Nā Pono, Nā Hua a me nā Manaʻo e pili ana i ka wai
ʻO Reno ka wai i loko o ka wai inu maikaʻi ma ka'āina. ʻO ka inu wai wai o Reno ma mua o ka waiʻaila i kahi ala maʻamau e mālama ai i ke kālā, mālama i ka ikehu, a me ke kōkua e mālama i ka nui o ka lepo mai ka'āina. Heʻike maʻalahi nō iaʻaʻole e uku i hoʻokahi kālā no ka mea hiki iāʻoe ke emi mai i kahi peni. Pololei kēnā; inu wai i ka wai o Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA) ma lalo o kahi penny ke galani i ka holoʻana i kou home.
E hoʻohui i kekahi ala'ē aʻe, e ukuʻia nā $ 1.58 i ka mahina no nā 6000 galani wai wai i hāʻawiʻia i kāu pāpale. E kūʻai wau i kēlā me ka mālama i kaʻu kālā no nā mea waiwai, e like me ka meaʻai a me ke kinoea.
ʻO ka maikaʻi o ka wai inuʻo Truckee Meadows
ʻO ka hapa nui o Reno a me Sparks e inu wai e like me ka hau i ka Sierra Nevada a hiki iā mākou ma o ka muliwaiʻo Truckee. ʻO ka pūnaehana waiʻo TMWA he loko o nā loko a me nā loko iʻa,ʻo ka moku nui loaʻo Lake Tahoe. ʻO ka hopena hopena no mākouʻo kekahi o ka wai inu maikaʻi aʻoi loa loa iʻAmelika; ʻaʻohe wai inu wai e pono ai. E hele i ka pūnaewele kūpono o ka waiʻo TMWA no kaʻikeʻana i nāʻike.
I ka pauʻana o ka makahiki 2009, ua hoʻokuʻuʻia kahiʻaʻahu i kapaʻiaʻo ka Pūʻulu Hana Manawaena (EWG) i ka helu kūlana o 100 mau kūlanakauhale ma keʻano o ka olakino a me ka palekana o ko lākou wai. ʻO Reno (a me Las Vegas) kahi maikaʻiʻole i ka hōʻike EWG, a ua wikiwiki kokeʻia ka paneʻana mai o nā mākaʻiʻo TMWA a me Nevada.
E aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i kēia hopena a loaʻa i kaʻikepili keu o ka wai i loko o kaʻuʻatikala The Lowdown i ka wai inu wai o Reno .
Nā Pūʻona Waiwai'Āina a me nā Figures
He nui nā wai inu waiʻole aʻike i kekahi o ia mau mea e kōkua i nā mea i ka nānā. ʻOiai paha he mea hewaʻole ka waiʻona i kēlā me kēia, he ala nui loa ia e hoʻopau ai i kou make wai.
- ʻO nā kānāwai o Federal e koi wale i ka wai inu wai paila e like me ka wai.
- Inā kūʻai waleʻia ka wai waiʻona ma kahi i hanaʻia ai (ʻaʻole hiki ke kau i nā laina'āina),ʻaʻole nō hoʻi e hoʻohanaʻia nā kumukūʻai o ke aupuni pekelala.
- ʻO ka piʻiʻana o ka waiʻaila i kahi o ka 40% o nā wai wai; ie, ka wai paila.
- Hoʻolilo mākou i $ 15 biliona i ka makahiki ma ke kahe wai inu.
- He 1.5 miliona mauʻela o kaʻaila i ka makahiki e hoʻopauʻia i ka hanaʻana i nāʻeke wai he 70 miliona i kēlā me kēia lā i ka US. E pono e hoʻonuiʻia nā kuhumu'āina e lawe i ka wai inu bottled i nā wahi kūʻai.
- 22ʻAmelika i hoʻokuʻuʻia; ʻo ka 20% wale nō o nā mea i hana houʻia.
Ua kipa au i kahi hale kūʻai nui o Reno eʻike i nā koho i loko o ka wai inuʻona aʻike i nāʻano nui a me nā kumu kūʻai likeʻole, he mea paʻakikī loa e haʻi i ke kumukuai maoli o kēlā me kēia'eneke, quart, liter, or gallon. Ua loaa iaʻu he galani mai ka 98 keneta a $ 1.50, 0.79 ka keneta no na keneta he 69, a me na lita mai $ 1.49 a $ 2.19. ʻAʻole nō au i ho'āʻo e helu i nā kumukūʻai o nā koina no nā hihia o nāʻumi. Eia naʻe, no keʻano o kāu nininiʻana iā ia,ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka waiʻaila i ka mea i loaʻa iā mākou ma ka hoʻohuliʻana i kahi pāpale.
Nā Paila wai inu
Ma mua o ke kūʻaiʻana i ka wai holoi bottled e holoiʻia, e hanaʻoe iāʻoe iho. Nui nā hui e hana i nā pūnaewele hoʻoponopono home e hoʻohanaʻia i ka puhiʻahu e hoʻoneʻe ai i nā meaʻino e like me ke koena o ka chlorine i loaʻa i nā wai aupuni. ʻO ka lōʻihi a me ka waihoʻana i kahi noho no kekahi manawa e hoʻopauʻia hoʻi ka chlorine. Wahi a Paul Miller, ke poʻo o ka'Āina Hana a me ka Ui ma ka Truckee Meadows Water Authority, e hoʻonui ana i ka chlorine i ka pono o ke ola kino e mālama i ka hua bacteria ma ke kai e like me ka holoʻana o ka wai ma o nā paipu i waena o nā mea kanu lāʻau a me nā pākeke.
ʻO nā'ōmole wai inu
No ka halihaliʻana i kāu wai e holoiʻia i ka wai, e kiʻi i ka'ōmole hou. Hele mai kēia mauʻano likeʻole, keʻano, ka pena, a me ke kāhiko. Hiki iāʻoe ke koho i ke kila ('āpana kila a me ke alumini) aiʻole ka mea ulaula (e nānā i nā waihona waihona BPA).
Ma kekahi o ko mākou hale hana Reno waho, uaʻike au i kahi koho o ka nui mai 10 oz. ia 32 i. Aia kekahi mau poʻeluʻu me nā mea hoʻopili pūnaewele i hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻopihapiha i ka lele ināʻoe e haʻahaʻa i H20.
Nā Pūnaewele: Kālāʻokaʻo Truckee Meadows, USA Nā lā, Blowly Blues Blues, Bloomberg Businessweek.