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Kusunga madzi m'thupi kumaoneka ngati vuto lalikulu—osachepera poganizira kutchuka kwa mabotolo amadzi ndi mabotolo akuluakulu a galoni omwe amanena kuchuluka kwa ma ounces omwe muyenera kumwa panthawi inayake—ndipo mtsuko wamadzi wosefedwa ungakuthandizeni kukhala ndi thanzi labwino. Kukwaniritsa zolinga zanu zamadzi tsiku ndi tsiku kungatheke mosavuta komanso mopanda ndalama posankha mitsuko yamadzi yosefedwa m'malo mwa mabotolo otayidwa. Kwenikweni, mitsuko yamadzi yosefedwa imapangitsa kukoma ndi fungo la madzi anu apampopi kukhala labwino. Mitundu ina ingachepetsenso zinthu zodetsa monga zitsulo zolemera, mankhwala kapena mapulasitiki ang'onoang'ono. Kaya mukumwa madzi nokha, kudzaza makina a khofi, kapena kukonzekera kuphika, tafufuza njira zambirimbiri kuti tipeze mtsuko wamadzi woyenera kwa inu.
Madzi ochokera ku malo oyeretsera madzi a anthu onse ku United States amaonedwa kuti ndi ena mwa otetezeka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, koma kupatulapo monga lead ku Flint, Michigan, madzi amatha kupangitsa anthu kukhala ndi nkhawa. Timagwiritsa ntchito makina osefera madzi omwe amapanga madzi otsitsimula komanso oyera. Ukadaulo woyambira wa zosefera zambiri ndi wofanana, ngakhale kuti zina zimachepetsa kapena kuchotsa zinthu zina zomwe zingawononge ndipo zina zimapangidwa kuti zisunge mchere womwe ndi wabwino kwa inu. Timagogomezeranso kuti mankhwalawa akukwaniritsa kapena kutsimikiziridwa ndi miyezo yomwe yakhazikitsidwa ndi National Science Foundation/National Standards Institute ndi Water Quality Association, owunikira odziyimira pawokha.
Mabotolo ambiri oyeretsera madzi ali ndi kapangidwe kofanana: chosungira chapamwamba ndi chapansi chokhala ndi fyuluta pakati. Thirani madzi a pampopi m'gawo lapamwamba ndikudikirira kuti mphamvu yokoka iwakokere kudzera mu fyulutayo kupita kugawo lapansi. Koma pali njira zina zambiri, monga kudziwa kuchuluka kwa madzi omwe banja lanu limagwiritsa ntchito komanso kuchuluka kwa malo omwe muli nawo mufiriji yanu. Kupatula mtengo wa botolo, muyeneranso kuganizira mtengo wa mafyuluta ndi kuchuluka kwa magaloni omwe angayeretse musanawasinthe (chifukwa ena a ife timakonda kwambiri kudzaza mabotolo athu amadzi nthawi zonse).
Brita Large Water Filter Pitcher ndiye mtsuko wathu wabwino kwambiri wa fyuluta yamadzi chifukwa uli ndi mphamvu yayikulu ya makapu 10, ndi wotsika mtengo, komanso uli ndi fyuluta yokhalitsa. Chivundikiro cha mtsuko wolumikizidwa, chodziwika kuti Tahoe, chimakupatsani mwayi wodzaza mwachangu kuposa mitundu yomwe imafuna kuti muchotse pamwamba pake. Ilinso ndi kuwala kowonetsa ngati fyulutayo ili bwino, ikugwira ntchito, kapena ikufunika kusinthidwa.
Tikukulimbikitsani Elite Retrofit Filter, yomwe ili ndi satifiketi yochepetsa lead, mercury, BPA, ndi mankhwala ena ophera tizilombo komanso mankhwala osatha. Imagwira zinthu zodetsa zambiri kuposa fyuluta yoyera yokhazikika ndipo imatenga miyezi isanu ndi umodzi—kupitilira katatu. Komabe, makasitomala ena amazindikira kuti patatha miyezi ingapo fyulutayo ikhoza kutsekeka, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ikhale yokhalitsa. Ngati simukufunika kusintha chilichonse posachedwa, mtengo wapachaka wa fyulutayo udzakhala pafupifupi $35.
