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He mea kākau ʻo Tim Heffernan e uhi ana i ka maikaʻi o ka ea a me ka wai a me nā ʻenehana ikehu hoʻomau. Makemake ʻo ia e hoʻāʻo i nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe me ka uahi o nā mākē Flare.
Ua hoʻohui pū mākou i kahi koho maikaʻi loa, ʻo Cyclopure Purefast, kahi kānana kūpono me Brita i hōʻoia ʻia e NSF/ANSI e hōʻemi i ka PFAS.
Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i ke ala maʻalahi loa e loaʻa ai ka wai inu kānana ma ka home, paipai mākou i ka Brita Elite Water Filter, a me ka Brita Standard Everyday 10-Cup Pitcher a i ʻole (inā ʻoe e hoʻohana nui i ka wai ma kou home) ka Brita Standard 27-Cup Capacity Pitcher a i ʻole ka Brita Ultramax Water Dispenser. Akā ma mua o kou koho ʻana i kekahi, e ʻike ma hope o kahi kokoke i ʻumi makahiki o ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka kānana wai home, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou ʻo nā kānana wai ma lalo o ka poho holoi a i ʻole ma lalo o ka faucet ka koho maikaʻi loa. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o ko lākou ola, hāʻawi wikiwiki i ka wai maʻemaʻe, hoʻemi i nā mea haumia, ʻaʻole hiki ke paʻa, a he mau minuke wale nō e hoʻokomo ai.
Loaʻa i kēia kumu hoʻohālike ma mua o 30 mau palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF, ʻoi aku ma mua o nā kānana āpau i kāna papa, a ua hoʻolālā ʻia no kahi manawa hoʻololi ʻeono mahina. Akā e like me nā kānana āpau, hiki ke paʻa.
ʻO ka ipu hao kāinoa Brita ma nā ʻano he nui ka māhele ipu hao kānana koʻikoʻi a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe ma mua o nā hiʻohiʻona Brita ʻē aʻe.
Loaʻa i ka Brita Water Dispenser ka mana kūpono e hoʻokō i nā pono wai o kēlā me kēia ʻohana nui, a ua hoʻolālā ʻia kona faucet pale leak e maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi no nā keiki e hoʻohana.
Ua hoʻāʻo ikaika ʻia ka LifeStraw Home Dispenser e wehe i nā ʻumi o nā mea haumia, me ke kēpau, a ʻoi aku ka paʻa o kāna kānana i ka paʻa ʻana ma mua o nā kānana ʻē aʻe a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai.
ʻO ka mea kānana Dexsorb, i hoʻāʻo ʻia e nā kūlana NSF/ANSI, hopu pono i nā ʻano kemika paʻa like ʻole (PFAS), me PFOA a me PFOS.
Loaʻa i kēia kumu hoʻohālike ma mua o 30 mau palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF, ʻoi aku ma mua o nā kānana āpau i kāna papa, a ua hoʻolālā ʻia no kahi manawa hoʻololi ʻeono mahina. Akā e like me nā kānana āpau, hiki ke paʻa.
