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ʻO ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka wai me he mea lā he paʻakikī mau loa ia—ma ka liʻiliʻi loa e hoʻoholo ʻia e ka kaulana o nā hue wai a me nā ʻōmole e ʻōlelo ana i ka nui o nā auneke āu e inu ai i kekahi manawa-a hiki i kahi ipu wai kānana ke kōkua iā ʻoe e noho olakino. Hiki ke hana maʻalahi a maʻalahi ka hoʻokō ʻana i kāu mau pahu wai i kēlā me kēia lā ma ke koho ʻana i nā ipu wai kānana ma mua o nā ʻōmole hoʻopau. ʻO ka mea nui, hoʻomaikaʻi nā ipu kānana wai i ka ʻono a me ka ʻala o kāu wai paipu. Hiki i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona ke hōʻemi i nā mea haumia e like me nā metala kaumaha, kemika a i ʻole microplastics. Inā ʻoe e inu ana i ka wai no ʻoe iho, e hoʻopiha ana i ka mīkini kope, a i ʻole e hoʻomākaukau ana e kuke, ua kānana mākou i nā koho he nui e ʻike i ka ipu kānana wai kūpono no ʻoe.
ʻO ka wai mai nā mea kanu hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai lehulehu ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i manaʻo ʻia kekahi o nā mea palekana loa ma ka honua, akā ʻo nā ʻokoʻa e like me ke alakaʻi ma Flint, Michigan, hiki i ka hāʻawi wai ke hoʻoweliweli i nā kānaka. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa mākou i nā ipu kānana wai e hana i ka wai hoʻomaha a maʻemaʻe. Ua like ka ʻenehana kumu o nā kānana he nui, ʻoiai ʻo kekahi e hoʻemi a wehe paha i nā mea haumia ʻē aʻe a ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā mea ʻē aʻe e mālama i nā minela maikaʻi iā ʻoe. Hoʻoikaika pū mākou i ka hui ʻana a i ʻole ka hōʻoia ʻana o ka huahana i nā kūlana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka National Science Foundation/National Standards Institute a me ka Water Quality Association, nā loiloi kūʻokoʻa ʻekolu.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ipu kānana wai i like ka hoʻolālā: kahi waihona luna a lalo me kahi kānana ma waena. E ninini i ka wai paila i loko o ka ʻāpana luna a kali i ka umekaumaha e huki iā ia ma o ka kānana a i ka ʻāpana lalo. Akā he nui nā koho ʻē aʻe, e like me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka nui o ka wai e hoʻohana ai kou ʻohana a me ka nui o kāu wahi i loko o kāu pahu hau. Ma waho aʻe o ke kumukūʻai o ka ipu, pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i ke kumukūʻai o nā kānana a me ka nui o nā galani hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe ma mua o ka hoʻololi ʻana iā lākou (no ka mea, ʻo kekahi o mākou e makaʻala i ka hoʻopiha mau ʻana i kā mākou mau hue wai).
ʻO ka Brita Large Water Filter Pitcher ʻo kā mākou ipu kānana wai holoʻokoʻa maikaʻi loa no ka mea he 10 mau kīʻaha nui kona nui, hiki ke kūʻai aku, a he kānana mau loa. ʻO ka poʻi hinged o ka hue, i kapa ʻia ʻo Tahoe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopiha wikiwiki ma mua o nā hiʻohiʻona e koi iā ʻoe e wehe i ka luna holoʻokoʻa. Loaʻa iā ia kahi kukui hōʻike e hōʻike ana inā he OK ka kānana, hana a pono paha e hoʻololi.
Paipai mākou i ka Elite Retrofit Filter, i hōʻoia ʻia e hōʻemi i ke alakaʻi, mercury, BPA, a me kekahi mau pesticides a me nā kemika hoʻomau. Lawe ʻo ia i nā mea haumia ʻoi aʻe ma mua o kahi kānana keʻokeʻo maʻamau a lōʻihi ʻeono mahina-ʻekolu manawa lōʻihi. Eia naʻe, ʻike kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku ma hope o kekahi mau mahina hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia ka kānana, e hoʻopōkole i kona ola. Ke manaʻo nei ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e pani i kekahi mea i kēlā me kēia manawa, ʻo ke kumukūʻai makahiki o nā kānana ma kahi o $35.