Anthu ambiri amadziwa LifeStraw chifukwa cha zosefera zamadzi zomwe zimapulumutsa miyoyo komanso zosefera za msasa, koma kampaniyo imapanganso zinthu zokongola komanso zothandiza panyumba panu. LifeStraw Home Water Filtration Pitcher imagulitsidwa pafupifupi $65 ndipo imapezeka mumitundu yosiyanasiyana mu mtsuko wamakono wagalasi wozungulira womwe ungakope anthu omwe akuyesera kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito pulasitiki m'nyumba zawo. Chikwama cha silicone chofanana ndi ichi ndi chokoma kukhudza, chimateteza ku mikwingwirima ndi mabala, ndipo chimapereka kugwira bwino.
Fyuluta iyi ndi njira ya magawo awiri yomwe imatha kuthana ndi zodetsa zoposa 30 zomwe matanki ena ambiri amadzi sangathe kuthana nazo. Ili ndi satifiketi ya NSF/ANSI yochepetsa chlorine, mercury ndi lead. Imakwaniritsanso miyezo yosiyanasiyana yoyesedwa ndi ma laboratories ovomerezeka kuti ipeze mankhwala ophera tizilombo, mankhwala ophera udzu ndi mankhwala ena osatha, ndipo imatha kuyeretsa madzi ndi mchenga, dothi kapena matope ena. Kampaniyo imati mutha kugwiritsa ntchito fyulutayi mukalandira upangiri wa madzi owiritsa, koma ngati zimenezo zitachitika m'dera langa, ndikanawiritsabe madziwo.
Ubwino wa fyuluta ya magawo awiri ndikuti LifeStraw Home imatha kuchotsa zinthu zambiri zodetsa. Vuto lake ndilakuti gawo lililonse liyenera kusinthidwa nthawi zosiyanasiyana. Nembanembayo imatha pafupifupi chaka chimodzi, ndipo zosefera zazing'ono za kaboni ndi ayoni ziyenera kusinthidwa miyezi iwiri iliyonse (kapena pafupifupi magaloni 40). Mtengo wake pachaka ndi pafupifupi $75, zomwe ndi zokwera kuposa ma pitcher ena ambiri omwe ali pamndandandawu. Ogwiritsa ntchito awonanso kuti kusefa kumachitika pang'onopang'ono, choncho ndi bwino kudzaza chidebecho musanachibwezeretse mufiriji. (Izi ndi ulemu kwa ma pitcher ena.)
Fyuluta yamadzi ya Hydros Slim Pitch ya ma ounces 40 imapewa njira yodziwika bwino yosefera madzi ya matanki awiri m'malo mogwiritsa ntchito liwiro. Mtsuko wawung'ono koma wamphamvu uwu umagwiritsa ntchito fyuluta ya carbon shell ya kokonati kuchotsa 90% ya chlorine ndi 99% ya dothi. Siilimbana ndi zinthu zina zomwe zingaipitse. Mtsuko wosungiramo madzi wokhala ndi makapu asanuwu ulibe zogwirira, koma ndi wosavuta kugwira ndikudzaza, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ukhale chisankho chabwino kwambiri cha mitsuko yopyapyala.
Banja lomwe lili ndi ana aang'ono omwe amaumirira kudzithira zakumwa zawo angaganize kuti kusowa chogwirira ndi chinthu choipa, koma chimalowa mosavuta pakhomo la firiji popanda kutenga malo onse. Hydro Slim Pitcher imabweranso ndi bokosi lamitundu yosiyanasiyana ndipo fyulutayo imapezeka mumitundu yosiyanasiyana monga wofiirira, wobiriwira wa laimu, wabuluu ndi wofiira, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ikhale yokongola kwambiri. Fyulutayo ingakhalenso ndi chojambulira madzi kuti iwonjezere fungo la zipatso kapena zitsamba.
Zosefera za Hydro ziyenera kusinthidwa miyezi iwiri iliyonse, zomwe zingakuwonongereni ndalama zokwana $30 pachaka. Zimasinthananso ndi zinthu zina za Hydros.
