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ʻO ka noho ʻana i ka wai me he mea lā he pilikia mau—ma ka liʻiliʻi ma muli o ke kaulana o nā ʻōmole wai nui galani a me nā ʻōmole e haʻi ana i ka nui o nā auneke āu e inu ai i kahi manawa—a hiki i kahi ipu wai kānana ke kōkua iā ʻoe e noho olakino. Hiki ke hana maʻalahi a hoʻokele waiwai i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kāu mau pahuhopu wai i kēlā me kēia lā ma ke koho ʻana i nā ipu wai kānana ma kahi o nā ʻōmole hoʻolei. ʻO ke kumu, hoʻomaikaʻi nā ipu kānana wai i ka ʻono a me ke ʻala o kāu wai piula. Hiki i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona ke hōʻemi i nā mea haumia e like me nā metala kaumaha, nā kemika a i ʻole nā ​​​​microplastics. Inā ʻoe e inu ana i ka wai nou iho, e hoʻopiha ana i ka mīkini kofe, a i ʻole e hoʻomākaukau ana e kuke, ua kānana mākou i nā ʻano koho he nui e ʻike i ka ipu kānana wai kūpono nou.
ʻO ka wai mai nā hale hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai lehulehu ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa kekahi o nā mea palekana loa ma ka honua, akā ʻo nā ʻokoʻa e like me ke kēpau ma ka lako wai ʻo Flint, Michigan, hiki ke hoʻoweliweli i nā kānaka. He loea mākou i nā ipu kānana wai e hana ana i ka wai hōʻoluʻolu a maʻemaʻe. Ua like ka ʻenehana kumu o nā kānana he nui, ʻoiai ua hoʻemi a wehe paha kekahi i nā mea haumia ʻē aʻe a ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā mea ʻē aʻe e mālama i nā minelala maikaʻi nou. Hoʻomaopopo pū mākou ua kūlike ka huahana a i ʻole ua hōʻoia ʻia i nā kūlana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka National Science Foundation/National Standards Institute a me ka Water Quality Association, nā loiloi ʻaoʻao ʻekolu kūʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ipu kānana wai he hoʻolālā like: kahi waihona luna a me lalo me kahi kānana ma waena. E ninini i ka wai paipa i loko o ka ʻāpana luna a kali i ka umekaumaha e huki iā ia ma o ke kānana 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 ka hakahaka 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, makemake nui kekahi o mākou i ka hoʻopiha hou ʻana i kā mākou mau ʻōmole wai).
ʻO ka Brita Large Water Filter Pitcher kā mākou ipu kānana wai maikaʻi loa no ka mea he nui kona hiki ke hoʻopiha i nā kīʻaha he 10, kūpono ke kumukūʻai, a he kānana lōʻihi kona. ʻO ke poʻi hinged o ka ipu, i ʻike ʻia ʻo Tahoe, e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻopiha wikiwiki ma mua o nā hiʻohiʻona e pono ai ʻoe e wehe i ka luna holoʻokoʻa. Loaʻa iā ia kahi kukui hōʻailona e hōʻike ana inā maikaʻi ke kānana, e hana ana, a pono paha e hoʻololi ʻia.
Paipai mākou i ka Elite Retrofit Filter, kahi i hōʻoia ʻia e hōʻemi i ke kēpau, mercury, BPA, a me kekahi mau pesticides a me nā kemika paʻa. Hopu ia i nā mea haumia he nui aʻe ma mua o kahi kānana keʻokeʻo maʻamau a mau no ʻeono mahina—ʻekolu manawa ka lōʻihi. Eia nō naʻe, ʻike kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku ma hope o kekahi mau mahina hiki ke paʻa ka kānana, e hoʻopōkole ana i kona ola. Ke manaʻo nei ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻololi i kekahi mea i kēia manawa koke, ʻo ke kumukūʻai makahiki o nā kānana ma kahi o $35.
