Hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa nā komisina mai nā loulou ma kēia ʻaoʻao, akā ke paipai wale nei mākou i nā huahana a mākou e hoʻihoʻi mai ai. No ke aha e hilinaʻi ai iā mākou?
ʻO ke kau ʻana i kahi kānana wai ma lalo o ka poho wai he ala wikiwiki, maʻalahi a kūpono hoʻi ke kumukūʻai e hāʻawi i ka wai palekana a ʻono i kāu faucet. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka hoʻonui ʻana ma mua o kou ʻike: ʻOiai ʻo ʻAmelika ka wai inu palekana loa ma ka honua, ʻaʻole ia he hemolele. ʻO ka wai piula wai i haumia i ke kēpau he pilikia mau, ʻaʻole wale ma nā wahi e like me Flint, Michigan.
Ua pili ka nui o nā hale ʻAmelika he 10 miliona i nā kumu wai ma o nā paipu alakaʻi a me nā laina lawelawe, ʻo ia ke kumu e hoʻoikaika nei ka Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) i kāna mau lula alakaʻi a me ke keleawe. A laila aia ka nīnau o PFAS (pōkole no nā mea perfluorinated a me polyfluoroalkyl). He kumuhana wela ma ka GH's 2021 Raising the Green Bar Sustainability Summit, ʻo kēia mau mea i kapa ʻia he mau kemika mau loa - i hoʻohana ʻia e hana i kekahi mau huahana mea kūʻai aku a me ka huʻa ahi - ke hoʻohaumia nei i nā lako wai honua ma kahi wikiwiki weliweli i hoʻopuka ai ka EPA i kahi hōʻike ma Health Advisory.
Akā inā ʻaʻole haumia ka wai paipa o kou home, hiki nō ke loaʻa kahi ʻala ʻē no ka mea hoʻohana nā ʻōnaehana wai lehulehu i ka chlorine e pepehi i nā bacteria e hoʻoulu ai i nā maʻi e like me Salmonella lāua ʻo Campylobacter. ʻO ia ke kumu e hoʻāʻo ai nā loea ma ka Good Housekeeping Institute i nā ʻano huahana kānana wai āpau, mai nā kānana wai maʻalahi a hiki i nā hoʻonā hale holoʻokoʻa. ʻOiai aia kēia mau koho i ko lākou wahi ma ka mākeke, ʻōlelo kā mākou poʻe loea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kānana wai ma lalo o ka poho no ka hapa nui o nā home.
E like me ka inoa e hōʻike nei, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā kānana ma lalo o ka poho holoi i loko o nā keʻena ma lalo o ka poho holoi kīhini; aia ka mea hoʻokaʻawale ma ka ʻaoʻao o kāu faucet kīhini nui. Ua ʻike kā mākou mau ʻenekinia he hana maikaʻi loa nā kānana ma lalo o ka poho holoi i ka wehe ʻana i nā mea haumia me ka ʻole o ka paʻa ʻana. Hana lākou pēlā me ke akahele. "Lawe nā kānana ma lalo o ka poho holoi i kekahi wahi o ke keʻena, akā ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻopiha i ka papa poho holoi e like me nā kānana countertop, a ʻaʻole lākou i nui e like me nā kānana i kau ʻia ma ka faucet," wahi a ke alakaʻi ʻenekinia ʻo Rachel Rothman. ʻO Good Housekeeping Academy, nāna e nānā i kā mākou loiloi kānana wai.
No ka hoʻohaiki ʻana i ka papa inoa o nā mea hoʻokūkū, ua noʻonoʻo wale kā mākou poʻe loea i nā kānana wai i hōʻoia ʻia e NSF International, ka hui e hoʻonohonoho ana i nā kūlana olakino lehulehu a me nā papahana hōʻoia no ka ʻoihana. I loko o nā makahiki, ua nānā mākou i nā kikoʻī ʻikepili he nui, e like me ka nānā ʻana ua hōʻoia ʻia nā kānana i nā kūlana NSF (ʻo kekahi mau kūlana e uhi wale ana i ke kēpau, e like me NSF 372, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻokomo pū i nā mea ʻawahia mahiʻai a me nā ʻoihana, e like me NSF 401). Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā mākou hoʻāʻo lima, ua noʻonoʻo kā mākou mau ʻenekinia i nā mea e like me ke kahe ʻana o ke kahe a me ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻokomo ʻana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kānana. "Ua noʻonoʻo pū mākou i ka moʻolelo o ka brand a me ka hilinaʻi, e hoʻāʻo ana i nā kānana wai no nā makahiki he ʻumi i loko o ko mākou mau home a me nā labs," wahi a Rothman.