Fyuluta yamadzi ya Brita ndi ya anthu omwe sakonda kudikira. Zonse zili m'dzina: mukathira madzi, amadutsa mu fyuluta ya kaboni yogwiritsidwa ntchito yomwe yayikidwa pa spout. Aliyense amene anayesapo kudzaza botolo la madzi la galoni amadziwa kuti ndi njira yodzaza masitepe ambiri pa chidebe chokhazikika. Ndikofunikira kudzaza thanki yamadzi kamodzi kokha ndikudikirira kuti idutse mu fyuluta. Zimatenga mphindi zochepa zokha, koma mukudziwa mwambi wakuti: madzi sasefedwa. Brita Stream imachotsa njira yodikira.
Vuto lake ndilakuti si fyuluta yamphamvu yodetsa. Ili ndi chitsimikizo chochotsa kukoma ndi fungo la chlorine pamene ikusunga fluoride, mchere ndi ma electrolyte. Iyi ndi fyuluta ya siponji, mosiyana ndi mitundu ya pulasitiki yodziwika bwino kuchokera ku zinthu zina za ku Britain. Mafyuluta amafunika kusinthidwa magaloni 40 aliwonse, ndipo ndi phukusi lambiri, zinthu zomwe zimaperekedwa pachaka zimawononga pafupifupi $38.
Pamtengo wa $150, chotsukira cha Aarke ndi chokwera mtengo, koma chapangidwa ndi zinthu zapamwamba komanso zaukhondo monga galasi ndi chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri ndipo chimabwera ndi fyuluta yogwiritsidwanso ntchito. Imeneyi mwina ndiyo njira yabwino kwambiri yosungira zachilengedwe pamndandandawu chifukwa sigwiritsa ntchito zosefera zapulasitiki zomwe zimathera m'zinyalala mutagwiritsa ntchito. M'malo mwake, dongosololi limagwiritsa ntchito tinthu ta fyuluta tomwe Aarke adapanga mogwirizana ndi kampani yaukadaulo wamadzi ya BWT.
Tinthu tating'onoting'ono timeneti timachepetsa chlorine, zitsulo zolemera ndi limescale, zomwe zimathandiza kupewa madontho pa mbale zanu. Tinthu tating'onoting'ono timakhala pafupifupi malita 32 tisanayambe kusinthidwa. Kampaniyo imapereka mitundu iwiri ya tinthu tating'onoting'ono: tinthu tating'onoting'ono tokha ndi tinthu tating'onoting'ono tokhala ndi magnesium, zomwe zimawonjezera magnesium ndikupangitsa madzi am'madzi kukhala amchere. Mitengo imayambira pa $20 mpaka $30 pa paketi ya zinthu zitatu.
Chotsukira cha LARQ PureVis chimapereka china chake chosiyana: chotsukira chimagwiritsa ntchito njira ziwiri zosefera madzi ndikuletsa kukula kwa mabakiteriya. Madziwo amayamba kulowa mu fyuluta ya chomera cha NanoZero kuti achotse chlorine, mercury, cadmium ndi mkuwa. Kenako "UV wand" ya chotsukira chimatulutsa kuwala kuti chigonjetse mabakiteriya ndi mavairasi m'madzi.
LARQ iyeneranso kuyikidwa chaji miyezi iwiri iliyonse pogwiritsa ntchito chojambulira cha USB-A chomwe chilipo. Chida chonsecho chimabweranso ndi pulogalamu ya iOS yokha yomwe imakuthandizani kudziwa nthawi yosinthira zosefera komanso kuchuluka kwa madzi omwe mukugwiritsa ntchito. Botolo lamadzi lokhala ndi zida izi lidzawononga pafupifupi $170, koma mwina lidzakopa anthu omwe amazolowera zida zanzeru komanso kutsatira miyezo yosiyanasiyana yaumwini (ndichifukwa chake kampaniyo imapanga botolo lathu lamadzi lanzeru lomwe timakonda). LARQ imapereka ma fyuluta awiri, ndipo ngakhale kuti amakhala nthawi yayitali kuposa zosefera zambiri pamndandandawu, zomwe zimaperekedwa pachaka zidzakubwezerani $100 pa fyuluta yoyambira kapena mpaka $150 pa mtundu wapamwamba.