Nui ka poʻe i ʻike iā LifeStraw no kāna kānana wai hoʻopakele ola a me kāna kānana hoʻomoana, akā hoʻolālā pū ka hui i nā huahana nani a maikaʻi no kou home. Ke kūʻai aku nei ka LifeStraw Home Water Filtration Pitcher ma kahi o $65 a loaʻa iā ia i nā kala like ʻole i loko o kahi ipu aniani pōʻai hou i hiki ke hoʻopiʻi i ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo nei e hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka plastik i ko lākou mau home. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pahu silicone kūpono i ka hoʻopā ʻana, pale i nā ʻōpala a me nā niho, a hāʻawi i kahi ʻoluʻolu.
He ʻōnaehana ʻelua ʻāpana kēia kānana e hiki ke mālama i nā mea haumia 30 i hiki ʻole i nā pahu wai ʻē aʻe ke mālama. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo NSF/ANSI e hōʻemi i ka chlorine, mercury a me ke alakaʻi. Hoʻokō pū ia i nā hanana ʻokoʻa like ʻole i hoʻāʻo ʻia e nā laboratories accredited no nā pesticides, herbicides a me kekahi mau kemika hoʻomau, a hiki ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka wai ao me ke one, ka lepo a i ʻole ka lepo. Wahi a ka hui, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka kānana i ka wā o kahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo wai paila, akā inā i hana ʻia ma koʻu wahi, e hoʻolapalapa mau wau i ka wai.
ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi o ka kānana ʻelua ʻāpana ʻo ia ka LifeStraw Home hiki ke wehe i ka nui o nā mea haumia. ʻO ka hemahema, pono e hoʻololi ʻia kēlā me kēia ʻāpana i nā manawa like ʻole. Hoʻokahi makahiki ka lōʻihi o ka membrane, a pono e hoʻololi ʻia nā kānana hoʻololi kalapona liʻiliʻi a me nā ion i kēlā me kēia ʻelua mahina (a i ʻole 40 mau galani). ʻO ke kumukūʻai o ka makahiki ma kahi o $75, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā ipu ʻē aʻe ma kēia papa inoa. Ua ʻike pū nā mea hoʻohana i ka lohi o ka kānana ʻana, no laila ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻopiha ʻana i ka ipu ma mua o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i loko o ka friji. (Ma ke ala, mahalo kēia i nā ipu ʻē aʻe.)
ʻO ka Hydros Slim Pitch 40-auneke kānana wai e haʻalele i ka ʻōnaehana kānana lua-tank maʻamau no ka wikiwiki. Ke hoʻohana nei kēia ipu liʻiliʻi akā ikaika i kahi kānana kalapona pūpū e wehe i 90% o ka chlorine a me 99% o ka lepo. ʻAʻole ia e kuhikuhi i nā mea haumia ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻohe lima o kēia ipu kīʻaha ʻelima kīʻaha, akā maʻalahi ia e paʻa a hoʻopiha, e lilo ia i mea koho nui no nā ipu lahilahi.
ʻO ka ʻohana me nā keiki liʻiliʻi e koi ana i ka ninini ʻana i kā lākou mea inu ponoʻī e manaʻo paha he mea maikaʻi ʻole ka nele o ka ʻau, akā hiki ke maʻalahi i loko o ka puka friji me ka lawe ʻole ʻana i nā wahi āpau. Hele mai ka Hydro Slim Pitcher me kahi pahu waihoʻoluʻu a loaʻa ka kānana i nā ʻano kala like ʻole e like me ka poni, ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo lime, ka uliuli a me ka ʻulaʻula, e hāʻawi ana iā ia i kēlā paʻi pilikino. Hiki ke hoʻolako pū ʻia ka kānana me kahi injector wai e hoʻohui i ka hua a i ʻole ka ʻala lāʻau.
