I mua i tō tono i tētahi kete whakamātautau wai, i tō tirotiro rānei i tētahi pukapuka ā-ringa mō ngā hua, kei reira tētahi taputapu tātaritanga kore utu, tere tonu e karapoti ana i a koe: ko tō ake kāinga. Ko ngā paru, te unahi, ngā hapa o te mahi i roto i tō kīhini me tō kaukau he whakaaturanga tika, kāore i tātarihia o te āhua o tō wai. Mā te ako ki te pānui i ēnei tohu ka taea e koe te whakaatu tika i te momo pūwhakamātautau wai e hiahiatia ana e koe, i mua noa atu i tō tīmatanga ki te hokohoko.

Ngā Pūrākau Totohu o te Kīhini

He mea tino tika tō totohu me tō pūwero mō te mōhio ki te wai.

• Te Tae Kakariki-Kikorangi (Te Karanga Parahi): Ehara i te mea he kino noa iho aua tae kikorangi parauri i te taha o tō waikeri, o tō taputapu hau rānei; he tauhohenga matū hoki. He tohu wai waikura ēnei, he iti pea te pH (waikawa). Kei te kai mārire tēnei wai i ō paipa parahi, ka mimiti te parahi ki roto i tō wai. Kāore e taea e te mea horoi e tātari noa ana te whakaoti i tēnei; me whai pūnaha koe kei roto he tātari whakakore, he papa konupūmā rānei hei whakanui ake i te pH me te tiaki i ō paipa wai (me tō hauora).
• Te Parauri Whero-Parauri Waikura (Te Waea Rino): Ko ngā parauri whero-parauri i roto i ngā totohu, i ngā wharepaku, me ngā kakahu ma he tohu rongonui o te rino nui rawa. Ehara i te mea he take ataahua noa iho tēnei. Ka hoatu he reka whakarewa ki te wai, ka ārai i ngā parauri, ā, ka taea te whakatairanga i te tipu o ngā huakita rino. Me whai tātari motuhake koe mō te tango rino, pērā i te tātari waikura motuhake, i te pūnaha weronga hau rānei, e kore e taea e te tātari waro paerewa, te tātari RO rānei anake te whakahaere pai.
• Te Kirikiri Ma (The Hard Water Herald): Ko te putunga pakari, unahi i runga i ngā taputapu, i ngā pane kaukau, me roto i tō ipu wai he uku iti—te tohu karanga mō te wai pakeke, kī tonu i te konupūmā me te konupora. Ka ārai i ngā taputapu, ka whakaiti i te pēhanga wai, ka whakamaroke hoki i te kiri me te makawe. Ahakoa ka tangohia e te pūnaha RO te pakeke mō te inu, ka raru tonu ō paipa me ō kaukau i te unahi. E tohu tika ana tēnei tohu ki te hiahia mō tētahi whakangawari wai mō te whare katoa, i te iti rawa rānei, he pūnaha aukati unahi hei tiaki i ō taputapu.

Te Tātaritanga Taputapu

Kei te pupurihia e āu mīhini he rārangi taipitopito mō te kounga o tō wai.

• Te Kōrero a te Kaihoroi Rīhi: Kei te puta mai ō mōhiti he paru, he kapua rānei ahakoa kua horoia ki te wai? He maha ngā wā he take tēnei nā te wai mārō. Kāore ngā kohuke i roto i te wai e horoia katoatia, ka waiho he kiri mangu. He tohu mārama tēnei kei te whawhai tō hopi horoi ki tō wai, kaua ki ō rīhi.
• Te Whakaae a te Kaihanga Kawhe: Ko te pikinga tere o te unahi i roto i tō kaihanga kawhe, i tō ipu kawhe rānei, he ine tika mō te pakeke o te wai. He mea nui ake, ki te pātata te reka o tō kawhe, te kawa rānei, ā, kāore he rerekētanga o ngā pīni, ko te toenga kohuke o tō wai (te korenga rānei o taua mea nā te nui rawa o te purenga) te take pea.
• Te Pūrongo a te Mīhini Horoi: Mena kei te hina tonu ō kakahu mā, ā, kei te mārō ō kakahu, kei te piri te wai mārō ki te hopi horoi hei hanga i te pata ka mau ki roto i ngā kākahu. Ehara i te mea kei te ma koe, engari kei te pania koe.

Te Papatohu Pūoko: Ngā Kanohi, te Ihu, te Waha

Ko tō tinana te taputapu tairongo rawa atu kei a koe.

• Te Whakamātautau Karāhe Kapua: Whakakīia he karāhe ka waiho kia noho. Ki te ara ake ngā mirumiru iti, ā, ka mārama te wai mai i raro ki runga, he hau kino noa iho. Ki te noho kapua tonu, he tohu pea tēnei kei te iri ngā paru—he mahi mā te tātari paru noa iho.
• Te Whakamātautau Hongi (i te pūwero, ehara i te karāhe): Ko te haunga kaha o te haukini he tohu kei te rongoatia e te tāone, ā, me whakamahi i te tātari waro kounga teitei. Ko te haunga hua pirau he tohu kei te hauwai whanariki, e hiahia ana ki tētahi rauemi waikura motuhake. Ko te haunga haunga oneone, haunga haunga haukini ka tohu pea kei roto i te wai pūtake he matū koiora.
• Te Whakatau a te Pūtake Reka: Ko te reka konganuku he tohu i ngā paipa tawhito (rino/parahi) he tohu rānei i te pH iti. Ko te reka tote he tohu i te nui o te konutai (he mea noa i roto i te wai ngohengohe) me ngā katote pūhaumāota.

Te Whakamāori i ngā Tohu ki ngā Otinga: Tō Pepa Tinihanga Tātaritanga

Kei te kōrero kē tō whare ki a koe mō tō wai. Ko ngā turuturu, ko ngā paru, ko ngā kapu kawhe whakarihariha—ehara i te mea he raruraru noa iho. He reo tātaritanga tika ēnei. Whakarongo ki ngā kōrero a ō taputapu me ō taputapu i mua i te hoko i tētahi tātari kotahi. Ko te otinga maimoatanga wai tino whai hua ehara i te mea he maha ngā āhuatanga; engari ko te mea e kōrero tika ana ki ngā raruraru e karangahia ana e tō whare. Tīmatahia te rangahau i tō ake totohu. Kei te tatari ngā taunakitanga.