Ua ʻike ka poʻe he nui iā LifeStraw no kāna mau kānana wai hoʻōla ola a me nā kānana hoʻomoana, akā hoʻolālā pū ka hui i nā huahana nani a kūpono hoʻi no kou home. ʻO ke kumukūʻai o ka LifeStraw Home Water Filtration Pitcher ma kahi o $65 a loaʻa i nā kala like ʻole i loko o kahi ipu aniani poepoe hou e hoʻopiʻi paha i ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo nei e hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka plastic i loko o ko lākou mau home. He ʻoluʻolu ka hihia silicone kūpono i ka pā, pale i nā ʻōpala a me nā dents, a hāʻawi i kahi paʻa ʻoluʻolu.
He ʻōnaehana ʻelua ʻāpana kēia kānana e hiki ke lawelawe i nā mea haumia he 30 a ʻaʻole hiki i nā pahu wai ʻē aʻe ke lawelawe. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo NSF/ANSI e hōʻemi i ka chlorine, mercury a me ke kēpau. Hoʻokō pū ia i nā ʻano kūlana like ʻole i hoʻāʻo ʻia e nā keʻena hoʻokolohua i ʻae ʻia no nā pesticides, herbicides a me kekahi mau kemika paʻa, a hiki ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka wai i pouli me ke one, ka lepo a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​mea ʻē aʻe. Wahi a ka ʻoihana hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ke kānana i ka wā o ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo hoʻolapalapa wai, akā inā hana ia ma koʻu wahi, e hoʻolapalapa mau wau i ka wai.
ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi o ke kānana ʻelua ʻāpana, hiki i ka LifeStraw Home 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. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka membrane ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki, a pono e hoʻololi ʻia nā kānana hoʻololi kalapona a me ka ion liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia ʻelua mahina (a i ʻole ma kahi o 40 galani). ʻO ke kumukūʻai i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma kahi o $75, ʻoi aku ke kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā ipu ʻē aʻe ma kēia papa inoa. Ua ʻike pū nā mea hoʻohana he lohi 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. (He mea akahai kēia i nā ipu ʻē aʻe, ma ke ala.)
Hoʻokaʻawale ka kānana wai Hydros Slim Pitch 40-auneke i ka ʻōnaehana kānana pahu pālua maʻamau no ka wikiwiki. Hoʻohana kēia ipu liʻiliʻi akā ikaika i kahi kānana kalapona pūpū niu e wehe i ka 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 mālama ʻelima kīʻaha, akā maʻalahi ke paʻa a hoʻopiha, e lilo ia i koho kiʻekiʻe no nā ipu lahilahi.
ʻO kahi ʻohana me nā keiki liʻiliʻi e koi ana i ka ninini ʻana i kā lākou mau mea inu ponoʻī e manaʻo paha he mea maikaʻi ʻole ka nele o kahi lima, akā kūpono ia i loko o ka puka friji me ka ʻole o ka lawe ʻana i kahi āpau. Loaʻa pū ka Hydro Slim Pitcher me kahi hihia kala a loaʻa ke kānana i nā kala like ʻole e like me ka poni, ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo lime, ka uliuli a me ka ʻulaʻula, e hāʻawi ana iā ia i kēlā pā pilikino hou aʻe. Hiki ke hoʻolako ʻia ke kānana me kahi mea hoʻokomo wai e hoʻohui i ka hua a i ʻole ka ʻala lāʻau.
