Ka hokona e mātou ngā mīhini horoi wai me te whakaaro nui ki tētahi kupu whakaari: ka pai ake te reka o ngā mea. He pikitia mārama, he pikitia ma te rauemi hoko - kāore he haukini, kāore he tae whakarewa, he wai maori noa iho. Ka whakaarohia e mātou tā mātou kawhe o te ata e puāwai ana me ngā reka hou, te reka o tā mātou tī otaota ki te rau, te karāhe wai noa e huri ana hei huihuinga whakahauora.

Nā, he aha i kore ai e reka tō kawhe ināianei? He aha i kore ai e ora te tī matomato utu nui? He aha i ahua ngoikore ai te pūtake o tō hupa?

Kāore pea te take i te pīni, i te rau, i te hupa rānei. Tērā pea ko te mīhini tonu i hokona e koe hei whakapai ake i aua mea. Kua taka koe ki tētahi o ngā mahanga reka e kitea whānuitia ana i roto i te purenga wai kāinga: te whai i te parakore engari ko te matū te utu.

Te Matū Reka o te Reka e Hehe ana te Mārama

Ehara te reka o tō kapu i te mahi takitahi. He tangohanga uaua, he whiriwhiringa i waenga i te wai wera me te mea maroke. Ko te wai tewhakarewa, ehara i te mea he kaikawe kore mahi noa iho. He mea nui te ihirangi kohuke—tōna "āhuatanga"—ki tēnei tukanga.

• He kaha te konupūmā ki te tango i te kakara hōhonu, māia hoki o te kawhe.
• Ka whai wāhi te konupūmā ki te tinana porotaka, ki te tinana mātotoru.
• Ka taea e te iti o te kawakore o te paikāpōnate te whakataurite i te waikawa tūturu, kia whakangawaritia ai ngā taha koi.

E tata ana ki te 99% o ēnei kohuke ka tangohia e te pūnaha Reverse Osmosis (RO) tuku iho. Ehara i te wai "parakore" te mea e toe ana ki a koe i roto i te tikanga tunu kai; engaritakoto kauwai. He whakarewa tino kaha rawa, kāore he parepare, he paku waikawa te nuinga. Ka taea e ia te tango nui i ētahi matū kawa, engari kāore e taea te whakaputa i te reka me te uaua taurite. Ko te mutunga he kapu ka taea te reka kau, te koi, te āhua kotahi rānei.

Kāore i hanga e koe he kawhe kino. I hoatu e koe he wai kino ki tāu kawhe pai.

Ngā Kōtaha Wai e Toru: Ko tēhea kei roto i tō Kīhini?

1. Te Kanawe Kau (RO Paerewa): He iti rawa te ihirangi kohuke (< 50 ppm TDS). Ka taea e ia te hanga i te reka o te kawhe kia papatahi, te reka o te tī kia ngoikore, ā, ka taea hoki te "kawa" i a ia anō. He tino pai mō te haumaru, he kino mō te kai.
2. Te Paraihe Taurite (Te Awhe Pai): He nui ngā kohuke (tata ki te 150-300 ppm TDS), me te taurite o ngā kohuke. Koinei te mea tino pai—he wai e ranea ana te āhua hei kawe i te reka me te kore e tino pāngia. Koinei te whāinga a ngā toa kawhe kounga teitei mā roto i ā rātou pūnaha tātari.
3. Te Peita Kaha Rawa (Wai Tapu Mārō): He nui te konupūmā me te konupora (>300 ppm TDS). Ka nui rawa te kōpaka, ka kaha rawa ngā reka ngawari, ā, ka waiho he ahua kōpaka te waha.

Mena he tangata hiahia koe ki te kawhe, te tī, ngā kokotere wīkī, tae noa ki te tunu taro (āe, he mea nui anō hoki te wai)—tērā pea ko tō pūwhakamāori noa te arai nui rawa atu ki a koe.

Me pēhea te whakahoki mai i te reka: Ngā Ara e Toru ki te Wai Pai Ake

Ehara te whāinga i te hoki ki te wai kāore i tātarihia. Engari kia whiwhitātari atamaiwai. Me tango e koe ngā mea kino (hauora, poke) me te tiaki, me te tāpiri anō rānei i ngā mea pai (ngā kohuke whai hua).

1. Te Whakapai Ake: Ngā Tātari Whakaora Anō
   Koinei te otinga tino huatau. Ka taea e koe te tāpiri i tētahi tātari whai muri i te kawakore, i te tātari whakapūmau rānei ki tō pūnaha RO o nāianei. I te putanga atu o te wai parakore i te kiriuhi, ka haere mā roto i tētahi kātere kei roto ko te konupūmā, te konupora, me ētahi atu kohuke, ka hanga anō i tētahi āhua hauora. He rite ki te tāpiri i tētahi "tote whakaoti" ki tō wai.
2. Te Huarahi kē: Te Tātari Whiriwhiri
   Whakaarohia ngā pūnaha kāore e whakawhirinaki ki te RO. Ka taea e te tātari poraka waro whakahohe kounga teitei (he maha ngā wā he tātari parapara kei mua) te tango i te chlorine, ngā patupatu pepeke, me te reka kino, me te waiho tonu i ngā kohuke taiao kia mau tonu. Mō ngā wāhi he wai ā-rohe haumaru engari he kino te reka, he otinga tēnei hei whakaora i te reka.
3. Te Utauta Tika: Ngā Pata Kohuke Ritenga
   Mō te tangata tino hiahia ki te inu, mā ngā hua pēnei i te Wai Third Wave, ngā wai whakapūkara kohuke rānei ka taea e koe te noho hei sommelier wai. Ka tīmata koe me te wai kore-TDS (mai i tō pūnaha RO, mai i tō pūnaha whakapūkara rānei) ka tāpirihia he putea kohuke tika hei hanga wai kua whakaritea mō te kawhe, te ringihanga, te tī rānei. Koinei te mana whakahaere tino pai.

Ko te tino take: Kaua tō pūwero wai e waiho hei whakakore kakara. Ko tāna mahi he whakakaha i te kakara. Ki te kore e pai te kounga o āu inu i tangohia mai i te puna me te whakarite mā te tohunga, kaua e whakapae i tō tikanga i te tuatahi. Tirohia tō wai.

Kua tae te wā ki te neke atu i te whakaaro rua mō te wai "ma" me te wai "paru", ka tīmata te whakaaro mō te wai "tautoko" me te wai "kaha". Ka mihi atu tō waha—me tō tikanga o te ata—ki a koe.