E ngā toa wai! Kua tūhuratia e tātou ngā ipu wai, ngā tātari wai, ngā mea whakarihariha i raro i te totohu, me ngā ipu wai papai. Engari, me pēhea mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki te wai parakore, engari kāore e keri ana i ngā kōhao i raro i tō totohu, e whakapau kaha ana rānei ki te whakamahi i tētahi pūnaha wai mō te whare katoa? Whakauruhia mai tētahi toa rongonui e tino rongonui ana: te Pūnaha Osmosis Whakamuri (RO) o te Kauntertop. He rite ki te whai i tētahi tipu horoi wai iti e tū ana i runga i tō kaunter o te kīhini. Kei te hiahia koe ki te mōhio? Me ruku tātou!
Kua hoha koe ki te Whakakore i te Whakaaetanga?
E hiahia ana koe ki te RO parakore engari kei te reti koe i tōu whare? He maha ngā wā kāore e pai ana te tāuta RO i raro i te totohu mō ngā kairihi.
He iti noa te wāhi i raro i te totohu o ngā kāpata? He uaua ki ngā kīhini kuiti te whakauru i ngā waeine RO tuku iho.
Me hiahia koe ki te wai māori INĀIANEI, kāore he paipa uaua? Kāore koe e hiahia ki te tatari ki tētahi kaimahi paipa, ki te mahi rānei i ngā mahi DIY.
He pai ki a koe te whakaaro o te RO engari kei te āwangawanga koe mō te wai para? (He kōrero anō mō tēnei ā muri ake nei!).
He maha ngā haerenga, he hiahia rānei ki te horoi kawe? Whakaarohia he RV, he whare hararei, he whakaritenga mō ngā āhuatanga ohorere rānei.
Ki te mea he mōhio koe ki tēnei, he hoa pai pea tō hoa inu wai mā te Countertop RO!
Papa Kaunta RO 101: Wai Parakore, Kore Paipa
Te Hangarau Matua: Pērā i tōna whanaunga i raro i te totohu, ka whakamahia e ia te Osmosis Whakamuri – te akiaki i te wai mā roto i tētahi kiriuhi tino pai e mau ana i te 95-99% o ngā totoka rewa: ngā tote, ngā konganuku taumaha (mata, te āheniki, te mercury), te fluoride, te nitrates, te huakita, ngā huaketo, ngā rongoā, me ētahi atu. Ko te mutunga? He wai tino ma, he reka hoki.
Te Rerekētanga Makutu: Kāore he Hononga Tuturu!
Te Mahi: Honoa noa te ngongo wai o te pūnaha ki tō taputapu kīhini mā te whakamahi i tētahi takirere whakawhiti (ka taea te whakaweto i roto i ngā hēkona). Ki te hiahia koe ki te wai RO, hurihia te whakawhiti. Whakakīia te tāke o roto o te pūnaha, ā, ka tukatukahia te wai. Tukua te wai parakore mai i tana taputapu, i tana pūwero rānei.
Rokiroki: He maha he tāke rokiroki iti (1-3 karani) kei roto, he tāke rānei kei roto, e taea ai te whakamahi i te wai parakore ina hiahiatia.
Te Mea Ngaro "Paruparu": Ae, ka puta te wai para i te RO (te wai tote kua whakatōkia). Ka kohia e ngā tauira o runga papa tēnei ki roto i tētahi tāke wai para motuhake (ko te ōwehenga 1:1 ki te 1:3 te tikanga he parakore:para). Ka whakawāteahia e koe tēnei tāke ā-ringa – he taurite nui tēnei mō te ngāwari ki te kawe me te kore he paipa waikeri.
He aha i whiriwhiri ai i tētahi RO Papa Kaunta? Ngā Painga o te Sweet Spot:
He Tino Pai mō te Kairēti: KĀORE he whakarerekētanga tuturu. Kawea atu ina neke koe! Kāore e hiahiatia he whakaaetanga a te rangatira whenua.
He māmā noa te tāutanga: He pono, he iti iho i te 10 meneti te roa. Tāpirihia te whakawhiti ki te taputapu, honoa ngā ngongo, kua oti. Kāore he taputapu (i te nuinga o te wā), kāore he keri, kāore he pūkenga paipa e hiahiatia ana.
Mana Kawe: He tino pai mō ngā whare noho, ngā whare noho iti, ngā RV, ngā poti, ngā tari, ngā rūma moe (tirohia ngā ture!), hei horoi wai ohorere rānei. Kawea mai te wai parakore ki ngā wāhi katoa mā te whakamahi i tētahi taputapu noa.
Kaiwhakaora Wāhi: Ka noho ki runga i tō papa kaunta, ka wātea ai ngā wāhi utu nui kei raro i te totohu. He mea noa ngā hoahoa kiato.
Te Mahi RO Pono: Ka tukuna te tango paru taumata teitei rite tonu ki ngā pūnaha RO i raro i te totohu tuku iho. Rapua te tiwhikete NSF/ANSI 58!
Utu iti iho i te tīmatanga (He maha ngā wā): He iti ake te utu i te pūnaha RO i raro i te totohu kua tāutahia e te tohunga.
He Reka Nui, he Mārama hoki: Ka tangohia ngā mea katoa e pā ana ki te reka, te kakara, me te āhua. Ka hangaia he kawhe, he tī, he hukapapa, me te miraka pēpi tino pai.
