kaiwhakamātau hōuwhiu me te ph irirangi
Ko te kaitirotiro irirangi hauora me te pH he taputapu whai kiko hei arotake i te kounga wai e hui ana i ngā huringa o ngā kaiwhakauru hauropi me te whakahaere e āhua māmā ana. Ko tēnei taputapu neke atu ana i te āhua whakamātau i ngā taumata hauora me ngā uara pH ki te wai, nō reira he mea nui ki te tiaki i ngā pōpō wai, ngā whare arotake wai, me ētahi atu whakamahinga hauropi. Kei te āwhina te taputapu i tētahi whakaatu matarohia e whakaatu ana i ngā whāinga o te wā tonu, ka tūtohu i te whakamātau tika kaua ko ngā tikanga arotake tawhito. Ka whakamahi i ngā kaiwhakauru irirangi hei kite i ngā kōtiro hauora korekau mai i te 0 ki te 10 ppm me ngā uara pH mai i te 0 ki te 14, e tuku ana i te tika o te kaiwhakahaere rohe i roto i ngā hēkona. Ko te kaitirotiro kei te kapi ake i te aukati ake i te rerekētanga o te āhuarangi, ka tūtohu i ngā whāinga tūturu i ngā tikanga āhuarangi rerekē. I hangaia ki te whakamātau ake i te wā roa, kei te āwhina te taputapu i tētahi kāpua e here ana i te wai me te taha atu ki te kaitiaki kāpua hei rokiroki me te neke tūpuna. Kei te whakahaere te taputapu i runga i ngā betapeta tūhono me te taha atu ki te tohu māmā betapeta hei aukati i te wehe wehe kaha i te wā o te arotake. Ko tana āhua e āwhina ana i te kaiwhakamahi e āhua māmā ai te arotake i te wā e roa ana, i te mea hoki kei te āwhina te pūnaha rokiroki e āwhina ai i te maha o ngā whāinga mō ngā whakamahinga anō rānei i muri mai.