kaiwhakamātau wai whenua
Ko te kaitirotiro wai one te taputapu whakamahia e ngā kainuku, ngā kaiwhenua, me ngā kaiwhakapapa hei whakarato i ngā ine tika o te nui o te wai kei te one. Ko te taputapu hou nei he pūnoa taupua e tō ana ki te one hei whai mōhio e pā ana ki te wai ki ngā hōkeo rerekē, e whakaratohia ana ngā ine o te wā tonu e te whakaatu matihiko. Ko ngā kaitirotiro wai one hou e whakamahi ana i ngā hangarau tohu mōhio hei ine i ngā taumata māori ki te tauwhātanga 1-10, kī te ōrau, e māmā ai te mārama i ngā hua. Kei te tirotirohia e te taputapu tana mahi ki te whakamahi i ngā kaupapa aratau hiko hei whakatau i te nui o te wai, ā, ko te taumaha ake o te aratau e tohu ana ko te nui ake o te wai kei te one. Kei te maha o ngā tauira e whai kiko ana i ngā āhuatanga atu hoki pērā i te āhua pH, te aroturuki pakanga, me ngā mahi ine mārama. E whakawhanakehia ana ēnei kaitirotiro mō te whakamahinga ki waho me ki roto, nō reira he taputapu whakamahia māmā hei whakapono i ngā tikanga tōtika mō te tipu ake ki ngā māra, ngā whare tōtika, ngā pōpōpō, me ngā tāone whakatā. Ko te iti me te whakamahinga wātea o ngā kaitirotiro wai one e āwhina ai i te tere tere ki te tāone rerekē, e āwhina ai i ngā kaiwhakamahi kia noho tāwhai te nui o te wai mō te tipu reka. Me te whakahaere hiko me te hanga e kore e pakaru e te āhuarangi, e whakaratohia ana ēnei taputapu i te mahi tika ki ngā tikanga āhuarangi katoa.