He mea maʻalahi ka manaʻo he maʻemaʻe loa ka wai e kahe ana mai kāu kōpaʻa a palekana ke inu. Akā naʻe, ʻo ka mea pōʻino, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kumu wai ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea haumia. Hoʻolilo kēia i ka kānana wai i mea nui i loko o kēlā me kēia home olakino.
E mālama iā ʻoe iho i ka pilikia o ke kūʻai ʻana i ka wai ʻōmole pipiʻi a paʻa ʻole me kēia mau ʻōnaehana kānana, i hōʻoia ʻia e wehe i nā toxins e nā loea wai inu.
ʻElua ʻano nui o nā kānana wai ma ka mākeke: nā kānana kalapona a me nā kānana reverse osmosis. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hue, nā ʻōmole a me nā dispenser ua lako me nā kānana kalapona.
Loaʻa iā lākou kahi papa kalapona i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e pahele i nā mea haumia nui e like me ke kēpau. Ua ʻike ʻo Sydney Evans, he mea noiʻi ʻepekema ma ka Environmental Working Group (EWG) no ka hoʻohaumia ʻana i ka wai wai, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o kēia mau ʻano kānana. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa hiki iā lākou ke mālama i kahi nui o nā mea haumia. Pono lākou e hoʻololi pinepine ʻia no ka mea hiki ke kūkulu ʻia nā mea haumia i loko o ka kānana kalapona a hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka maikaʻi o ka wai i ka manawa.
Loaʻa i nā kānana reverse osmosis kahi kānana kalapona a me kekahi membrane ʻē aʻe e paʻa i nā mea haumia liʻiliʻi ʻaʻole hiki i ka lanahu. "E kānana ʻo ia i nā mea āpau mai kou wai, a hiki i kahi āu e makemake ai e hoʻohui i nā mea e like me ka paʻakai a i ʻole nā minela e hāʻawi i kahi ʻono," wehewehe ʻo Eric D. Olson. 'Aha Kūkākūkā (Council for the Protection of Natural Resources).
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia mau kānana i ka hopu ʻana i nā ʻāpana maikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai a paʻakikī hoʻi e hoʻokomo. Hoʻomaopopo pū ʻo Evans e hoʻohana nui lākou i ka wai i ka wā e hana ai lākou, kahi mea e hoʻomanaʻo ai inā noho ʻoe ma kahi ʻāpana wai.
ʻO ke ʻano o ka kānana e koho ai, pili ia i nā mea haumia i kāu kumu wai. Pono nā mea hoʻohana wai nui ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (e lawelawe ana ma luna o 50,000 poʻe) e ke kānāwai e hoʻāʻo i kā lākou wai i kēlā me kēia makahiki a hoʻolaha i kahi hōʻike o nā hopena. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ka Hōʻike Kūlana Wai Makahiki, ka Hōʻike Pono e ʻike, a i ʻole ka Hōʻike hilinaʻi o ka mea kūʻai aku. Pono e maʻalahi ma ka pūnaewele o ka pono. Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i ka EWG tap water database no ka nānā wikiwiki ʻana i nā mea hou loa i ʻike ʻia ma kou wahi. (ʻAʻole noʻonoʻo kēia mau hōʻike i nā mea haumia e hele mai ana mai kāu ʻōnaehana paipu; no ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kiʻi piha o ia mau mea, pono ʻoe i ka hoʻāʻo wai ʻoihana i kou home, 1 ke kumukūʻai nui loa.)
E mākaukau: hiki i kāu hōʻike ʻike wai ke loaʻa nā ʻike he nui. ʻO ka ʻoi aku o 300 mau mea haumia i loaʻa i loko o nā ʻōnaehana wai inu US, wehewehe ʻo Evans, "ma kahi o 90 wale nō o lākou i hoʻoponopono maoli ʻia (nā kapu kānāwai) ʻaʻole ia he mea palekana."