Pono e hoʻololi ʻia nā kānana Hydros i kēlā me kēia mahina ʻelua, e uku iā ʻoe ma kahi o $30 i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hoʻololi pū lākou me nā huahana Hydros ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka kānana kahe kiʻekiʻe Brita no ka poʻe inaina i ka kali. Aia ma ka inoa: ke ninini ʻoe i ka wai, hele ia ma kahi kānana kalapona i hoʻāla ʻia i hoʻokomo ʻia ma ka spout. ʻO ka poʻe i hoʻāʻo e hoʻopiha i kahi hue wai galani, ʻike ʻo ia he kaʻina hana nui no ka hue maʻamau. Pono e hoʻopiha i ka pahu wai ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi a kali i ka hele ʻana i ka kānana. He mau minuke wale nō ia, akā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo: ʻaʻole kānana ka wai. Hoʻopau ʻo Brita Stream i ke kaʻina hana kali.
ʻO ka haʻahaʻa ʻaʻole ia he kānana contaminant ikaika. Ua hōʻoia ʻia e wehe i ka ʻono chlorine a me ka ʻala ʻoiai e mālama ana i ka fluoride, nā minerala a me nā electrolytes. He kānana sponge kēia, ʻaʻole like me nā ʻano hale plastik i ʻike ʻia mai nā huahana Brita ʻē aʻe. Pono e hoʻololi ʻia nā kānana i kēlā me kēia 40 galani, a me kahi ʻeke lehulehu, ʻo ka hoʻolako ʻana o ka makahiki ma kahi o $38.
Ma ka $150, he kumukūʻai ka mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe Aarke, akā hana ʻia ia mai nā mea kiʻekiʻe, maʻemaʻe e like me ke aniani a me ke kila kila a hele mai me kahi kānana hiki ke hoʻohana hou. ʻO kēia paha ka koho ʻoluʻolu loa ma kēia papa inoa no ka mea ʻaʻole ia e hoʻohana i nā kānana plastik i pau i ka ʻōpala ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana. Akā, hoʻohana ka ʻōnaehana i nā ʻāpana kānana i hoʻomohala ʻia e Aarke me ka hui pū ʻana me ka hui ʻenehana wai BWT.
Hoʻemi kēia mau granules i ka chlorine, nā metala kaumaha a me ka limescale, e kōkua ana i ka pale ʻana i nā pila ma kāu mau kīʻaha. He 32 mau galani ka lōʻihi o ka pellet ma mua o ka pono e hoʻololi ʻia. Hāʻawi ka hui i ʻelua ʻano pellets: nā pellets maʻemaʻe a me nā pellets concentrated, e hoʻohui i ka magnesium a hoʻohuli i ka wai wai alkaline. Loaʻa nā kumukūʻai mai $20 a i $30 no kahi ʻeke ʻekolu.
Hāʻawi ka pitcher LARQ PureVis i kahi mea ʻokoʻa: hoʻohana ka ipu i kahi kaʻina hana ʻelua e kānana i ka wai a kāohi i ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi bacteria. Hoʻokomo mua ka wai i kahi kānana mea kanu NanoZero e wehe i ka chlorine, mercury, cadmium a me ke keleawe. A laila hoʻopuka ka "UV wand" o ka ipu i ka mālamalama e pale aku i nā maʻi bacteria a me nā maʻi maʻi i loko o ka wai.
Pono e uku ʻia ka LARQ i kēlā me kēia ʻelua mahina me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka charger USB-A. Hele mai ka pahu holoʻokoʻa me kahi polokalamu iOS wale nō e kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i ka wā e hoʻololi ai i nā kānana a me ka nui o ka wai āu e hoʻohana nei. Ma kahi o $170 ke kumukūʻai o kēia ʻōmole wai i hoʻolako ʻia me ka gadget, akā e hoʻopiʻi paha ia i ka poʻe i maʻa i nā hāmeʻa akamai a me ka nānā ʻana i nā metric pilikino like ʻole (ʻo ia ke kumu e hana ai ka hui i kā mākou hue wai akamai punahele). Hāʻawi ʻo LARQ i ʻelua papa o nā kānana, a ʻoiai ua lōʻihi ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka nui o nā kānana ma kēia papa inoa, e hoʻihoʻi ka lako o ka makahiki iā ʻoe i $100 no ke kānana pae komo a i ʻole ma kahi o $150 no ka mana premium.