Pono e hoʻololi ʻia nā kānana Hydros i kēlā me kēia ʻelua mahina, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kumukūʻai ma kahi o $30 i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia me nā huahana Hydros ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ke kānana kahe kiʻekiʻe ʻo Brita no ka poʻe inaina i ke kali ʻana. Aia ia ma ka inoa: ke ninini ʻoe i ka wai, hele ia ma o kahi kānana kalapona i hoʻāla ʻia i kau ʻia ma ka spout. ʻO kēlā me kēia mea i hoʻāʻo e hoʻopiha i kahi ʻōmole wai galani e ʻike he hana ia he nui nā ʻanuʻu no kahi hue maʻamau. Pono e hoʻopiha i ka pahu wai ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi a kali iā ia e hele ma o ke kānana. He mau minuke wale nō ia, akā ua ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo: ʻaʻole loa e kānana ʻia ka wai. Hoʻopau ʻo Brita Stream i ke kaʻina kali.
ʻO ka hemahema, ʻaʻole ia he kānana haumia ikaika. Ua hōʻoia ʻia e wehe i ka ʻono a me ke ʻala chlorine me ka mālama ʻana i ka fluoride, nā minelala a me nā electrolytes. He kānana huʻa kēia, ʻaʻole like me nā mana hale plastik i maʻa mau ʻia mai nā huahana Brita ʻē aʻe. Pono e hoʻololi ʻia nā kānana i kēlā me kēia 40 galani, a me kahi multipack, ʻo ke kumukūʻai o ka lako o hoʻokahi makahiki ma kahi o $38.
Ma ke kumu kūʻai he $150, he pipiʻi ke kumukūʻai o ka mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe Aarke, akā ua hana ʻia ia mai nā mea maʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe e like me ke aniani a me ke kila kila a hele mai me kahi kānana hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia. ʻO kēia paha ke koho aloha kaiapuni loa ma kēia papa inoa no ka mea ʻaʻole ia e hoʻohana i nā kānana plastik e pau i loko o ka ʻōpala ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana. Akā, hoʻohana ka ʻōnaehana i nā ʻāpana kānana i hoʻomohala ʻia e Aarke ma ka laulima ʻana me ka ʻoihana ʻenehana wai ʻo BWT.
Hoʻēmi kēia mau granules i ka chlorine, nā metala kaumaha a me ka limescale, e kōkua ana i ka pale ʻana i nā ʻōpala ma kāu mau kīʻaha. Loaʻa nā pellets ma kahi o 32 galani ma mua o ko lākou pono e hoʻololi ʻia. Hāʻawi ka hui i ʻelua ʻano pellets: nā pellets maʻemaʻe a me nā pellets i hoʻohui ʻia, kahi e hoʻohui ai i ka magnesium a hoʻolilo i ka wai piula wai i alkaline. Loaʻa nā kumukūʻai mai $20 a $30 no kahi ʻeke ʻekolu.
Hāʻawi ka ipu LARQ PureVis i kahi mea ʻokoʻa: hoʻohana ka ipu i kahi kaʻina hana ʻelua-ʻanuʻu e kānana i ka wai a kāohi i ka ulu ʻana o ka bacteria. Komo mua ka wai i loko o 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 hakakā i ka bacteria a me nā virus i loko o ka wai.
Pono hoʻi e hoʻopiʻi ʻia ka LARQ i kēlā me kēia ʻelua mahina me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mea hoʻoili USB-A i hoʻokomo ʻia. Loaʻa pū 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. ʻO ke kumukūʻai o kēia ʻōmole wai i hoʻolako ʻia me nā hāmeʻa ma kahi o $170, akā e hoʻopiʻi paha i ka poʻe i maʻa i nā polokalamu akamai a me ka nānā ʻana i nā ana pilikino like ʻole (ʻo ia ke kumu e hana ai ka hui i kā mākou ʻōmole wai akamai punahele). Hāʻawi ʻo LARQ i ʻelua mau papa o nā kānana, a ʻoiai lākou e lōʻihi iki ma mua o nā kānana he nui ma kēia papa inoa, ʻo ka lako o hoʻokahi makahiki e hoʻihoʻi iā ʻoe i $100 no ke kānana pae komo a i ʻole a hiki i kahi $150 no ka mana premium.
