I te haerenga tuatahi māua ko taku wahine ki te whare pāmu o te tekau tau atu i 1960, i kite māua i te ataahua, ehara i te hononga. I kite māua i ngā kurupae e kitea ana me te ahi kōhatu. I kīia e te rārangi he "kāinga pumau." Ko te mea kāore i whakahuatia ko tōna tūnga kei te pito o te huarahi ā-rohe e haerea whānuitia ana, i runga i te puna wai pāpaku kua 50 tau e mimiti mārire ana i te wai rere o tōna wā.

I hokona e mātou te moemoeā. I tae mai te moemoeā kino i roto i tētahi raupapa o ngā tohu kāore i rite ki a mātou te pānui.

Ko te tohu tuatahi ko ngā paru. Ehara i te āhua ataahua o te kōhatu, engari ko te kiri kikorangi-kakariki kanapa e piri ana ki ngā paipa totohu me ngā pane kaukau katoa. He tino ataahua, he āhua kohuke paitini. I horoia e mātou. I roto i ngā wiki ka hoki mai anō.

Ko te tuarua o ngā tohu ko te reka. He koi, he koi te ngau o te wai mai i te taputapu o te kīhini—he rite ki te mitimiti i te pākahiko. I whakaaro mātou he "paipa tawhito" ā, i hokona mai he tātari ipu ringihia noa iho. I mau tonu te reka, ināianei he ahua kirihou ngoikore nō te waro iti te utu.

Ko te tuatoru o ngā tohu ko te whanonga o te wai tonu. I muri i te noho mō te haora, ka puta he kanapa āniwaniwa ngoikore ki te mata o te karāhe kī tonu i te wai, pērā i te hinu i runga i te puna wai. He kawa, he angiangi te reka o tā mātou kawhe o te ata, ahakoa ngā pīni.

He tāngata tāone mātou. I mahara mātou ko te tikanga o te "wai kino" he chlorine. I te tākaro mātou i ngā chess me ngā kēmu matawhenua me te hītori ahumahi.

Te Tātaritanga: Ehara i te Raru Kotahi, engari he Āhuatanga

I puta mai i tētahi whakamātautau wai whānui ($350, he pata i roto i te peere i whakaritea ki te mea i whai ake) tētahi pūrongo e rite ana ki tētahi ripanga ā-wā o ngā raruraru:

1. Wai Waikawa (pH o te 5.8): Koinei te pūtake. He waikura te wai, ā, ka memeha haere ngā paipa parahi puta noa i te whare. Ko aua paru kikorangi ataahua? Ko te waikura parahi tēnā—ko ā mātou paipa wai, i roto i te karāhe.
2. Te Parahi me te Mata Teitei: He hua tika o te #1. I tangohia e te wai waikawa ēnei konganuku taumaha mai i ngā paipa, ā, tera pea mai i ngā hononga whakarewa tawhito. Koinā te reka konganuku.
3. Ngā Matū Waro Pūngāwerewere (VOC): He iti noa iho ngā whakarewa ahumahi. He paru tawhito pea nō ngā mahi ahuwhenua tawhito, ngā mahi ahumahi māmā rānei e piki ana i te puke. Te kanapa i runga i te wai.
4. Huakita Taumata-Iti: He mea noa i roto i ngā puna tawhito kua pakaru ngā hiri.

He rite te tātari ipu ki te whakapiripiri i te patunga o te matā. I hangaia hei whakapai ake i te reka o te wai o te tāone, ehara i te mea hei tiaki i te whakaekenga matū maha-aroaro mai i roto i ā mātou ake paipa wai.

Te Rongoā: Te Hanga i tētahi "Hōhipera" Maimoatanga Wai

Kāore mātou i hiahia ki tētahi taputapu horoi. I hiahia mātou ki tētahi pūnaha horoi wai. Nā tā mātou kaimahi kirimana, he tohunga mō te hauora me te āhua o tētahi taote pokanga i te papa pakanga, i whakatakoto te mahere. Ehara i te mea kotahi te wae i raro i te totohu; he parepare raupapa kua tāutahia ki te wāhi e tomo ai te wai ki tō mātou kāinga.

