I hokona e koe he taputapu horoi wai hei whakaora i te ao. I ia wā ka whakakīia e koe tō pounamu whakamahi anō mai i te puna wai, ka rongo koe i te kanapa iti o te pai. Kāore he pounamu kirihou e whakakīkī ana i ngā whenua ururua. Kāore he wahie pūmua e tahuna ana hei kawe wai puta noa i ngā whenua. Kua oti i a koe tō mahi.

Kua pērā rānei koe?

Ko te pono he mea whakararuraru ake. He atarangi taiao anō tō tō pūwhakamāori wai – te kaitiaki ātaahua o te hauora o tō whānau. Ko ngā tātari ka maka atu e koe, ko te wai para ka tukuna e koe ki te waikeri, ko te pūngao e pau ana, me te whare kirihou ka hono atu ki te whenua ururua e ngana ana koe ki te karo… ka tāpirihia katoatia ēnei.

Ehara tēnei i te tautohe mō ngā taputapu horoi wai. He mea nui te wai mā. Engari, ki te mea kei te whiriwhiri tātou hei tiaki i te ao, me mārama tātou ki te katoa o ngā āhuatanga. Anei ngā kōrero kāore anō kia kōrerotia e tetahi mō te utu taiao o tō taputapu horoi wai.

Te Pāngarau o te Pounamu Kirihou: Tetahi taha o te Pukapuka Tātari

Me tīmata tātou ki tāu e penapena nei. He mea tūturu, ā, he mea nui.

• E whā ngā tāngata e inu ana i te nui o te wai kua tūtohutia mai i ngā pounamu kirihou kotahi te whakamahinga, ka puta mai i a rātou te 1,500 pounamu wai ia tau.
• E 50 karani hinu te nui e hiahiatia ana hei hanga i aua pounamu, ā, neke atu i te 300 pauna o te CO₂ ka tukuna.
• Neke atu i te 30% o aua pounamu ka hangarua. Ko te toenga ka mutu ki ngā whenua ururua, ki ngā moana, ki ngā oumu tahu rānei.

Mā te huri ki tētahi mīhini horoi wai, ka whakakorea katoatia taua para e taua whānau. He wikitoria tūturu, he wikitoria whai tikanga hoki tēnā mō te taiao. Kaua tetahi e whakaiti i tēnei.

Engari ko te haurua noa iho tēnā o te kōrero.

Te Awa Para Tātari: Te Raru Kirihou Huna

He tātari te whakawhirinaki o ia pūwhakapai wai. Ā, ahakoa te matatau o te wai, ka noho para noa iho ia tātari.

Ko ngā kātere tātari paerewa (ko ērā ka hurihia ki roto, ki waho) he mea hanga ki ngā whare kirihou kua whakakiia ki ngā rauemi kua pau: te waro whakahohe, te kapia whakawhiti katote, te KDF, te rauemi kiriuhi RO rānei. Ko te nuinga o ēnei kātere kāore e taea te hangarua mā roto i ngā kaupapa ā-rohe paerewa. He maha ngā rauemi kua whakakotahitia: te anga o waho kirihou, ngā hiri rapa, te roto o te rauemi whakauru. Kāore e taea e ngā whare hangarua te wehewehe i a rātou i runga i te ōhanga.

He mīharo te tauine:

• E 0.5 pauna te taumaha o tētahi tātari poraka waro noa. Whakakapia ia ono marama, ā, ka tukuna e te whare kotahi te 1 pauna o ngā para tātari ki te whenua ururua ia tau.
• He nui ake te taumaha o te whare kiriuhi RO – tata ki te 1-2 pauna – ā, ka whakakapia i ia 2-3 tau.
• Ka whakanuia taua para e ngā pūnaha maha-wāhanga me ngā tātari 4-6.

Inaianei whakareatia ki ngā miriona whare e whakamahi ana i ngā taputapu horoi wai puta noa i te ao. Koia te tekau miriona pauna o ngā para tātari kirihou e uru ana ki ngā whenua ururua i ia tau, ā, ka noho tonu ki reira mō ngā rautau.