Pono nā ʻohana nui a i ʻole ka poʻe e inu i hoʻokahi galani wai i ka lā i ka PUR PLUS 30-Cup Water Filter. ʻO kēia dispenser mana nui he ʻano lahilahi, hohonu a me kahi puʻu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a kūʻai ʻia no kahi $70. Ua hōʻoia ʻia nā kānana PUR PLUS e hōʻemi i 70 mau mea haumia ʻē aʻe, me ke alakaʻi, mercury a me kekahi mau pesticides. Hana ʻia ia mai ke kalapona hoʻōla ʻia mai ka pūpū niu. Loaʻa iā ia kahi kumu koʻikoʻi e hoʻololi i kekahi mau mineral kūlohelohe e like me ka calcium a me ka magnesium e hāʻawi i kahi ʻono hou me ka ʻole o ka ʻono a i ʻole ka ʻala o ka chlorine. Akā he 40 galani a ʻelua mahina wale nō. ʻO ka lako o hoʻokahi makahiki ke kūʻai ʻana i nā ʻeke lehulehu ma kahi o $50.
ʻEhia ka nui o ka wai āu e inu ai he helu pilikino, ʻaʻole ka maʻamau ʻewalu mau aniani wai a mākou i lohe ai e ulu ana. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai ʻono maʻemaʻe ma ka lima e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokō i kāu mau pahuhopu hydration. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ipu kānana wai ma mua o ka mālama ʻana i ka wai ʻōmole hoʻohana hoʻokahi. No ke koho ʻana i ke kīʻaha kūpono iā ʻoe, aia kekahi mau mea e pono ai ʻoe e noʻonoʻo.
ʻO ka plastik ka mea paʻamau no nā kīʻaha he nui a me kahi mea nui no nā kānana he nui. ʻOiai hiki ke paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o nā huahana i loaʻa ʻole i ka plastic-free, aia nā koho. Hāʻawi kekahi i nā mea waiwai e like me ke aniani, ke kila kila a i ʻole nā ​​ʻāpana silicone-grade. E nānā i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a ka mea hana e ʻike inā makemake ʻoe e holoi lima i nā ʻāpana a hoʻokomo paha i loko o ka mea holoi ipu. ʻO ka kaulana o nā ipu kānana wai ua ʻike pū kekahi i nā mea hana e hoʻolohe ana i ka nani, no laila ʻaʻole paʻakikī ke ʻimi i kahi koho maikaʻi e hauʻoli ai ʻoe e haʻalele ma kāu counter.
ʻOkoʻa nā kānana i ke kumukūʻai, ka hoʻolālā a me nā mea a lākou e hōʻemi ai a wehe paha. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānana i loko o kēia loiloi he kalapona i hoʻāla ʻia, ka mea e hoʻomoʻi i ka chlorine a hoʻemi i ka asbestos, ke alakaʻi, ka mercury a me nā mea hoʻohuihui kūlohelohe. Inā he mau nīnau kikoʻī kāu, e like me ka wehe ʻana i kekahi mau kemika a i ʻole nā ​​metala kaumaha, e kipa i ka pūnaewele o ka mea hana no ka ʻikepili hana.
ʻAʻole mākou he keʻena hana, no laila makemake mākou i nā huahana i hōʻoia ʻia e NSF International a i ʻole ka Water Quality Association. Eia naʻe, papa inoa mākou i nā huahana e "kūpono" i nā kūlana hoʻokolohua kūʻokoʻa.
E noʻonoʻo i ka nui o ka wai a kou ʻohana e inu ai a me ka nui o nā galani i hiki i ka kānana ke paʻa ma mua o ka pono ke hoʻololi ʻia. Pono e hoʻololi i ka kānana i mea e hoʻomau ai ka hana o ka pahu. Hoʻoponopono kekahi i nā galani he 40 wale nō, no laila pono paha i nā hale maloʻo a ʻoi aku paha ke pani i ka kānana ma mua o ʻelua mahina. ʻO kahi kānana i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka lōʻihi o ke koho ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. A mai poina i ka helu ʻana i ka nui o ke kumukūʻai āu e pani ai i loko o ka makahiki.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ipu kānana wai no ka poʻe makemake e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻono o kā lākou wai paipu—hiki i nā ipu a pau ma kēia papa inoa ke hana pēlā. Hiki i kekahi mau ipu kānana wai ke wehe i nā mea haumia a me nā mea haumia, ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono ʻia kekahi o ia mau mea, e like me nā kemika hoʻomau. (FYI, ua paʻi ka EPA i nā lula i manaʻo ʻia no PFA i Malaki.) Inā makemake ʻoe i ka maikaʻi o ka wai, hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i ka hōʻike makahiki no ka maikaʻi o ka wai ma ka pūnaewele EPA, kahi ʻikepili Pūʻulu Hana Kūlohelohe i hoʻokomo ʻia ma Tap Water a i ʻole e kiʻi i kou home. wai hoao.