Ua ʻike ʻo Olson ʻaʻole i hōʻano hou ʻia ka nui o nā kūlana palekana wai inu o ka ʻāina mai ka makahiki 1970 a me 1980 a ʻaʻole i mālama i nā ʻike ʻepekema hou loa. ʻAʻole lākou e noʻonoʻo mau i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻoiai ua palekana ka mea inu i nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, hiki ke hana i nā hopena makemake ʻole inā lawe ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā, i nā manawa he nui i ka lā. "He nui kāu mau mea i loaʻa ka hopena koke, akā ʻo nā mea hoʻi i hōʻike ʻia i nā makahiki ma hope, akā koʻikoʻi loa, e like me ke kanesa," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
ʻO ka poʻe hoʻohana i ka wai maikaʻi a hoʻohana paha i kahi ʻōnaehana kaona liʻiliʻi a lākou e manaʻo nei he maikaʻi ʻole ka mālama ʻana, makemake paha lākou e nānā i nā kānana wai. Ma waho aʻe o ka kānana ʻana i nā mea haumia kemika, pepehi pū lākou i nā pathogens hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā maʻi e like me ka legionella. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ʻōnaehana wai e hoʻoneʻe iā lākou, no laila ʻaʻole ia he pilikia no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka.
ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Olson lāua ʻo Evans e ʻōlelo aku i kahi kānana ma luna o kekahi, no ka mea, e hilinaʻi kāu koho maikaʻi loa i kāu kumu wai. He kuleana ko kou noho ʻana, ʻoiai ua maikaʻi kekahi poʻe me kahi hue liʻiliʻi i hoʻopiha ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā, aʻo kekahi poʻe e huhū a makemake i kahi ʻōnaehana kānana nui aʻe. ʻO ka mālama a me ka hoʻolālā kālā kekahi mau mea e noʻonoʻo ai; ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ʻōnaehana reverse osmosis, ʻaʻole pono lākou e like me ka nui o ka mālama ʻana a me ke kānana.
Me kēlā manaʻo, hele mākou i mua a ʻimi i ʻehiku kānana wai e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka wai ma nā ʻano ʻokoʻa iki, akā hana maikaʻi lākou a pau. Ua aʻo maikaʻi mākou i nā loiloi o nā mea kūʻai aku e ʻimi i nā huahana i loaʻa nā pilikia liʻiliʻi a hoʻohana maʻalahi i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO nā koho ma lalo e uhi i ka waihona kālā, ka nui, a me ka ʻōnaehana, akā helu nui lākou a pau no ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, hoʻohana, a me ke pani ʻana inā pono. ʻIke ʻia kēlā me kēia hui e pili ana i nā mea haumia i hoʻemi ʻia kā lākou kānana a hōʻoia kūʻokoʻa iā lākou e nā mea hōʻike ʻaoʻao ʻekolu no ka mea a lākou e ʻōlelo ai.
“He mea nui ʻaʻole kūʻai nā kānaka i nā kānana no ka mea ʻōlelo ʻo [ka hui] he kānana maikaʻi. Pono ʻoe e kiʻi i kahi kānana i hōʻoia ʻia, "wahi a Olson. No laila, ua hōʻoia ʻia nā huahana āpau ma kēia papa inoa e ka NSF International a i ʻole ka Water Quality Association (WSA), nā hui hoʻokolohua kūʻokoʻa alakaʻi ʻelua i ka ʻoihana wai paipu. ʻAʻole ʻoe e ʻike i nā ʻōlelo ambiguous i kākoʻo ʻole ʻia e ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o nā ʻaoʻao ʻekolu.
Ua hoʻāʻo kūʻokoʻa ʻia kēia mau kānana a pau e hōʻoia i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā mea haumia i koi ʻia. ʻIke mākou i kekahi o nā mea haumia nui i kā mākou wehewehe huahana.
Hoʻolālā ʻia kēia mau kānana a pau e lōʻihi ma mua o ko lākou mau mea hoʻokūkū a hiki ke maʻalahi a maʻalahi ke hoʻololi ʻia inā pono.
Ma kēia papa inoa, e ʻike ʻoe i kahi kānana e kūpono i kāu makemake, mai nā hue liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a hiki i nā ʻōnaehana hale holoʻokoʻa.
E hoʻokomo pono mākou i nā kānana kalapona a me nā kānana osmosis hoʻohuli i kā mākou papa inoa no kēlā me kēia ʻono a me ke kālā.