I nā makahiki he 25 i hala iho nei, ua kūkulu ʻo Aquasana i kona kaulana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi i ka kānana wai. Ua loaʻa i kāna kānana ma lalo o ka poho wai 3-paepae ka helu kiʻekiʻe loa mai kā mākou mau ʻenekinia mahalo i kāna ʻenehana multi-filtration hou, kahi i hōʻoia ʻia e NSF e hopu i 77 mau mea haumia e pili ana i nā metala kaumaha, nā pesticides, nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka Disinfectant mālama wai. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kānana liʻiliʻi i hōʻoia ʻia e wehe i ka PFAS, ʻo ia ke kumu nui e mālama ai ʻo Dr. Birnur Aral, Luna Hoʻokele o GH's Health, Beauty, Environment and Sustainability Laboratory, i kēia Aquasana ma kona home. E like me kāna i hōʻoia ai, ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻohana ana i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka no nā mea āpau mai ka kuke ʻana a hiki i ka hoʻopiha hou ʻana i ka mīkini kofe, hiki i ka ʻāpana ke hana i nā kānana āpau me ka ʻole o ka clogging premature a i ʻole ka hāʻule ʻana o ke kahe - nui i ka lā holoʻokoʻa, ʻoiaʻiʻo Hydrate! • Nā ʻAno Kānana: Pre-Filter, Activated Carbon, a me Catalytic Carbon me Ion Exchange • Ka Mana Kānana: 800 galani • Kumukūʻai Kānana Makahiki: $140
ʻOiai ʻaʻole mākou i hoʻāʻo i kēia ʻōnaehana, ʻo Culligan kahi inoa hilinaʻi i ka kānana wai me kahi moʻolelo i hōʻoia ʻia ma nā loiloi Good Housekeeping i hala. Ma waho aʻe o ke kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa mua, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kumukūʻai o nā kānana pani. Ua hōʻoia ʻia e hopu i nā ʻano haumia like ʻole, me ke kēpau, mercury, a me nā cysts, a me nā koi e hōʻemi i ka ʻono a me ke ʻala chlorine. ʻO kēlā ʻōlelo, ʻaʻole ikaika kāna kānana kalapona granular i hoʻāla ʻia e like me nā koho kiʻekiʻe ʻē aʻe: No ka laʻana, ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia ke kānana i ka NSF Standard 401, kahi e uhi ai i nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā herbicides, a me nā pesticides. Hiki i ka EZ-Change ke kānana i 500 galani ma mua o ka pono e hoʻololi. He mea mahalo kēlā no kahi kānana haʻahaʻa ke kumukūʻai, akā emi ma mua o 700 a 800 galani a mākou i ʻike ai i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe. • ʻAno Kānana: Granular Activated Carbon • Ka Mana o ke Kānana: 400 galani • Kumukūʻai Kānana Makahiki: $80
Inā he haʻahaʻa ke kumukūʻai o ka waihona o ke keʻena i loko o kāu lumi kuke, e makemake ʻoe i ka hoʻolālā liʻiliʻi o ka kānana MultiPure ma lalo o ka poho holoi. I ka hoʻāʻo ʻana ma ke kahua, ua ʻike kā mākou poʻe loea hiki ke kau ʻia ka pā 5.8″ x 5.8″ x 8.5″ ma ka paia o ke keʻena, e waiho ana i kahi nui no nā mea ʻē aʻe ma lalo o ka poho holoi. He maʻalahi ke kau mua ʻana, a he maʻalahi ke hoʻololi ʻana i ke kānana. Hōʻoia ʻia e NSF Standards 42, 53 a me 401, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kānana poloka kalapona paʻa i ka hopu ʻana i nā ʻano haumia like ʻole. Hōʻike kā mākou poʻe hoʻāʻo inā e hoʻololi ʻia ke kānana i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e mau ana ke kahe a paʻa i ka wā e piʻi ai ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai o ka home. • ʻAno Kānana: Poloka Kalapona Paʻa • Ka Mana o ke Kānana: 750 Galona • Kumukūʻai Kānana Makahiki: $96