Kei ētahi kaihanga ngā kaupapa hangarua mēra. He iti noa te maha o ngā tāngata e whai wāhi ana – he iti iho i te 5%. Ko te nuinga o ngā tātari ka mutu ki roto i te ipu para.

Te Pātai mō te Wai Para: Ngā Mea Kāore Koe e Kite

Ki te whakamahi koe i te pūnaha osmosis whakamuri, kei te whakaputa hoki koe i te wai para. Ia karani wai parakore ka puta mai he 2-4 karani ka tukuna ki roto i te waikeri (ahakoa kua whakapai ake ngā pūnaha whai hua teitei o ēnei rā i tēnei ōwehenga ki te 1:1, ki te 2:1 rānei).

Whakaarohia te pāngarau mō tētahi whānau e whakamahi ana i te 3 karani wai RO ia rā:

• I te ōwehenga whai hua 1:3 (ngā pūnaha tawhito), koia te 9 karani wai para i ia rā – neke atu i te 3,200 karani ia tau.
• I te ōwehenga 1:1 (ngā pūnaha hou), e 3 karani wai ia rā – tata ki te 1,100 karani ia tau.

Kāore taua wai para i te paitini. He wai kua kukū noa iho me ngā kohuke me ngā poke kua tangohia e tō pūnaha. Engari he wai tonu e hiahia ana kia rongoatia, kia papua, kia whai hanganga hoki kia tae atu ki tō kāinga. Mā te tuku atu ki te waikeri, e rua, whā rānei ngā wā ka nui ake te wai e whakamahia ana e koe i tō mea e tika ana mō ō hiahia inu.

I ngā rohe kāore i te nui te wai, ehara tēnei i te mea ngāwari.

Te Tapuwae Pūngao: Te Kaihautū Wahangu

Ka whakamahia te pūngao e tō kaiwhakapai wai i ngā huarahi kāore pea koe e whakaaro.

He mea nui te pūngao e hiahiatia ana – te pūngao e hiahiatia ana hei hanga, hei tākai, hei kawe hoki i te waeine me ōna tātari. Kei roto i te pūnaha RO i raro i te totohu te kirihou, te maitai, te hikohiko, me te rapa. Mā te hanga i aua rauemi ka tukuna te waro.

Ka rerekē te pūngao whakahaere i runga i te momo:

• Kāore he hiko e whakamahia ana e ngā pūnaha whāngai-papatipu (pērā i te momo Berkey).
• Ka whakamahia e ngā pūnaha RO paerewa he papu iti e kukume ana i te 30-60 watts i te wā e oma ana. Mena e rua hāora te oma o tō pūnaha i te rā, tata ki te 40 kWh ia tau – he rite tonu ki te pona.
• He nui ake te whakamahinga o ngā pūnaha me ngā rama UV, ngā whakaaturanga atamai, ngā papu tukurua rānei.

He iti ake te tapuwae waro o te pūwhakamāori wai i te tapuwae wai pounamu i roto i tōna oranga katoa. Kāore e tautohetia ana tēnā. Engari ehara i te mea ko te kore.

Te Raru o te Roa: Te Whakangaromanga Kua Whakaritea

Anei te pono tino uaua: he maha ngā mīhini horoi wai kua hangaia hei whakakapi, kaua hei whakatika.

• Ko te tikanga o ngā kātere tātari motuhake, kāore e taea e koe te whakamahi i ngā momo tātari a te hunga tuatoru ina mutu te hanga e te kaihanga tētahi tauira.
• Ka pakaru ngā papa hiko, ā, kāore e taea te whakakapi.
• Ka ngatata ngā whare kirihou, ā, kāore e taea te whakatika.
• Ina pakaru tētahi pūnaha i muri i ngā tau 5-7, he iti ake te utu ki te hoko i tētahi mea hou i te whakatika i te mea tawhito.

Ka honoa taua mea horoi tawhito – he poraka nui o te kirihou, te konganuku, me ngā hikohiko – ki te whenua ururua i te taha o ngā tātari. Ka ngaro tōna kaha ake tonu atu.

Kei te anga atu ētahi waitohu ki ngā hoahoa ngāwari, ka taea te whakatika. Engari koinei te mea rerekē, ehara i te ture.