Hiki mai ka kānana lanahu PUR me ʻekolu puʻu wiliwili a maʻalahi ke kau ʻana ma ka hapa nui o nā faucets (mai hoʻāʻo wale e hoʻokomo iā ia ma nā ʻūhā huki a lima paha). Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe loiloi he maʻalahi ke hoʻokomo i nā minuke a hoʻopuka i ka wai maʻemaʻe. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa o kēia huahana he kukui i kūkulu ʻia e hoʻomaopopo iā ʻoe i ka wā e pono ai ke hoʻololi ʻia ka kānana, e hōʻemi ana i ka manawa o ka hoʻohaumia wai mai kahi kānana lepo. Hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻamau kēlā me kēia kānana ma kahi o 100 galani wai a lōʻihi no ʻekolu mahina. Ua hōʻoia ʻia e NSF e wehe i nā mea haumia 70 (e ʻike i ka papa inoa piha ma aneʻi), he mea kūpono kēia kānana no ka poʻe makemake e pale i kā lākou kīʻaha kīʻaha wai mai ke kēpau, pesticides a me nā huahana disinfection me ka ʻole o kahi kānana piha. He koho maikaʻi no ka ʻōnaehana reverse osmosis.
Inā makemake mau ʻoe i ka wai anuanu a kānana i loko o ka friji (a mai noʻonoʻo ʻoe e hoʻopiha mau i ka ipuhao), a laila nou kēia koho. He māmā a loaʻa kahi hoʻolālā ʻokoʻa o luna a me ka hoʻolālā ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻopiha koke i kāu hue wai a komo i ka wai maʻemaʻe ʻoiai ke kānana mau ʻana o ke keʻena luna. Mahalo ka poʻe loiloi i ka hoʻolālā nani a me ka mea hōʻike wai maikaʻi e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka wā e hoʻololi ai i ke kānana. (Hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e loaʻa iā ʻoe he 20 galani wai maʻemaʻe mai kēlā me kēia kānana, a maʻa mau lākou ma kahi o hoʻokahi a ʻelua mahina, ma muli o ka hoʻohana pinepine ʻana iā lākou.) E hōʻoia e hoʻololi mau i nā kānana, a holoi a holoi i loko o ka kānana. . . hoʻomaloʻo hoʻi i ka hue i ʻole e puka mai ka poʻi. Ua hōʻoia ʻia kēia kānana i ka NSF e hōʻemi i ka PFOS/PFOA, ke alakaʻi a me nā mea haumia i helu ʻia.
He kūpono ka ʻōnaehana APEC no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā kānana holoi holoi. ʻO kāna hoʻolālā osmosis hoʻohuli e loaʻa i nā pae ʻelima o ka kānana e hōʻemi ma luna o 1,000 mau mea haumia i ka wai inu. ʻO ka drawback wale nō, pono e hoʻololi ʻia kēlā me kēia kānana i kēlā me kēia, akā ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi manawa i ka makahiki. ʻOiai aia kahi alakaʻi hoʻonohonoho no ka hana ʻana iā ʻoe iho, pono paha ʻoe e kelepona i kahi loea inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻokipa. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia, mahalo ka poʻe loiloi ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ka ʻōnaehana no ka pale ʻana i ka leaks a hoʻopuka i ka wai ultra-maʻemaʻe ma mua o ka hiki o kahi kānana kalapona maʻamau.
Mālama kēia ʻōnaehana hale holoʻokoʻa i kāu wai i kānana a hiki i ʻeono makahiki a hiki iā ia ke mālama i 600,000 galani me ka ʻole o ka pani ʻana. ʻO kāna hoʻolālā multi-slot kānana i nā mea hoʻohaumia, hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka wai i ka wā e wehe ana i nā microbes, nā maʻi maʻi a me nā maʻi bacteria. Hoʻolālā ʻia ia e hāʻawi wikiwiki i ka wai me ka ʻole o ka paʻa ʻana a mālama ʻia e pale i ka ulu ʻana o ka bacteria a me nā algae. Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe loiloi i ka manawa i hoʻokomo ʻia (makemake paha ʻoe e kelepona i kahi ʻoihana), ʻoi aku ka hana o ka ʻōnaehana ma o ia iho a pono ka mālama liʻiliʻi.