ʻO ka kānana kūpono loa a Brita ʻo ia ka Brita Elite. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo ANSI/NSF a hoʻoneʻe i nā mea haumia he nui aʻe ma mua o nā kānana wai ʻē aʻe a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai me ka umekaumaha; ʻo kēia mau mea haumia e komo pū me ke kēpau, mercury, cadmium, PFOA, a me PFOS, a me nā ʻano hui ʻoihana like ʻole a me nā mea haumia wai paipa e lilo nei i "mea haumia e kū mai ana." He 120 galani kona ola, a i ʻole ʻeono mahina, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻekolu manawa o ke ola i helu ʻia o ka hapa nui o nā kānana ʻē aʻe. I ka wā lōʻihi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kumukūʻai o ka Elite ma mua o ke kānana ʻelua mahina maʻamau. Eia nō naʻe, hiki i ka lepo i loko o ka wai ke pani iā ​​ia ma mua o ka pau ʻana o nā mahina ʻeono. Inā ʻike ʻoe ua maʻemaʻe kāu wai paipa akā makemake wale ʻoe e ʻono maikaʻi (ʻoi aku hoʻi inā he ʻala chlorine), ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kumukūʻai o ke kānana ipuhao a me ka dispenser maʻamau a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka maʻalahi o ka pani ʻana, akā ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia e loaʻa ke kēpau a i ʻole nā ​​​​hui ʻoihana ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka ipu hao kāinoa Brita ma nā ʻano he nui ka māhele ipu hao kānana koʻikoʻi a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe ma mua o nā hiʻohiʻona Brita ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā ipu Brita he nui, ʻo kā mākou punahele ka Brita Standard Everyday 10-Cup Pitcher. ʻO ka hoʻolālā ʻaʻohe wahi make e maʻalahi ai ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana ma mua o nā ʻōmole Brita ʻē aʻe, a ʻo ka hiʻohiʻona hoʻohuli lima hoʻokahi e maʻalahi ai ka hoʻopiha hou ʻana. ʻOi aku ka ʻoluʻolu o kona lima ʻano C piʻo ma mua o nā lima ʻano D angular i loaʻa ma ka hapa nui o nā ʻōmole Brita.
Loaʻa i ka Brita Water Dispenser ka mana kūpono e hoʻokō i nā pono wai o kēlā me kēia ʻohana nui, a ua hoʻolālā ʻia kona faucet pale leak e maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi no nā keiki e hoʻohana.
Hiki i ka Brita Ultramax Water Dispenser ke paʻa i kahi o 27 mau kīʻaha wai (18 mau kīʻaha i loko o ka waihona kānana a me 9 a 10 mau kīʻaha hou aʻe i loko o ka waihona hoʻopiha luna). Mālama kona hoʻolālā lahilahi i kahi i loko o ka friji, a pani ʻia ka faucet ma hope o ka ninini ʻana e pale aku i ke kahe ʻana. He ala kūpono ia e loaʻa mau ai ka wai anuanu a kānana ʻia.
Ua hoʻāʻo ikaika ʻia ka LifeStraw Home Dispenser e wehe i nā ʻumi o nā mea haumia, me ke kēpau, a ʻoi aku ka paʻa o kāna kānana i ka paʻa ʻana ma mua o nā kānana ʻē aʻe a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai.
Ua hoʻohana mākou i ka LifeStraw Home Water Dispenser e kānana i 2.5 galani o ka wai i haumia nui ʻia e ka popo, a ʻoiai ua lohi iki ka wikiwiki i ka hopena, ʻaʻole ia i pau i ka kānana ʻana. ʻO kēia huahana kā mākou koho kiʻekiʻe no kekahi mea i ʻike i nā kānana wai i paʻa i loko o nā kānana wai ʻē aʻe, me kā mākou koho kiʻekiʻe, ʻo Brita Elite, a i ʻole e ʻimi nei i kahi hopena no ka wai piula wai popo a haumia paha. Loaʻa iā LifeStraw ʻehā mau palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF (chlorine, ʻono a me ke ʻala, kēpau, a me mercury) a ua hoʻāʻo kūʻokoʻa ʻia e kahi lab i hōʻoia ʻia e hoʻokō i nā ʻano kūlana hoʻomaʻemaʻe ANSI/NSF hou aʻe.
ʻO ka mea kānana Dexsorb, i hoʻāʻo ʻia e nā kūlana NSF/ANSI, hopu pono i nā ʻano kemika paʻa like ʻole (PFAS), me PFOA a me PFOS.