Te anga atu ki ngā āhuatanga tūturu: Ngā taupatupatu
Te Whakahaere Wai Para: Koinei te mea NUI. Me whakawātea ā-ringa te tāke wai para. Kia pēhea te auau? Kei runga i te TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) o tō wai me te nui o te wai parakore e whakamahia ana e koe. Ka taea te whakamahi kotahi i te rā mō ngā kaiwhakamahi nui, i ia torutoru rā rānei. Whakauruhia tēnei mahi ki roto i tāu whakatau.
Te Whakapūmau i te Wāhi o te Kaute: Me whai wāhi motuhake ki runga i tō kaute, he rite te rahi ki te mīhini kawhe nui, ki te mīhini taro rānei.
He Pōturi ake te Hanga me te Iti o te Tono: Ka whakakīia tōna tāke o roto i ngā puranga. Ahakoa ka tukuna tonutia e te tāke, kāore e taea te rere tonu, nui te rahinga pērā i te pūnaha i raro i te totohu kua honoa ki tētahi tāke nui. He roa te wā e hiahiatia ana hei whakakī anō i te pūnaha (hei tauira, 1-2 hāora hei hanga i te 1 karani wai parakore me te 1-3 karani para).
Te Whakawhirinakitanga ki te Whakawhitinga Taputapu: Ka herea te taputapu matua o tō kīhini i te wā e whakakī ana. Ki ētahi he ahua koretake tēnei.
Me Whakarerekē Tonu te Tātari: Pērā i ngā pūnaha RO katoa, me whakakapi tonu ngā tātari-mua, te kiriuhi, me te tātari-muri (ia 6-12 marama te nuinga mō te tātari-mua/muri, 2-3 tau mō te kiriuhi).
RO Papa-Kautau vs. RO i raro i te Totohu: Whakataetae Tere
Āhuatanga Papa Kaunta RO I raro i te Totohu RO
He Tino Māmā te Tāutanga (Whakaurunga Taputapu) He Uaua (Me Whakamahi Paipa/Waipuke)
Kawe Tino Pai (Kawea ki ngā wāhi katoa!) Tāutanga Tuturu
Ngā Whakamahinga o te Wāhi Ngā Whakamahinga o te Wāhi Papa Kaunta Ngā Whakamahinga o te Wāhi Kāpata i raro i te Totohu
Te Whakakorenga ā-Ringa o te Wai Para (Tank) Ka Tukua Aunoa ki te Paipa
Te Whāngai Wai Pūrua mā te Pūrere Tonu mai i te Raina Wai
Rere ā-Tono Iti (Rahi o te Tāke) Teitei (Tāke Rokiroki Nui)
He pai mō ngā kairēti, he wāhi iti, he ngāwari ki te kawe, he nui te whakamahinga, he watea
He tika te RO o te Kautauta mōu? Pātai atu ki a koe anō…
Ka taea e au te whakawātea i te tāke wai para i ia wā, i ia wā? (Kia pono!).
He wāhi anō kei ahau mō te kaute?
Ko te ngāwari o te tāutanga/te kawe mea te mea nui ki ahau?
Mō te inu/te tunu kai te wai e hiahiatia ana, kaua ko te wai nui?
Kei te reti ahau, kāore rānei e taea e au te whakarerekē i ngā paipa wai?
E whakanuia ana e au te parakore o te wai i runga ake i ngā āhuatanga whai hua?
Ngā Āhuatanga Matua hei Rapu:
Tiwhikete NSF/ANSI 58: KĀORE E TAEA TE WHAKATAURANGA. Manatokohia ngā kereme whakaiti poke.
Te ōwehenga Pai o te Wai Para: Kimihia kia tata ki te 1:1 (parakore:para) mēnā ka taea; ko ētahi he kino ake (1:3).
Rahi o te Tāke Rokiroki e Rawaka ana: He mea noa te 1-2 karani. He nui ake te tāke = he iti ake te whakakī engari he nui ake te wāhi i runga i te kaute.
Tāke Wai Para Mārama: He māmā ake te kite i te wā e tika ana kia ringihia.
Ngā Tohu Huringa Tātari: Ka mutu te mahi tiaki me te kore whakaaro nui.
Tāpiri-Whakahoki Kohuke (Whiringa): Ka tāpirihia e ētahi tauira ngā kohuke whai hua (pēnei i te konupūmā, te konupora) i muri i te purenga, hei whakapai ake i te reka me te tāpiri i ngā irahiko.
Mahi Mārie: Tirohia ngā arotake mō ngā taumata haruru i te wā e tukatuka ana.
Hototahi ki ngā Taputapu: Me whakarite kia ōrite te whakawhiti ki tō momo taputapu (he whānui te nuinga, engari me tirotiro anō).
Te Whakatau: Mana Parakore, Mōkihi Kawe
He otinga tino pai ngā pūnaha RO o runga papa kaunta mō ngā hiahia motuhake. Ka tukuna e rātou te mana tātari tino pai – te parakore o te Osmosis Whakamuri – me te ngāwari o te whakatū me te kawe. Mena he kairihi koe, he iti te wāhi e noho ana, e hiahia ana ki te wai parakore i a koe e haereere ana, e kino ana rānei ki te whakaaro o ngā paipa uaua, he mea tino rerekē ēnei.
Wā tuku: Hōngongoi-07-2025