Ngā Mea Ka Taea e Koe: He Mahere Mahi Taiao Whai Hua

Kāore e hiahiatia kia whakarērea tō pūwhakamāori wai. Engari ka taea e koe te whakaiti i tōna pānga ki te taiao.

1. Kōwhiria he pūnaha me ngā tātari rahi paerewa, e wātea whānuitia ana.
Āta karohia ngā kātere motuhake e here ana i a koe ki te kaihanga kotahi. Kei te wātea ngā kātere "whare katoa" 10-inihi noa mai i ngā tini waitohu, ā, i ētahi wā ka taea te hangarua ngāwari ake.

2. Rapua ngā kaupapa hangarua mēra.
Kei ngā waitohu pēnei i a Aquasana, Brita (mō ngā ipu wai), me ētahi kamupene maimoatanga wai ā-rohe e tuku ana i te hangarua tātari. Me whakapau kaha – te horoi i te tātari, te whakakī ki roto i te pouaka, te tuku mēra – engari ka ārai i te kirihou kia kore e uru ki ngā whenua ururua.

3. Huri ki tētahi pūnaha RO tino whai hua.
Ki te whakamahi koe i te osmosis whakamuri, kimihia he pūnaha he ōwehenga para 1:1, 2:1 rānei. He nui ake te utu tīmatanga, engari ka tere te penapena wai – ina koa ka utua e koe te karani wai.

4. Whakaarohia mēnā me whai RO koe.
Mena he haumaru te wai o tō tāone, ā, he reka ake te wai e hiahiatia ana e koe, kāore he waipara e puta mai i tētahi tātari waro māmā (i raro i te totohu, i te papa kaunta rānei), kāore e whakamahia he hiko, ā, he iti ake te rerenga waipara o te tātari. Whakamātauria tō wai i te tuatahi. Kaua e tātari rawa.

5. Whakaroahia te roa o te ora o te tātari me te whai kawenga.
Kaua e whakawhiti i ngā tātari i mua i te wā e tika ana, engari kaua hoki e neke atu i tō rātou roanga mahi. Kāore te tātari kua pau ka mutu noa te mahi – ka taea e ia te tuku i ngā paru kua mau ki roto i tō wai, ā, ka kore e whai hua.

6. Tiakina tō pūnaha kia roa ake ai tōna ora.
Horoia ngā whare. Whakakapia ngā mowhiti-O. Whakatikahia tonutia ngā turuturu iti. Mā te pūnaha e 10 tau te roa, kaua e 5 tau, ka whakaitihia tōna tapuwae taiao kia haurua.

7. Kia tae ki te wā hei whakakapi, me hangarua te waeine tawhito.
He maha ngā wāhanga – te anga whakarewa, te papu, tae atu ki ētahi kirihou – ka taea te hangarua mēnā ka wetewetehia te waeine. Tirohia me tō whare para hiko o te rohe.

Te Raina Matua Pono

He pai ake te horoi wai mō te taiao i te wai pounamu? Ae rā. He nui ake te tapuwae waro, te para kirihou, me te whakapaunga rauemi o te wai pounamu.

Engari he mea horoi waipaimō te taiao? He pātai rerekē tēnā. Heiti iho te kinoHe taputapu whakaiti i te kino, ehara i te otinga.

Ko te wai tino pai mō te taiao ko te wai e puta mai ana i tō pūwero – kāore i tātarihia, kāore i rongoatia, ā, e pono ana. Mena he waimarie koe ki te noho ki tētahi wāhi he wai pūwero haumaru, he reka hoki, ko te kōwhiringa matomato rawa atu ko te inu i tōna āhua o nāianei.

Ki tā tātou katoa – ā, ko te nuinga o tātou – he mea nui te whakamahi i te pūwhakamātautau wai. Ka taea e tātou te whakaiti i tōna pānga mā te whiriwhiri whakaaro nui, te pupuri me te aro nui, me te hangarua me te whai kawenga.

Kaua te mea tino pai e waiho hei hoariri mō te mea pai. Engari me kite tātou i te pikitia katoa. Kei te āwhina tō pūwhakamāori wai i a koe ki te karo i te maunga o ngā pounamu kirihou. He ahunga whakamua tūturu tēnā. Kaua e whakaaro kāore he utu mōna ake.