Hoʻohana nā kānana Purefast o Cyclopure iā Dexsorb, ka mea like i hoʻohana ʻia e kekahi mau hale hana lapaʻau e wehe i nā kemika paʻa (PFAS) mai nā lako wai lehulehu. Hana pū ia me kā mākou ipu hao Brita i ʻōlelo ʻia a me ka dispenser. Ua helu ʻia no 65 galani, kānana wikiwiki i kā mākou mau hoʻāʻo, a ʻaʻole lohi nui i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, ʻoiai e like me kekahi kānana i hānai ʻia e ka umekaumaha, hiki iā ia ke paʻa inā loaʻa i kāu wai ka nui o ka sediment. Loaʻa pū ka kānana i loko o kahi envelope i uku mua ʻia; e hoʻouna i kāu kānana i hoʻohana ʻia iā Cyclopure, a e hana hou ka hui iā ia ma ke ʻano e luku ai i kekahi PFAS āna i hopu ai i ʻole lākou e hoʻihoʻi i ke kaiapuni. ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻo Brita ponoʻī i nā kānana ʻaoʻao ʻekolu, akā no ka mea ua hōʻoia ʻia nā kānana Purefast a me nā mea Dexsorb e hōʻemi i ka PFAS, paipai mākou iā lākou me ka hilinaʻi. E hoʻomaopopo he hopu wale ia i ka PFAS a me ka chlorine. Inā he mau hopohopo ʻē aʻe kāu, e koho iā Brita Elite;
Ua hoʻāʻo au i nā kānana wai no Wirecutter mai ka makahiki 2016. No ka hōʻike, ua lōʻihi kaʻu mau kamaʻilio ʻana me NSF a me ka Water Quality Association, nā keʻena hōʻoia kānana wai nui ʻelua ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e hoʻomaopopo i kā lākou mau ʻano hoʻāʻo. Ua ninaninau au i nā ʻelele mai nā mea hana kānana wai he nui e hōʻoia i kā lākou mau koi. Ua hoʻohana au i kekahi mau kānana wai a me nā pitchers i nā makahiki i hala iho nei no ka mea he mea nui ka lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi, ka maʻalahi a me ke kumukūʻai o ka mālama ʻana, a me ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana no kahi mea i hoʻohana ʻia i nā manawa he nui i ka lā.
Ua noiʻi a kākau ʻo John Holecek, he ʻepekema mua o ka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), i kahi mana mua o kēia alakaʻi, ua hana i kāna hoʻāʻo ponoʻī, a ua kauoha i nā hoʻāʻo kūʻokoʻa hou aʻe.
No ka poʻe makemake kēia alakaʻi i kahi kānana wai ʻano ipuhao (ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻiliʻili i ka wai mai ka piula wai a hoʻopaʻa i loko o ka pahu hau).
ʻO ka nani o kahi ipuhao kānana, ʻo ia ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana. Hoʻopiha wale ʻoe iā ia me ka wai paipa a kali i ka hana ʻana o ke kānana. ʻAʻole pipiʻi ke kumukūʻai: ʻo ke kumukūʻai o nā kānana pani (pono e hoʻololi ʻia i kēlā me kēia ʻelua mahina) ma lalo o $15.
He mau hemahema ko lākou. He kūpono lākou e kūʻē i nā mea haumia liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā kānana ma lalo o ka poho holoi a i ʻole ma lalo o ka paipa no ka mea hilinaʻi lākou i ka umekaumaha ma mua o ke kaomi wai, e koi ana i kahi kānana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.
ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka umekaumaha ʻo ia hoʻi he lohi nā kānana ipu hao: ʻo ka hoʻopiha ʻana i ka wai mai ka waihona wai luna e lawe ma waena o 5 a me 15 mau minuke e hele ai ma o ke kānana, a pinepine ia e hoʻopiha hou ʻia i kekahi mau manawa e loaʻa ai kahi ʻōmole piha o ka wai maʻemaʻe.
Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia nā kānana ipu hao i ka lepo mai ka wai paipa a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​hue ea liʻiliʻi e hana ʻia i loko o nā mea hoʻomehana faucet a paʻa.
No kēia mau kumu, paipai mākou e hoʻokomo i kahi kānana ma lalo o ka poho holoi a i ʻole ma ka faucet inā ʻae ke kūlana.
Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua hoʻoponopono ʻia nā lako wai lehulehu e ka Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ma lalo o ke Kānāwai Wai Inu Palekana, a pono e hoʻokō ka wai i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai nā hale hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai lehulehu i nā kūlana maikaʻi koʻikoʻi. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono ʻia nā mea haumia āpau.