ʻOiai ʻaʻole makepono, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kumukūʻai o nā kānana Waterdrop ma lalo o ka poho wai ma mua o nā ʻōnaehana osmosis hoʻohuli (RO) ʻē aʻe. Wahi a ka mea hana, mālama kāna hoʻolālā tankless i kahi a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wai. ʻOiai ʻaʻole mākou i hoʻāʻo i ka ʻāpana, ua hōʻoia nā hōʻike i hala ma ka ʻenehana RO i kona pono i ka hopu ʻana i nā mea haumia. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo Waterdrop iā NSF 58, kekahi o nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa, no laila hiki iā ia ke kū i nā mea āpau mai nā metala kaumaha a i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a hiki i ka PFAS. Makemake kā mākou mau ʻenekinia i ka hoʻolālā akamai o ka ʻāpana, me kahi kukui hōʻailona kānana ma ka faucet a me kahi panela nānā akamai e haʻi iā ʻoe i ka nui o TDS a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea paʻa i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i kānana ʻia mai ka wai. Hoʻokahi caveat: ʻAʻole like me nā kānana ʻē aʻe i kēia roundup, ʻaʻole kūpono ka Waterdrop no ka wai luawai no ka mea hiki i ke alo o nā ʻāpana nui ke kumu i ka clogging.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānana wai o ka home he wahi hoʻohana, ʻo ia hoʻi, ua hoʻolālā ʻia lākou e kānana i ka wai mai kahi faucet hoʻokahi. Ke nānā nei kēia ʻatikala i nā kānana ma lalo o ka poho holoi me nā dispenser ʻano faucet; makemake nui kā mākou poʻe loea iā lākou no ka mea e hoʻohui lākou i ka hana me kahi hoʻolālā maʻemaʻe a mālama i ka hakahaka. ʻO nā ʻano ʻē aʻe:
✔️ Nā Kānana ʻŌmole Wai: He koho maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi kēia mau ʻōmole wai me kahi kānana ma luna o ka wai e hiki ai i ka wai ke hele. He maikaʻi lākou no nā nui liʻiliʻi, akā ʻaʻole lākou ke koho maikaʻi loa inā ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka wai i kānana ʻia no ka kuke ʻana a me ka inu ʻana a i ʻole he nui nā lālā o ka ʻohana.
✔️ Kānana wai pahu hau: Inā loaʻa i kāu pahu hau kahi mea hoʻolako wai, hiki nō hoʻi ke loaʻa iā ia kahi kānana, ma ka piko o ka ʻāpana, ʻoiai ua hūnā kekahi mau mea hana iā lākou ma hope o kahi panela ʻoki ma lalo. He ʻōlelo akahele: Wahi a ka Home Appliance Manufacturers Association, he nui nā kānana pahu hau hoʻopunipuni no ke kūʻai aku ma ka pūnaewele, a ʻo ka hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻole ʻo ia hoʻi hiki iā lākou ke hana i ka pōʻino ma mua o ka maikaʻi. E hōʻoia i nā mea pani āu e kūʻai ai ua hōʻoia ʻia i ka liʻiliʻi o NSF Standard 42 e hōʻoia i ʻole e hoʻokuʻu nā ʻāpana kino o ke kānana i nā mea haumia i loko o ka wai, a he kānana i ʻae ʻia e ka mea hana.
✔️ Kānana Wai Countertop: Me kēia koho, kau ke kānana ma luna o ke countertop a hoʻopili pololei i kāu faucet. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻololi i ka plumbing, a hiki ke hoʻokomo maʻalahi ʻia. Akā, hoʻopilikia kēia mau kānana i ka papa poho holoi, a ʻaʻole lākou e hana me nā faucets huki i lalo.