Hoʻopili kēia ʻōmole wai kila kila i nā mea haumia 23 mai ka faucet, me ke kēpau, chlorine a me nā pesticides, a ʻo ka ʻōmole ponoʻī he BPA manuahi. Hiki i kāna kānana ke hoʻoulu a hiki i 30 mau galani wai a lōʻihi ma kahi o ʻekolu mahina. Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopaʻa i nā kānana pani ma mua, ua kūʻai lākou i $12.99 kēlā me kēia. Hoʻomaikaʻi ka poʻe loiloi i ka hoʻolālā maikaʻi a paʻa o ka ʻōmole, akā e makaʻala pono ʻoe e hoʻoikaika i ka paila i ka wai kānana ma o ka mauʻu. He koho maikaʻi kēia e lawe pū me ʻoe inā ʻoe e hele ana i kahi wahi hou a ʻaʻole maopopo i ka wai.
Makemake nā poʻe hoʻomaha e hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā kumu wai hou e nānā iā GRAYL. Hoʻopau kēia mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ikaika i nā pathogens a me ka bacteria a me ka chlorine, pesticides a me kekahi mau metala kaumaha. E hoʻopiha wale ʻoe i ka ʻōmole me ka wai mai ka muliwai a i ʻole ke kaomi ʻana, e kaomi i ka pāpale no ʻewalu kekona, a laila hoʻokuʻu, a ʻekolu mau aniani wai maʻemaʻe ma kou manamana lima. Hiki i kēlā me kēia kānana kalapona ke hoʻohana ma kahi o 65 mau galani wai ma mua o ka pono e hoʻololi ʻia. Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe loiloi he hana maikaʻi ia ma nā hikes he nui, akā e hoʻomanaʻo i ka wā e hele ana ʻoe i kahi mamao, pono ʻoe e lawe i kahi kumu wai kaʻawale me ʻoe i ka hihia.
Hiki ke kau ʻia kēia mea hoʻoheheʻe wai ʻole BPA ma luna o kāu countertop a i ʻole i loko o kāu pahu hau no ke komo wikiwiki ʻana i ka wai maʻemaʻe. Loaʻa iā ia he 18 mau aniani wai, a ʻike ka poʻe loiloi he maʻalahi ka ninini ʻana i lalo o ka paila. Manaʻo mākou e hoʻohana me kahi kānana Brita longlast+ i hōʻoia ʻia e NSF e wehe i ka chlorine, ke kēpau a me ka mercury a hiki i ʻeono mahina (120 galani). Bonus: ʻAʻole like me ka hapa nui o nā kānana kalapona, pono e hoʻolei ʻia i loko o ka ʻōpala, hiki ke hana hou ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka papahana TerraCycle.
I ka pōkole, ʻae. "ʻOiai kekahi mau lula, ʻo ka wai e kahe ana mai kāu kīpē e lawe i kekahi pae o ka pilikia olakino, ma muli o nā mea haumia i loaʻa i kāu wai inu a me ko lākou mau pae," wahi a Evans. “ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo ma kaʻu noiʻi ʻana ua loaʻa iaʻu ka wai ʻaʻohe mea haumia i loko. Aia paha kekahi mea kūpono ke kānana.
Ma muli o ke kaawale nui ma waena o ke kānāwai a me ka wai inu palekana, pono e makaʻala a kānana i ka wai āu e inu ai i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO ka kānana ʻana i kou wai me kekahi o kēia mau ʻōnaehana hōʻoia ʻehiku he ala ia e hōʻoia ai ʻaʻole ʻoe e inu i kekahi mea e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke maʻi. Ke hana ʻoe i kāu koho pilikino e kūʻai i kānana, makemake paha ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e hana i nā hana e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kāu lako wai holoʻokoʻa.
"ʻO ka hopena maikaʻi loa no nā mea a pau, ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai paipa palekana a hoʻāʻo maikaʻi ʻia, no laila ʻaʻole pono kēlā me kēia kāne, wahine a me ke keiki e kūʻai a mālama i kahi kānana hale iā lākou iho," wahi a Olson.
ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hoʻoponopono wai inu ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻaʻole kānalua he kaʻina lōʻihi a paʻakikī, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻike i kāu kākoʻo ma ke kelepona ʻana i kou lālā kūloko o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo a i ʻole ʻelele EPA a noi i kou kaiāulu e hoʻomohala i nā kūlana wai inu palekana. Manaʻolana ʻaʻole pono mākou e kānana i kā mākou wai inu i kekahi lā.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Jan-04-2023