Eia kekahi, hiki i nā mea haumia ke komo ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o ka wai i nā hale hana lapaʻau ma o nā paipu liki a i ʻole (i ke ʻano o ke kēpau) ma o ka liki ʻana mai nā paipu ponoʻī. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka wai ma ka hale hana (a i ʻole ka hana ʻole ʻana) hiki ke hoʻonui i ka liki ʻana o nā paipu ma lalo, e like me ka mea i hana ʻia ma Flint, Michigan.
No ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea a kāu mea hoʻolako e waiho nei, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka EPA Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) ma ka pūnaewele. A i ʻole, pono nā mea hoʻolako wai lehulehu āpau e hāʻawi i kahi CCR ma ke noi ʻana.
Akā, ma muli o ka hiki ke haumia ma lalo o ka wai, ʻo ke ala wale nō e ʻike pono ai i ka mea i loko o ka wai o kou home, ʻo ia ke hoʻāʻo ʻia. Hiki i kāu keʻena hoʻokolohua wai kūloko ke hoʻāʻo iā ia, a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kahi pahu hoʻāʻo home. Ua loiloi mākou i 11 o lākou a ua pīhoihoi mākou i ka Tap Score a SimpleLab, he maʻalahi ke hoʻohana a hāʻawi i kahi hōʻike piha a maopopo o nā mea haumia, inā he mau mea, i loko o kāu wai paipa.
Hāʻawi ka hoʻāʻo kūlana wai kūlanakauhale ʻo SimpleLab Tap Score i kahi loiloi piha o kāu wai inu a me nā hopena maʻalahi e heluhelu.
I mea e hōʻoia ai he hilinaʻi nā kānana wai a mākou e ʻōlelo nei, ke koi mau nei mākou e hoʻokō kā mākou mau koho i ke kūlana gula: ka palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF. ʻO ka American National Standards Institute (ANSI) a me ka National Science Foundation (NSF) he mau hui pilikino, waiwai ʻole e hana pū ana me ka Environmental Protection Agency, nā mea hana, a me nā loea ʻē aʻe e hoʻomohala i nā kūlana maikaʻi koʻikoʻi no nā tausani o nā huahana, me nā kānana wai, a me nā kaʻina hana hoʻāʻo.
Hoʻokō wale nā ​​​​kānana i nā kūlana hōʻoia ma hope o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ko lākou ola lawelawe i manaʻo ʻia a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hāpana "hoʻāʻo" i ʻoi aku ka haumia ma mua o ka hapa nui o ka wai piula.
ʻElua mau keʻena hoʻokolohua nui e hōʻoia ana i nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai: ʻo kekahi ʻo NSF Labs a ʻo kekahi ʻo ka Water Quality Association (WQA). Ua ʻae piha ʻia nā hui ʻelua e ANSI a me ka Canadian Standards Council ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau e hana i ka hoʻāʻo hōʻoia ANSI/NSF.
Akā ma hope o nā makahiki o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa kūloko, ke ʻae nei mākou i kēia manawa i ka ʻōlelo ākea "i hoʻāʻo ʻia i nā kūlana ANSI/NSF," ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia ma ke ʻano kūhelu, akā pono e hoʻokō i kekahi mau kūlana koʻikoʻi: ʻo ka mua, hana ʻia ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kahi keʻena hoʻokolohua kūʻokoʻa ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia e ka mea hana kānana; ʻo ka lua, ʻo ka keʻena hoʻokolohua ponoʻī he ANSI a i ʻike ʻia e nā hui aupuni ʻē aʻe a i ʻole nā ​​​​hui aupuni ʻole e hana i ka hoʻāʻo koʻikoʻi e like me nā kūlana i hoʻokumu ʻia; ʻo ke kolu, ua paʻi ʻia ka keʻena hoʻokolohua, kāna mau hopena, a me kāna mau ʻano hana e ka mea hana. ʻO ka hā, he moʻolelo lōʻihi ko ka mea hana i ka hana ʻana i nā kānana. Ua hōʻoia ʻia nā moʻolelo palekana, hilinaʻi, a ʻoiaʻiʻo e like me ka mea i wehewehe ʻia.