ʻO nā ʻohana nui a i ʻole ka poʻe e inu ana i hoʻokahi galani wai i ka lā e pono paha i ka PUR PLUS 30-Cup Water Filter. He hoʻolālā lahilahi a hohonu kēia mea hoʻopuka nui a me kahi spout i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a kūʻai ʻia ma kahi o $70. Ua hōʻoia ʻia nā kānana PUR PLUS e hōʻemi i 70 mau mea haumia ʻē aʻe, me ke kēpau, ka mercury a me kekahi mau pesticides. Hana ʻia ia mai ke kalapona i hoʻāla ʻia mai nā pūpū niu. Loaʻa iā ia kahi kumu mineral e pani ana 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 ke ʻala o ka chlorine. Akā he 40 galani a ʻelua mahina paha ko lākou mau lā. ʻO ka lako o hoʻokahi makahiki i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā multipacks ma kahi o $50.
ʻO ka nui o ka wai āu e inu ai he helu pilikino ia, ʻaʻole nā ​​​​kīʻaha wai ʻewalu maʻamau a mākou i lohe ai i ko mākou wā kamaliʻi. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai ʻono ma ka lima e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokō i kāu mau pahuhopu hydration. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ke kumukūʻai o nā ipu kānana wai a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kaiapuni ma mua o ka mālama ʻana i ka wai ʻōmole hoʻokahi hoʻohana. No ke koho ʻana i ka ipu kūpono nou, aia kekahi mau mea e pono ai ʻoe e noʻonoʻo.
ʻO ka palaki ka mea maʻamau no nā ʻōmole he nui a he mea nui no nā kānana he nui. ʻOiai he paʻakikī ke loaʻa nā huahana i ʻole loa he palaki, aia kekahi mau koho. Hāʻawi kekahi i nā mea kiʻekiʻe e like me ke aniani, ke kila kila a i ʻole nā ​​​​ʻāpana silicone papa meaʻai. E nānā i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a ka mea hana e ʻike inā makemake ʻoe e holoi lima i nā ʻāpana a i ʻole e hoʻokomo iā lākou i loko o ka mea holoi kīʻaha. ʻO ke kaulana o nā ʻōmole kānana wai ua ʻike pū ʻia nā mea hana he nui e nānā i nā mea nani, no laila ʻaʻole paʻakikī ke loaʻa kahi koho hoihoi āu e hauʻoli ai e waiho ma kāu pākaukau.
ʻOkoʻa ke kumukūʻai o nā kānana, ka hoʻolālā a me nā mea a lākou e hōʻemi ai a wehe paha. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānana ma kēia loiloi he kalapona i hoʻāla ʻia, kahi e omo ai i ka chlorine a hōʻemi i ka asbestos, ke kēpau, ka mercury a me nā hui organik volatile. 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 hale hoʻokolohua, no laila makemake mākou i nā huahana i hōʻoia ʻia e NSF International a i ʻole ka Water Quality Association. Eia nō naʻe, ke papa inoa nei mākou i nā huahana e "kū" ana i nā kūlana hoʻāʻo hale hoʻokolohua kūʻokoʻa.
E noʻonoʻo i ka nui o ka wai e inu ai kou ʻohana a me ka nui o nā galani e hiki ai i ke kānana ke paʻa ma mua o ka pono e hoʻololi ʻia. Pono e hoʻololi ʻia ke kānana i mea e hoʻomau ai ka hana o ka pahu. Hana wale kekahi i 40 galani, no laila pono paha nā hale maloʻo a nui paha e hoʻololi i ke kānana ma mua o ʻelua mahina. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kahi kānana i hoʻolālā ʻia e lōʻihi. A mai poina e helu i ke kumukūʻai e hoʻololi ai i loko o hoʻokahi makahiki.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ipu kānana wai no ka poʻe e makemake e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻono o kā lākou wai paipa—hiki i nā ipu āpau 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 hou aʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono ʻia kekahi o ia mau mea, e like me nā kemika mau loa. (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 o ka maikaʻi o ka wai ma ka pūnaewele EPA, kahi waihona ʻikepili Environmental Working Group i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka Tap Water a i ʻole e hoʻāʻo i kou wai home.