ʻAʻole hoʻoneʻe i ka maʻi bacteria nā ipu kānana wai. Hoʻohana ka hapa nui o nā ipu kānana wai i nā kānana hoʻololi kalapona a i ʻole, ʻaʻole ia e hōʻemi i nā microorganism e like me ka bacteria. Eia naʻe, hiki i ka LifeStraw Home a me LARQ ke hōʻemi a hoʻopaʻa paha i kekahi mau bacteria me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kānana membrane a me nā kukui UV. Inā he mea nui ka mālama ʻana i ka bacteria, e nānā i nā koho hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai a i ʻole kahi ʻōnaehana kānana ʻokoʻa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka reverse osmosis.
E nānā i ka puke a kou haku e ʻike ai i nā ʻāpana e holoi ʻia me ka lima a hiki ke holoi ʻia i loko o ka mea holoi ipu. Eia naʻe, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka ipu. Hiki ke hōʻiliʻili ʻia nā mea ʻala, ʻōpala, a me nā mea ʻala maikaʻi ʻole i loko o nā ipu kīhini, a ʻaʻohe ʻokoʻa nā ipu kānana wai.
E o'u mau hoa, aole pono oukou e makewai i na manawa a pau. Inā ʻo ka hiki ke kūʻai aku, ka hoʻomau, a i ʻole ka hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻana, ua loaʻa iā mākou nā ipu kānana wai maikaʻi loa no kou home. ʻO ka ipu kānana wai Brita nui no ka pā a me ka wai inu me ka hōʻailona hoʻololi kānana SmartLight + 1 kānana elite. ʻO kā mākou koho no ka kānana holoʻokoʻa maikaʻi loa. Hoʻohou i ka kānana Brita maʻamau, e ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi. ʻO nā poʻo, nā lima ākea a me ka kānana akamai no nā huahana i lōʻihi a emi ke kumu kūʻai. hou aku. Akā ʻaʻohe mea āu e koho ai, e hoʻololi mau i ka kānana no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pōmaikaʻi nui a hōʻemi i nā mea haumia.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Popular Science e kākau e pili ana i ka ʻenehana ma mua o 150 mau makahiki i hala. I ko mākou paʻi ʻana i kā mākou pukana mua i ka makahiki 1872, ʻaʻohe mea e like me "ka palapala gadget," akā inā i hana ʻia, ʻo kā mākou misionari e hoʻokaʻawale i ka honua o ka hana hou no ka poʻe heluhelu i kēlā me kēia lā ke manaʻo nei mākou a pau i . Ua hoʻolaʻa piha ʻia ʻo PopSci e kōkua i ka poʻe heluhelu e hoʻokele i nā ʻano mea like ʻole e ulu mau ana ma ka mākeke.
ʻO kā mākou mea kākau a me nā mea hoʻoponopono he mau makahiki o ka ʻike e uhi ana a nānā i nā mea uila uila. Loaʻa iā mākou a pau ko mākou makemake - mai nā leo kiʻekiʻe a hiki i nā pāʻani wikiō, nā kamera a me nā mea hou aku - akā ke noʻonoʻo mākou i nā mea hana ma waho o ko mākou hale huila koke, hana mākou i ka maikaʻi loa e loaʻa nā leo hilinaʻi a me nā manaʻo e kōkua i ka poʻe e koho i ka maikaʻi. ʻōlelo aʻo. ʻIke mākou ʻaʻole ʻike mākou i nā mea āpau, akā hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi e hiki ai ke kūʻai aku ma ka pūnaewele no laila ʻaʻole pono ka poʻe heluhelu.