Wāhanga 1: Te Kaiwhakakore. He tāke nui kua whakakiia ki te rauemi konupūmā (he māpere ma kua kuruhia). I te rerenga o te wai waikawa, ka whakarewahia te konupūmā, ka piki ake te pH ki te taumata kūpapa, kāore e waikura. Nā tēnei i aukati te whakaekenga ki ā mātou paipa—te otinga kotahi tino nui hei tiaki i te whare tonu.

Wāhanga 2: Te Tātari Rino Whakahāora me te VOC. He tāke tuarua me te tātari werohanga hau motuhake. I whakapūhautia te wai, ka whakapakeke te rino me ngā VOC kua rewa hei matūriki ka taea te mau ki roto i te moenga pāpāho ka horoia atu.

Wāhanga 3: Te Kaitiaki me te Kaitiaki (Tātari Waro Whare Katoa): He tāke nui o te waro whakahohe kounga teitei hei tango i te reka, te haunga, me ngā matū iti e toe ana, hei tiaki i ngā taputapu katoa, i te kaukau, me ngā taputapu katoa o te whare.

Wāhanga 4: Te Whakamana Whakamutunga (RO Wāhi Whakamahi): I te totohu o te kīhini anake, i tāutahia e mātou he pūnaha osmosis whakamuri paerewa. Nā te mahi nui a ngā pūnaha whare katoa, he māmā noa te mahi a tēnei RO: te whakarato i te wai tino parakore, kua whakamanahia mō te inu me te tunu kai. Ka roa te ora o ana tātari mō ngā tau, ehara i te marama.

Te Huringa: He Tūāpapa Hou mō te Noho

Kāore i tere te panonitanga. He wiki te roa mō te wai kua whakakorengia kia āta whakahoki mai i te unahi tiaki i roto i ā mātou paipa. Engari i tētahi ata, tata ki te kotahi marama i muri mai, ka hanga e au he kohua kawhe.

Kāore i te ngaro te rerekētanga. He whakakitenga noa iho. Kua ngaro te kawa. Ko ngā reka o te pīni—tiakarete, nati, hua—ka pakaru mai, kāore e kaha ki te whawhai ki te ngau whakarewa o te wai. Koinā te wā i mārama ai ahau: kāore i whakatika noa i te wai. Kua wetekina e mātou te pūmanawa o ngā mea katoa i pā ki te wai—ā mātou kai, ā mātou inu, ā mātou kaukau, ō mātou makawe.

Kāore i hoki mai ngā paru kikorangi. I ngaro te kanapa āniwaniwa. Kāore te "kāinga pumau" i memeha haere mai i roto ki waho.

Te Akoranga mō te Kaihoko Whare, te Rangatira rānei

Ehara tā mātou kōrero i te whakamataku i a koe ki te wai puna nui rawa atu. Engari he whakawhiti i tō tirohanga ki te wai mai i te mea whai hua ki te wāhanga matua o te hauora o tō whare.

1. Whakamātautau Tuatahi, Kaua e Whakamutunga: Me rite te whakamātautau wai ki te tirotiro whare, inā koa mō ngā puna wai, ngā whare tawhito rānei. Kaua e whakapae noa.Mōhio.
2. Wetewetehia ngā paru: Kikorangi-kakariki = wai waikura. Whero-parauri = rino. Mā te unahi = mārō. He raruraru utu nui ēnei hei whakatika ā muri ake nei; he tohu raraunga nui ēnei i te wā e hoko ana.
3. Whakaarohia he "Pūnaha," Kaua ko te "Taputapu": Ka rongoāhia ngā tohumate e ngā tātari motuhake i raro i te totohu. Hei rongoā i te mate mō te whare katoa, he maha ngā wā ka hiahiatia he otinga raupapa mō te whare katoa.
4. Ko te Utu Tuturu ko te Kore Mahi: He nui te $8,000 i whakangaohia e mātou ki tā mātou pūnaha maimoatanga wai. Engari he iti noa iho ki te whakataurite ki te utu o te whakahou i te whare katoa i muri i te whakangaromanga e te wai waikawa, me ngā pānga hauora roa o te inu i ngā konganuku taumaha.