Mabanja akuluakulu kapena anthu omwe amamwa galoni imodzi ya madzi patsiku angafunike Filter ya Madzi ya PUR PLUS 30-Cup. Chotsukira ichi chachikulu chili ndi kapangidwe kopyapyala komanso kozama komanso chotseka ndipo chimagulitsidwa pafupifupi $70. Zotsukira za PUR PLUS zili ndi ziphaso zochepetsera zinthu zina 70 zodetsa, kuphatikizapo lead, mercury ndi mankhwala ena ophera tizilombo. Chimapangidwa kuchokera ku carbon yogwira ntchito kuchokera ku zipolopolo za kokonati. Chili ndi mineral core yomwe imalowa m'malo mwa mchere wachilengedwe monga calcium ndi magnesium kuti ipereke kukoma kwatsopano popanda kukoma kapena fungo la chlorine. Koma zimangotenga galoni 40 kapena miyezi iwiri yokha. Chakudya cha pachaka pogula ma multipack nthawi zambiri chimakhala pafupifupi $50.
Kuchuluka kwa madzi omwe muyenera kumwa ndi nambala yanu, osati magalasi asanu ndi atatu amadzi omwe tidamva tili ana. Kukhala ndi madzi abwino komanso okoma kudzakuthandizani kukwaniritsa zolinga zanu zamadzi. Mabotolo oyeretsera madzi nthawi zambiri amakhala otsika mtengo komanso oteteza chilengedwe kuposa kusunga madzi ogwiritsidwa ntchito kamodzi kokha m'mabotolo. Kuti musankhe botolo loyenera kwa inu, pali zinthu zingapo zomwe muyenera kuganizira.
Pulasitiki ndiye chinthu chokhazikika chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mapitchi ambiri komanso chinthu chofunikira kwambiri pa zosefera zambiri. Ngakhale zingakhale zovuta kupeza zinthu zopanda pulasitiki konse, pali njira zina. Zina zimapereka zinthu zapamwamba monga galasi, chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri kapena zida za silicone zapamwamba. Yang'anani malangizo a wopanga kuti muwone ngati mukufuna kutsuka zidazo ndi manja kapena kuziyika mu chotsukira mbale. Kutchuka kwa mapitchi otsukira madzi kwawonanso opanga ambiri akusamala za kukongola, kotero sizidzakhala zovuta kupeza njira yokongola yomwe mungasangalale kuisiya pa kauntala yanu.
Zosefera zimasiyana mtengo, kapangidwe ndi zomwe zimachepetsa kapena kuchotsa. Zosefera zambiri zomwe zili mu ndemangayi ndi mpweya woyatsidwa, womwe umayamwa chlorine ndikuchepetsa asbestos, lead, mercury ndi mankhwala osungunuka achilengedwe. Ngati muli ndi mafunso enaake, monga kuchotsa mankhwala enaake kapena zitsulo zolemera, pitani patsamba la wopanga kuti mudziwe zambiri za magwiridwe antchito.
Sitili labotale, choncho timakonda zinthu zomwe zili ndi satifiketi ya NSF International kapena Water Quality Association. Komabe, timalemba zinthu zomwe "zimakwaniritsa" miyezo yodziyimira payokha yoyesera labotale.
Ganizirani kuchuluka kwa madzi omwe banja lanu limamwa komanso kuchuluka kwa magaloni omwe fyulutayo ingasunge isanafunike kusinthidwa. Fyulutayo iyenera kusinthidwa kuti thankiyo ipitirize kugwira ntchito. Ena amakonza magaloni 40 okha, kotero nyumba zouma kapena zazikulu zingafunike kusintha fyulutayo mwamsanga kuposa miyezi iwiri. Fyuluta yopangidwa kuti ikhale nthawi yayitali ingakhale chisankho chabwino. Ndipo musaiwale kuwerengera kuchuluka kwa ndalama zomwe zingakuwonongereni kusintha kwa chaka chonse.