Ua hoʻemi hou mākou i ka laulā i nā kānana i hōʻoia ʻia a i ʻole like me ʻelua mau kūlana ANSI/NSF nui (Standard 42 a me Standard 53, e uhi ana i ka chlorine a me nā mea haumia "aesthetic" ʻē aʻe, a me nā metala kaumaha e like me ke kēpau a me nā hui organik e like me nā pesticides). Uhi ka Standard 401 hou i nā "mea haumia e kū mai ana" e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e ulu nui nei i ka wai o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a ke nānā nui nei mākou i nā kānana me kēia ʻokoʻa.
Ua hoʻomaka mākou ma ka nānā ʻana i nā mea hoʻokahe wai kaulana he 10 a 11 kīʻaha, a me nā mea hoʻokahe wai nui aʻe i kūpono loa no nā ʻohana me ka nui o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai. (Hāʻawi pū ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana i nā mea hoʻokahe wai liʻiliʻi no ka poʻe ʻaʻole pono i kahi mea hoʻokahe wai piha.)
A laila ua hoʻohālikelike mākou i nā kikoʻī hoʻolālā (me ke ʻano o ka lima a me ka ʻoluʻolu), ka maʻalahi o ke kau ʻana a me ke pani ʻana i ke kānana, ka wahi e lawe ai ka ipu hao a me ka mea hoʻopuka i loko o ka pahu hau, a me ka nui o ka pahu hoʻopiha luna e kūʻē i ka lakio o ka pahu "kānana ʻia" lalo (ʻo ke kiʻekiʻe o ka lakio, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, no ka mea, e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka wai kānana hou aʻe i kēlā me kēia manawa āu e hoʻohana ai i ka faucet).
I ka makahiki 2016, ua hana mākou i kekahi mau hoʻokolohua kūloko o kekahi mau kānana e hoʻohālikelike i kā mākou mau hopena me nā palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF a me nā koi a ka mea hana. Ua ana ʻo John Holecek i ka helu wehe chlorine o kēlā me kēia kānana i loko o kāna keʻena hoʻokolohua. No kā mākou mau koho mua ʻelua, ua kauoha mākou i kahi keʻena hoʻokolohua kūʻokoʻa e hoʻāʻo i ka wehe ʻana i ke kēpau me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hopena me nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka haumia kēpau ma mua o nā koi a NSF i kāna protocol hōʻoia.
ʻO kā mākou hopena nui mai kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana, ʻo ia ka hōʻoia ANSI/NSF a i ʻole ka hōʻoia like he kūlana hilinaʻi no ke ana ʻana i ka hana kānana. ʻAʻole kēia he mea kupanaha no ka ʻano koʻikoʻi o nā kūlana hōʻoia. Mai ia manawa, ua hilinaʻi mākou i ka hōʻoia ANSI/NSF a i ʻole ka hōʻoia like e hoʻoholo ai i ka hana o kahi kānana i hāʻawi ʻia.
Ke kālele nei kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana ma hope aku i ka hoʻohana pono ʻana ma ke ao maoli, a me nā hiʻohiʻona a me nā hemahema o ke ao maoli e ʻike wale ʻia ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia mau huahana no ka manawa lōʻihi.
Loaʻa i kēia kumu hoʻohālike ma mua o 30 mau palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF, ʻoi aku ma mua o nā kānana āpau i kāna papa, a ua hoʻolālā ʻia no kahi manawa hoʻololi ʻeono mahina. Akā e like me nā kānana āpau, hiki ke paʻa.
Ua hōʻoia ʻia ka Brita Elite Water Filter (ʻo Longlast+ ma mua) e ANSI/NSF e wehe i nā mea haumia he 30 a ʻoi aku (PDF), me ke kēpau, ka mercury, nā microplastics, asbestos, a me ʻelua PFAS maʻamau: perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) a me ka perfluorinated octane sulfonic acid (PFOS). ʻO ia ka mea e hoʻolilo ai i kānana wai pitcher i hōʻoia ʻia kiʻekiʻe loa a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai, a ʻo ia kekahi a mākou e paipai nei no ka poʻe e makemake ana i ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo.
