I tēnei ao tere o ēnei rā, he mea nui ake te noho wai i ngā wā katoa. Ahakoa i te kāinga, i te tari, i ngā wāhi tūmatanui rānei, kua noho ngā ipu wai hei taputapu tino nui mō te tuku wai inu ma, haumaru hoki. Kia ruku tātou ki te ao o ngā ipu wai—me pēhea te mahi, ō rātou painga, me te take he kōwhiringa atamai mō ngā momo oranga o ēnei rā.

He Hītori Poto o ngā Mīhini Whakaputa Wai
I tīmata te ariā o ngā ipu wai i te mutunga o te rautau 19, i te wā i puta ai ngā puna inu tūmatanui hei whakatairanga i te akuaku me te urunga atu ki ngā wāhi e hiahiatia ana. I te rautau 20, nā te whanaketanga hangarau i huri ēnei puna hei taputapu maeneene, ngāwari hoki te whakamahi e mōhiotia ana e tātou i ēnei rā. Kei ngā ipu wai hou ngā wai wera, wai matao, tae atu ki te wai tātari, hei whakatutuki i ngā hiahia rerekē.

He pēhea te mahi a ngā mīhini tohatoha wai?
He māmā noa te kaupapa o te nuinga o ngā mīhini tuku wai: te tuku wai i ngā pāmahana e hiahiatia ana. Anei te whakamārama:

Ngā Pūnaha Pounamu me ngā Pūnaha Kore Pounamu:

Ko ngā ipu nui (ko te tikanga he 5-karani/19-rita) e whakamahia ana hei tuku i ngā ipu pounamu, ā, ka whakatakotoria ki raro ki runga i te taputapu. Mā te kaha ā-papa e whāngai te wai ki roto i te pūnaha.

Ka hono tika ngā taputapu tohatoha kore pounamu (tika-paipa) ki te puna wai, ā, he maha ngā wā ka whakamahia he pūnaha tātari matatau hei pure i te wai puna.

Ngā Tikanga Whakamahana me te Whakamatao:

Wai wera: Ka whakamahanahia te wai e te huānga whakamahana hiko kia tata ki te kohua (he pai mō te tī, mō te kai inamata rānei).

Wai matao: Ka whakamatao te pūnaha pouaka whakamātao i te wai, mā te whakamahi i te kōpeketanga, i te waeine hiko wera rānei.

Ngā Momo Pūwero Wai
Ngā Wāhanga Tū Motuhake: He tino pai mō ngā kāinga, mō ngā tari iti rānei, he ngāwari ki te kawe me te tāuta i ēnei taputapu tohatoha takitahi.

Ngā Tauira Papa Kaute: He iti te rahi, he penapena wāhi, he mea tino pai mō ngā kīhini he iti te wāhi papa.

Ngā Pouaka Whakatakoto Ipu Wai: Kāore e hiahiatia te hapai i ngā pounamu taumaha; ka whakatakotoria ngā ipu wai ki raro.

Ngā Pūwhakamātautau Atamai: He pūoko kore pa, he mana whakahaere pāmahana, tae atu ki te hononga Wi-Fi mō ngā matohi tiaki.

He aha koe ka haumi ai ki tētahi ipu tohatoha wai?
Ngāwari: Mā te whakamahi tonu i te wai wera, wai matao, wai rānei i te pāmahana rūma ka penapena i te wā me te kaha.

Waiora Hauora: Ka tangohia e ngā tohatoha kua tātarihia ngā poke pēnei i te chlorine, te mata, me ngā huakita, kia haumaru ake ai te inu wai.

Whai Hua: Ka whakaiti i te whakawhirinaki ki ngā pounamu kirihou kotahi te whakamahinga, ka penapena moni me te whakaiti i te para.

Ātaahua ki te Taiao: Mā te whakaiti i te whakamahinga o ngā pounamu kirihou, ka whai wāhi ngā kaitātari ki te hanga i tētahi ao matomato ake.

Ngā Āhuatanga Whānui: Kei roto i ētahi tauira ngā āhuatanga pēnei i ngā raka tamariki, ngā aratau penapena hiko, ngā kōwhiringa wai karāhe rānei.

Pānga Taiao: He Wikitōria mō te Oranga Tonutanga
I mōhio koe e hokona ana te 1 miriona pounamu kirihou i ia meneti puta noa i te ao, ā, ko te nuinga ka mutu ki ngā whenua ururua, ki ngā moana rānei? Ka whawhai ngā kaiwhakarato wai ki tēnei raruraru mā te whakatairanga i ngā pounamu ka taea te whakamahi anō me te whakaiti i ngā para kirihou. Ka piki ake te painga o ngā pūnaha kore pounamu mā te whakaiti i te tapuwae waro e pā ana ki te kawe i ngā ipu wai taumaha.

Te Kōwhiri i te Pūwero Wai Tika
Whakaarohia ēnei āhuatanga i mua i te hoko:

Wāhi: Inehia te wāhi e wātea ana hei whiriwhiri i tētahi tauira tū motuhake, i tētahi tauira papa mahi rānei.

Te Whakamahinga: Me whakamahi tonu koe i te wai wera? Kōwhiria he waeine he mahi whakamahana tere.

Ngā Hiahia Tātari: Mena he kino te kounga o tō wai tap, whiriwhiria ngā taputapu tātari maha-wāhanga hei whakarite.

Tahua: Tērā pea he nui ake ngā utu tīmatanga mō ngā pūnaha kore-pounamu engari he iti ake ngā whakapaunga mō te wā roa.

Ngā Tohutohu Tiaki
Hei pupuri i te rere pai o tō pūwhakamātautau:

Whakakapia ngā tātari i ia wā (ia 6 marama, i runga rānei i te taunakitanga).

Horoia ngā paepae me ngā pūwero wai ia wiki hei ārai i te hanga harore.

Me horoi te puna wai i ia tau mā te whakamahi i te wairewa winika-wai.

Ngā Whakaaro Whakamutunga
Ehara i te mea he taputapu noa iho ngā ipu wai—he whakapai ake i te āhua noho. Ahakoa kei te inu koe i tētahi inu matao i te rā raumati, kei te hanga tī rānei i roto i ngā hēkona, ka whakakotahi pai ēnei taputapu i te whakamarie, te hauora, me te kawenga taiao. Kua rite koe ki te huri? Ka mihi atu tō tinana (me te aorangi) ki a koe!