Mabotolo oyezera madzi ndi abwino kwambiri kwa iwo omwe akufuna kusintha kukoma kwa madzi awo apampopi—mabotolo onse omwe ali pamndandandawu angachite zimenezo. Mabotolo ena oyezera madzi amatha kuchotsa zinthu zina zodetsa ndi zodetsa, zina zomwe sizinalamulidwebe, monga mankhwala osatha. (FYI, EPA idasindikiza malamulo operekedwa a PFA mu Marichi.) Ngati mukufuna kudziwa za ubwino wa madzi, mutha kuwona lipoti la pachaka la ubwino wa madzi patsamba la EPA, database ya Environmental Working Group yomwe ili mu Tap Water kapena kuyesa madzi anu apakhomo.
Mabotolo oyeretsera madzi nthawi zambiri sachotsa mabakiteriya. Mabotolo ambiri oyeretsera madzi amagwiritsa ntchito zosefera zosinthira mpweya kapena ma ion, zomwe sizichepetsa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda monga mabakiteriya. Komabe, LifeStraw Home ndi LARQ zimatha kuchepetsa kapena kuletsa mabakiteriya ena pogwiritsa ntchito zosefera za nembanemba ndi kuwala kwa UV, motsatana. Ngati kulamulira mabakiteriya ndikofunikira kwambiri, yang'anani njira zoyeretsera madzi kapena njira yosiyana kwambiri yoyeretsera pogwiritsa ntchito reverse osmosis.
Yang'anani buku la malangizo a mwini wanu kuti mudziwe zigawo zomwe ziyenera kutsukidwa ndi manja ndi zomwe zingatsukidwe mu chotsukira mbale. Komabe, onetsetsani kuti mwatsuka mtsuko. Mabakiteriya, nkhungu, ndi fungo losasangalatsa zimatha kuwunjikana mu chiwiya chilichonse cha kukhitchini, ndipo mitsuko yosefera madzi ndi yosiyana.
Anzanga, simuyenera kukhala ndi ludzu nthawi zonse. Kaya cholinga chanu ndi kugula zinthu zotsika mtengo, kukhazikika, kapena kapangidwe kabwino, tapeza mitsuko yabwino kwambiri yosefera madzi m'nyumba mwanu. Chidebe chachikulu cha zosefera madzi cha Brita cha pampopi ndi madzi akumwa chokhala ndi chizindikiro chosinthira zosefera cha SmartLight + fyuluta imodzi yapamwamba. Sankhani fyuluta yabwino kwambiri yozungulira. Imasintha fyuluta yakale ya Brita, ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale yosavuta. Mapamwamba, zogwirira zazikulu komanso zosefera mwanzeru pazinthu zomwe zimakhala nthawi yayitali koma zotsika mtengo. Koma ziribe kanthu kuti mungasankhe iti, onetsetsani kuti mukusintha fyuluta nthawi zonse kuti mupeze phindu lalikulu ndikuchepetsa zodetsa.
Sayansi Yaikulu inayamba kulemba za ukadaulo zaka zoposa 150 zapitazo. Pamene tinatulutsa magazini yathu yoyamba mu 1872, panalibe chinthu chotchedwa "kulemba zida zamagetsi," koma ngati chikanatero, cholinga chathu chodziwitsa dziko la zatsopano kwa owerenga tsiku ndi tsiku chimatanthauza kuti tonse tinali mu . PopSci tsopano yadzipereka kwathunthu kuthandiza owerenga kugwiritsa ntchito zipangizo zosiyanasiyana zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira pamsika.
Olemba athu ndi akonzi athu ali ndi zaka zambiri akugwira ntchito yofufuza ndikuwunikanso zamagetsi. Tonsefe tili ndi zomwe timakonda - kuyambira mawu apamwamba mpaka masewera apakanema, makamera ndi zina zambiri - koma tikaganizira za zida zomwe zili kunja kwa wheelhouse yathu, timayesetsa kupeza mawu ndi malingaliro odalirika kuti tithandize anthu kusankha upangiri wabwino kwambiri. Tikudziwa kuti sitikudziwa chilichonse, koma tikusangalala kuyesa kulephera kwa kusanthula komwe kugula pa intaneti kungayambitse kotero owerenga sayenera kutero.