Ua hōʻoia ʻia e wehe i nā mea haumia maʻamau ʻē aʻe. ʻO kēia mau mea haumia e komo pū me ka chlorine (i hoʻohui ʻia i ka wai e hōʻemi i ka bacteria a me nā pathogens ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ke kumu nui o ka "ʻono maikaʻi ʻole" i loko o ka wai paipa), nā hui organik volatile e hiki ke hōʻino i ke akepaʻa, a me nā ʻano "e kū mai ana"; nā hui e like me ka bisphenol A (BPA), DEET (kahi mea pale pepeke maʻamau), a me ka estrone, kahi ʻano synthetic o ka estrogen, ke ʻike ʻia nei.
ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ipu wai he mau kānana wai e pono ai ke hoʻololi ʻia i kēlā me kēia 40 galani a i ʻole ʻelua mahina, ʻo ka lōʻihi o ke kānana wai Elite he 120 galani a i ʻole ʻeono mahina. Ma ke kumumanaʻo, ʻo ia hoʻi, pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i ʻelua mau kānana wai Elite i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma kahi o ʻeono - e hana ana i ka emi ʻana o ka ʻōpala a me ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai hoʻololi ma kahi o 50%.
No kahi kānana pitcher, hana wikiwiki loa ia. I kā mākou mau hoʻāʻo ʻana, ʻo ka hoʻopiha piha ʻana o ke kānana Elite hou he 5-7 mau minuke wale nō. ʻO nā kānana like ka nui a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai he lōʻihi ka manawa - pinepine he 10 mau minuke a ʻoi aku paha.
Akā aia kekahi pilikia. E like me ka aneane o nā kānana pitcher āpau, ua maʻalahi ka Elite i ka paʻa ʻana, hiki ke hoʻolohi a hoʻōki paha i kāna kānana ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi, pono ʻoe e hoʻololi pinepine iā ia. Ua hoʻopiʻi ka nui o nā mea hoʻohana e pili ana i kēia pilikia, a i kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana, ua hoʻomaka ka Elite e lohi ma mua o kona hiki ʻana i kona mana 120-galani. Inā he pilikia kou me ka lepo i loko o kāu wai piula (pinepine he hōʻailona o nā paipu ʻōpala), ke ʻike nei paha ʻoe i ka mea like.
A ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e pono i nā palekana a pau o ka Elite. Inā hilinaʻi ʻoe he maikaʻi ke ʻano o kāu wai paipa (hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike me kahi mea hoʻāʻo home), paipai mākou e hoʻonui i ka kānana ipuhao a me ka mea hoʻokaʻawale wai maʻamau a Brita. Loaʻa iā ia ʻelima mau palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF (PDF), me ka chlorine (akā ʻaʻole ke kēpau, nā mea ola, a i ʻole nā ​​mea haumia e kū mai ana), ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka Elite. Akā he kānana emi ke kumukūʻai, emi ka paʻa ʻana e hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻono o kāu wai.
He mea maʻalahi ke kuhi hewa i ka wā e hoʻokomo ai i kahi kānana Brita. I ka wā mua, me he mea lā ua paʻa pono ke kānana i kona wahi. Akā, pono ia i kahi kaomi hou e hoʻokomo iā ia i loko. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e kaomi i lalo, hiki i ka wai i kānana ʻole ʻia ke kahe i waho o nā ʻaoʻao o ke kānana ke hoʻopiha ʻoe i ka waihona wai luna, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole e puka maoli kāu wai "kānana ʻia". Pono kekahi o nā kānana a mākou i kūʻai ai no ka hoʻāʻo 2023 e kau ʻia i mea e paheʻe ai ka lua lōʻihi ma kekahi ʻaoʻao o ke kānana ma luna o kahi kualono kūlike i loko o kekahi mau ipu Brita. (ʻO nā ʻōmole ʻē aʻe, me kā mākou ʻōmole wai 10-kīʻaha maikaʻi loa o kēlā me kēia lā, ʻaʻohe kualono, e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kau i ke kānana ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao.)