānei o ngā āhuatanga ā-taiao. Hei whakatika i tēnei take, kei te whakawhanakehia ngā taputapu horoi wai kawe me ngā taputapu horoi wai kia ngāwari ai te whakamahi i roto i ngā āhuatanga ohorere. Ka taea e ēnei taputapu kiato, he taputapu tātari whai hua te horoi tere i te wai mai i ngā puna wai e wātea ana pērā i ngā awa, ngā roto, tae noa ki te wai poke, hei oranga mō te hunga e matea ana.

Kāore te heke mai o ngā taputapu horoi wai e herea noa ki ngā whare, ki ngā āhuatanga ohorere rānei, engari e horapa ana ki ngā pūnaha horoi nui. Kei te haumi ngā kaunihera me ngā ahumahi ki ngā tipu horoi wai matatau e whakamahi ana i ngā hangarau tātari hou, e taea ai te whakahaere i ngā rahinga wai nui me te pupuri tonu i ngā paerewa horoi pai rawa atu. Ka whai wāhi nui ēnei pūnaha nui ki te whakarato wai ma ki ngā hapori katoa me te whakatutuki i ngā hiahia ahumahi.

Ahakoa he nui te pūmanawa o ngā taputapu horoi wai mō te heke mai, he mea nui kia aro atu ki ngā wero pēnei i te utu tika me te wātea. He mea nui te rangahau me te whanaketanga tonu, me ngā mahi tahi o te ao, hei whakaiti i ngā utu me te whakarite kia uru atu te katoa ki te wai ma.

I a tātou e tū ana i te paepae o tētahi ao hou o te hangarau horoi wai, kei te tata tonu te wawata mō tētahi ao e wātea whānuitia ai te wai inu haumaru, ma hoki. Kei te mahi kaha tonu ngā kairangahau, ngā miihini, me ngā kaihanga auaha huri noa i te ao ki te pana i ngā rohe o ngā mea ka taea, me te waihanga i tētahi heke mai e kore ai ngā kaiwhakapai wai e noho hei taputapu noa iho engari hei taputapu nui hei tiaki i te hauora me te oranga o te tangata.