ʻAʻole hoʻopau pinepine nā ipu kānana wai i nā bacteria. Hoʻohana ka hapa nui o nā ipu kānana wai i nā kānana kalapona a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​kānana hoʻololi ion, ʻaʻole ia e hōʻemi i nā microorganism e like me ka bacteria. Eia nō naʻe, hiki iā LifeStraw Home lāua ʻo LARQ ke hōʻemi a kāohi paha i kekahi mau bacteria me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kānana membrane a me ke kukui UV. Inā he mea nui ka kaohi ʻana i ka bacteria, e nānā i nā koho hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai a i ʻole kahi ʻōnaehana kānana ʻokoʻa loa e hoʻohana ana i ka osmosis hoʻohuli.
E nānā i ka manual a kāu mea nona e ʻike ai i nā ʻāpana e holoi lima ʻia a me nā mea hiki ke holoi ʻia i loko o ka mīkini holoi kīʻaha. Eia nō naʻe, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono i ka ipu. Hiki i nā bacteria, ka ʻōpala, a me nā ʻala ʻino ke hōʻiliʻili i loko o nā mea hana kīhini, a ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa nā ipu kānana wai.
E oʻu mau hoaaloha, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e make wai i nā manawa a pau. Inā paha ʻo ke kumukūʻai kūpono kāu mea nui, ke kūpaʻa, a i ʻole ka hoʻolālā maikaʻi, ua loaʻa iā mākou nā ipu kānana wai maikaʻi loa no kou home. ʻO ka ipu kānana wai Brita nui no ka wai piula a me ka wai inu me ka hōʻailona pani kānana SmartLight + 1 kānana elite. ʻO kā mākou koho no ke kānana a puni maikaʻi loa. Hoʻohou i ke kānana Brita maʻamau, e ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi. Nā luna, nā lima ākea a me ka kānana akamai no nā huahana e lōʻihi ke ola akā emi ke kumukūʻai. ʻoi aku ka nui. Akā ʻaʻohe mea āu e koho ai, e hōʻoia e hoʻololi pinepine i ke kānana e loaʻa ai ka pōmaikaʻi nui loa a hoʻemi 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 ka wā i paʻi ai mākou i kā mākou puke mua i ka makahiki 1872, ʻaʻohe mea e like me ke "kākau gadget," akā inā pēlā, ʻo kā mākou misionari e wehewehe i ke ao o ka hana hou no ka poʻe heluhelu o kēlā me kēia lā, ʻo ia hoʻi ua komo mākou a pau i loko. Ua hoʻolaʻa piha ʻia ʻo PopSci i kēia manawa no ke kōkua ʻana i ka poʻe heluhelu e hoʻokele i nā ʻano hāmeʻa e ulu mau nei ma ka mākeke.
He mau makahiki he ʻumi o ka ʻike o kā mākou poʻe kākau a me nā mea hoʻoponopono i ka uhi ʻana a me ka loiloi ʻana i nā mea uila o nā mea kūʻai aku. Loaʻa iā mākou āpau kā mākou makemake - mai ke kani kiʻekiʻe a hiki i nā pāʻani wikiō, nā kāmela a me nā mea hou aku - akā ke noʻonoʻo mākou i nā lako ma waho o ko mākou hale huila koke, hana mākou i ka mea maikaʻi loa e ʻimi i nā leo hilinaʻi a me nā manaʻo e kōkua i ka poʻe e koho i ka mea maikaʻi loa. ʻIke mākou ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i nā mea āpau, akā hauʻoli mākou e hoʻāʻo i ka paralysis loiloi hiki i ke kūʻai pūnaewele ke hana i ʻole e pono ai ka poʻe heluhelu.