✔️ Kānana Wai i Kau ʻia ma ka Faucet: Ma kēia hoʻonohonoho ʻana, ua wili pololei ʻia ke kānana ma luna o kāu faucet. ʻAe ka hapa nui iā ʻoe e hoʻololi ma waena o ka wai i kānana ʻia a me ka wai i kānana ʻole ʻia. ʻOiai he maʻalahi loa ke hoʻonohonoho ʻana, he ʻano paʻakikī lākou, a ʻaʻole hoʻi lākou e hana me nā faucets huki i lalo.
✔️ Nā Kānana Wai o ka Hale Holoʻokoʻa: Hoʻokomo ʻia lākou ma ke kumu wai nui o ka home e hopu i ka lepo a me nā ʻāpana nui ʻē aʻe i loaʻa pinepine i ka wai luawai. Paipai kā mākou poʻe loea e hoʻokomo i kahi kānana lua o ka wahi hoʻohana e wehe i nā mea haumia liʻiliʻi.
Hana ka hapa nui o nā kānana hale ma ka hoʻohele ʻana i ka wai ma o kahi mea hana, e like me ke kalapona a i ʻole ke kalapona, e wehe i nā haumia ma o ke kaʻina hana kemika. I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, hopu ka osmosis hoʻohuli (RO) i nā mea haumia ma ka hoʻokuke ʻana i ka wai i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma o kahi membrane semipermeable. He hana maikaʻi loa kēia kaʻina hana.
ʻO ka hemahema, ʻo ia ka pipiʻi o nā ʻōnaehana RO a hoʻonele i ka nui o ka wai, a koi lākou i kahi pahu mālama nui, no laila ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokomo ʻia ma lalo o kahi poho holoi. Akā ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻenehana i ka hana hou, me nā hoʻolālā liʻiliʻi, tankless e like me ka mana Waterdrop ma kā mākou papa inoa. Eia naʻe, ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi kānana wai RO, paipai kā mākou poʻe loea e hoʻāʻo ʻoe i kāu wai e hoʻoholo ai inā e hāʻawi kahi kānana kuʻuna i ka palekana kūpono.
Inā ʻoe e huki wai mai kou kūlanakauhale mai, pono ʻoe e loaʻa i kahi Hōʻike Hilinaʻi Mea kūʻai aku (CCR) makahiki e haʻi ana iā ʻoe i nā mea haumia i ʻike ʻia i loko o kāu lako wai kūlanakauhale i ka makahiki i hala. He ʻike pono kēia, akā inā haʻalele nā ​​​​mea weliweli i ka pono a komo mau i loko o kou wai, me nā paipu kēpau i kou home (inā ua kūkulu ʻia ma mua o 1986). Aia kekahi 13 miliona mau hale US e hoʻohana ana i nā luawai pilikino akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā lākou ka CCR. ʻO ia ke kumu he manaʻo maikaʻi e hoʻāʻo pinepine i kou wai.
ʻO nā pahu hana DIY, me nā mea mai GH Seal Holder Safe Home, he kūpono a maʻalahi hoʻi e hoʻohana; ʻO ke kumukūʻai o nā pahu hana Safe Home he $30 no ka lako wai o ke kūlanakauhale, a he $35 no ka luawai pilikino. "Pono ʻoe e ʻike i nā mea i loko o kou wai," wahi a Chris Myers, pelekikena o ka Environmental Lab, nāna i hana i ka pahu hana. "Ma kēlā ala hiki iā ʻoe ke kau i ka laser ma ka kānana wai a e wehe ia i ka mea āu e pono ai e wehe."
ʻOiai he ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia ʻōnaehana, hele mai ka hapa nui o nā ʻōnaehana me nā hale kānana e kau ana i ka paia o loko o ke keʻena poho holoi. Hoʻopili ʻia kekahi ʻaoʻao o ke kānana i kāu laina wai anuanu me kahi pilina maʻalahi. Hele ka lua o ka pilina mai kekahi ʻaoʻao o ke kānana i ka dispenser, aia ma kāu papa poho holoi.
ʻO ke kau ʻana i ka dispenser ka mea paʻakikī loa, no ka mea, pili ia i ka wili ʻana i nā lua ma ke countertop. Pono e hiki i kahi DIYer akamai ke lawelawe i ka papahana, akā inā ʻaʻohe ou ʻike, pono paha e hoʻolimalima i kahi plumber, ʻoiai inā pono e hoʻololi ʻia kāu plumbing.