"He tohutohu mō te wai kohua kei konei tata mai ki ahau — he aha te tikanga o tēnā? Me aha ahau!?"

Mā te kitenga i tētahi tohutohu mō te wai kohua i runga ipurangi, mā te rongo rānei i tētahi i runga i te reo irirangi ka pā mai he mataku ohorere. He aha ngā matū kino, ngā mate urutā rānei e noho puku ana i roto i tō wai? Akohia ngā mahi tika hei mahi ina heke te kounga o te wai i tō rohe kia taea ai e koe me tō whānau te tunu kai, te horoi, te kaukau, me te inu wai me te haumaru.

He aha te Tohutohu mō te Kohuatia o te Wai?

Ka tukuna he whakatūpato mō te kohua wai e tō tari whakahaere wai ā-rohe ina kitea he poke e kino ana ki te hauora o te tangata i roto i te wai inu tūmatanui. E rua ngā momo whakatūpato matua:

• Ka tukuna ngā whakatūpato mō te kohua wai ina puta he āhuatanga ei taeawhakapokea te puna wai. He mea pai kia kohuatia te wai ina taea.
• Ka tukuna ngā whakatūpato me kohuatia te wai ina kitea he poke i roto i te puna wai. Ki te kore e kohuatia tika te wai i mua i te inu, ka pā he raruraru hauora nui.

Ko ngā tohutohu mō te kohua wai ka puta mai i te hekenga o te pēhanga wai puta noa i te pūnaha wai. Ko te maimoatanga wai whai hua e whakawhirinaki ana ki te pēhanga wai teitei hei whakamarara i ngā matū pēnei i te chlorine me ngā chloramine puta noa i ngā awa wai tūmatanui. Ka taea e te hekenga o te pēhanga te meinga kia uru mai ngā momo poke ki roto i te puna wai.

Ko ngā take matua e toru mō te whakatūpato i te wai kohua ko:

• Ngā pakaru, ngā turuturu rānei o te pūtake wai
• Te poke o ngā moroiti
• Pēhanga wai iti

Ko te nuinga o ngā tohutohu mō te kohua wai ka whakauru i te take i tukuna ai te tohutohu.

Me pēhea te kohuatia te wai hei inu

Mena kei roto tō whare i te rohe e pāngia ana, he aha te mea tika kia mahia e koe hei rongoā i tō wai?

• Whāia ngā tohutohu kei roto i te tohutohu mō te kohua wai. Ko te tikanga, me kohuatia te wai katoa e hiahia ana koe ki te inu mō te iti rawa i te kotahi meneti. Tukua te wai kia whakamatao i mua i te whakamahinga. Me kohuatia te wai i mua i te paraihe i ō niho, te hanga hukapapa, te horoi rihi, te tunu kai, te inu noa rānei.
• Kohuatia te wai katoa kia whakakorea rā anō te pānui. Hei haumaru, rongoāhia ngā wai katoa kia iti ai te tūponotanga o te poke. Kia whakakorea te pānui, kia tino horoia te wai e toe ana i roto i ngā paipa o tō whare mai i te wā i pānuitia ai te pānui.
• Penapenahia te wai ki te wāhi maroke hei whakarite mō ngā tohutohu kohua wai mēnā he mea noa i tō rohe. I runga i te roa o te wā e hiahia ana koe ki te karo i te raruraru o te kohua wai, penapenahia kia kotahi karani wai mō ia tangata i ia rā. Whakakapia te wai kua rongoatia i ia ono marama.

Āraia ngā poke noa mā te tātari wai

E tohu ana te Pokapū Kaupapa Here Bipartisan kei te piki haere te maha o ngā tohutohu mō te kohua wai i te mea kua tawhito haere, kua pakaru hoki ngā hanganga wai o tō tātou motu. I te piki haere tonu o ngā tohutohu mō te kohua wai, ka pāngia ngā hapori e te kino, ā, ka whakamatautauria ngā whare pēnei i ngā kura, ngā hōhipera, me ngā whare noho kāinga kore.

Ko te wai kohua te otinga e taunakitia ana nā te mea he whai hua ki te whakakore i ētahi poke, ā, ka taea te mahi i tēnei tukanga i te nuinga o ngā kāinga. Heoi, ka taea e ngā pūnaha tātari wai hou te tango i ngā tini poke mai i te wai o tō whare, ahakoa he tohutohu mō te wai kohua.

He aha koe ka tatari ai kia poke tō wai? Ko te tāuta i tētahi Pūnaha Osmosis Whakamuri Ultraviolet te huarahi māmā ki te noho kore poke. Mā te whakakotahitanga o te tātari osmosis whakamuri kaha me te whakamate ultraviolet ka taea te tango i te 99% neke atu i te 100 ngā poke, tae atu ki ngā huaketo noa, ngā moroiti, me ngā huakita e whakaoho ana i ngā tohutohu mō te wai kohua.

Kia marino te ngākau o tō whānau mā te whakamahi i tētahi pūnaha tātari wai, he māmā noa iho te tāuta, he ngāwari hoki te tiaki. Koinei te otinga tino pai hei karo i ngā tohutohu whakararuraru me te whakamataku mō te kohua wai. He pātai āu? Whakapā atu ki tētahi mema o tā mātou tīma ratonga kiritaki.