Ko te wai te ora—arā, ko te tikanga. E 60% o te wai kei roto i ō tātou tinana, ā, he mea nui te noho makuku mō ngā mahi katoa mai i te mahi a te roro ki te kiri kanapa. Engari kia pono tātou: ehara i te mea ataahua te inu i te wai mai i te puna, te kawe rānei i ngā pounamu taumaha. Whakauruhia te hunga whakaitite kaiwhakaputa wai, he toa puku e whakarerekē ana i te āhua o te inu wai. Me ruku tātou ki te take e tika ai kia noho tēnei taputapu iti ki roto i tō kāinga, tari, whare takaro rānei.

1. He Hītori Poto mō te Auahatanga Wai

Kua roa te whanaketanga o ngā taputapu whakaputa wai mai i te wā i whakawhirinaki ai ngā iwi onamata ki ngā puna wai. Nā te taputapu whakaputa wai hiko hou, i whānau mai i ngā tau 1970, i huri te urunga ki te wai matao, wai wera rānei mā te pēhi noa i te pātene. He ātaahua, he penapena hiko, ā, he pai hoki mō te taiao ngā tauira o ēnei rā—ko ētahi ka whakakore i ngā pounamu kirihou mā te hono tika ki ngā paipa wai.

2. Ngā Momo Pūwero Wai: Ko tēhea te Mea Tika māu?

Kāore i te ōrite te hanganga o ngā taputapu tohatoha katoa. Anei tētahi whakamārama poto:

• Ngā Kaituku PounamuHe tino pai mō ngā tari, mō ngā kāinga rānei kāore he paipa wai. Tāpirihia he pounamu nui ki runga!
• Pūwero-ki-roto (Wāhi Whakamahi)Hono atu ki tō pūnaha wai mō te whakamakuku mutunga kore—kāore e hiahiatia he hiki taumaha.
• Te Utaina-RaroPoroporoaki ki te hurihanga o te pounamu. Ka huna e ēnei tāpui te pounamu ki roto i tētahi turanga huna.
• Papa Kawe/Papa ​​TātauHe pai mō ngā wāhi iti, mō ngā huihuinga o waho rānei.

Tāpiri: He maha ngā tauira inaianei kei rotoTātari UVrāneingā kōwhiringa wai kawakoremō ngā kaiwhakamahi e aro nui ana ki te hauora.

3. He aha te take he mea whakarerekē ai tō ipu wai

• Te whai wāhitangaWai wera inamata mō te tī? He inu matao i te rā werawera? Āe, tēnā.
• Ātaahua ki te TaiaoWhakarērea ngā pounamu kirihou kotahi te whakamahinga. Mā te pounamu nui ka taea te whakamahi anō ka penapenahia ngā rau o ngā taonga whakakorekore i ia tau.
• Whakatairanga HauoraE whakaatu ana ngā rangahau mā te ngāwari o te uru atu ki te wai ka piki ake te inu o ia rā mā te 40%. Haere rā, ngā mamae o te upoko, te matewai!
• Whai hua te utuHe iti ake te utu i te hoko wai pounamu mō te wā roa, inā koa mō ngā whānau, mō ngā wāhi mahi pukumahi rānei.

4. Ngā Tohutohu mō te Kōwhiri i te Pūwhakaputa Tino Pai

• WāhiInehia tō horahanga! He pai ngā tauira iti mō ngā whare noho, engari he pai ngā waeine tū motuhake mō ngā tari.
• Ngā ĀhuatangaMe whai raka tamariki? He mīhini kawhe kua whakauruhia ki roto? Whakaritea te mea nui rawa atu.
• Te tiakiKōwhiria ngā momo horoi-ā-koe, ngā paepae maturuturu rānei ka taea te tango hei karo i te hanga pokepokea ai.

5. Te Ao o te Wai Whakamakuku

Kua tae mai ngā mīhini tohatoha wai atamai, e hono tahi ana me ngā taupānga hei aroturuki i tō inu wai, hei whakamōhio rānei i a koe ina tae ki te wā hei whakawhiti i te tātari. Ko ētahi ka tāpirihia he reka pēnei i te rēmana, te kūkamo rānei—kua tino reka te wai!

Ngā Whakaaro Whakamutunga
A te wā ka whakakī anō koe i tō karāhe, me whai wā koe ki te mihi ki tō ipu wai. Ehara i te mea he taputapu noa iho—he taputapu oranga, he toa taiao, he mea whai hua hoki o ia rā e kore e arohia e tātou. Ahakoa he Tīma Wera-ā-Mātao koe, he Tīma Minimalist rānei, kei reira he ipu wai hei whakapai ake i tō pūkenga wai.