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Ukuhlala u-hydrated kubonakala kungumceli mngeni oqhubekayo-ubuncinci ukugweba ngokuthandwa kweebhotile zamanzi ze-gallon kunye neebhotile ezichaza ukuba zingaphi ii-ounces omele uphuze ngexesha elithile-kunye ne-pitcher yamanzi ehlungiweyo inokukunceda uhlale uphilile. Ukuhlangabezana neenjongo zakho zamanzi zemihla ngemihla kunokwenziwa ngokulula kunye noqoqosho ngokukhetha iingqayi zamanzi ezihluziweyo endaweni yeebhotile ezilahlayo. Ngokusisiseko, iingqayi zokucoca amanzi ziphucula incasa kunye nevumba lamanzi akho empompo. Ezinye iimodeli zinokunciphisa ungcoliseko olunje ngesinyithi esinzima, iikhemikhali okanye ii-microplastics. Nokuba uzisela amanzi, ugcwalise umatshini wekofu, okanye ulungiselela ukupheka, siye sahluza uninzi lwezinto onokukhetha kuzo ukuze sikufumanele ingqayi yokucoca amanzi.
Amanzi aphuma kwiindawo zokucocwa kwamanzi kawonke-wonke eUnited States agqalwa njengeyona ndawo ikhuselekileyo ehlabathini, kodwa imiqobo efana nelothe eFlint, eMichigan, unikezelo lwamanzi lunokwenza abantu baxhalabe. Sisebenza ngokukhethekileyo kwiingqayi zokucoca amanzi ezivelisa amanzi ahlaziyayo nacocekileyo. Itekhnoloji esisiseko yezihluzi ezininzi ziyafana, nangona ezinye zinciphisa okanye zisuse ezinye izinto ezinokuthi zingcolise kwaye ezinye zenzelwe ukugcina izimbiwa ezilungileyo kuwe. Sikwagxininisa ukuba imveliso idibana okanye iqinisekisiwe kwimigangatho ebekwe yiNational Science Foundation / National Standards Institute kunye noMbutho woMgangatho waManzi, abahlalutyi abazimeleyo beqela lesithathu.
Uninzi lweengqayi zokucoca amanzi zinoyilo olufanayo: indawo yokugcina amanzi ephezulu nangaphantsi enecebo lokucoca phakathi. Galela amanzi okumpompoza kwicandelo eliphezulu kwaye ulinde ubunzima bokutsala ngesihluzo ukuya kwicandelo elisezantsi. Kodwa zininzi ezinye iindlela onokukhetha kuzo, njengokuqonda ukuba mangaphi amanzi asetyenziswa lusapho lwakho kunye nokuba singakanani na indawo onayo kwisikhenkcisi sakho. Ngaphandle kweendleko ze-pitcher, kufuneka uqwalasele iindleko zokucoca kunye nenani leegaloni ezinokuzicoca ngaphambi kokuba zitshintshe (kuba abanye bethu baxakeke ngokwenene ngokuzalisa iibhotile zethu zamanzi rhoqo).
I-Brita Large Water Filter Pitcher yeyona ngqayi yethu yokucoca amanzi ngenxa yokuba inomthamo omkhulu we-10-komityi, iyafikeleleka, kwaye inesihluzi esihlala ixesha elide. Isiciko esinehenjisi sejug, eyaziwa ngokuba yiTahoe, sikuvumela ukuba usigcwalise ngokukhawuleza kuneemodeli ezifuna ukuba ususe yonke into ephezulu. Ikwanaso nesibane esibonisa ukuba isihluzi silungile, siyasebenza, okanye sifuna ukutshintshwa.
Sincoma i-Elite Retrofit Filter, eqinisekisiweyo yokunciphisa ilothe, i-mercury, i-BPA, kunye nezinye izibulala-zinambuzane kunye neekhemikhali eziqhubekayo. Ibamba ungcoliseko olungaphezulu kunesihluzo esimhlophe esiqhelekileyo kwaye ihlala iinyanga ezintandathu-ixesha eliphindwe kathathu. Nangona kunjalo, abanye abathengi bayaqaphela ukuba emva kweenyanga ezimbalwa isihluzi sinokuvaleka, sinciphise ubomi baso. Ucinga ukuba awudingi kutshintsha nantoni na kungekudala, iindleko zonyaka zokucoca ziya kuba malunga ne-35 yeedola.
Abantu abaninzi bayayazi i-LifeStraw ngezihluzo zayo zamanzi ezisindisa ubomi kunye nezihluzo zenkampu, kodwa inkampani ikwayila iimveliso ezintle nezisebenzayo zekhaya lakho. I-LifeStraw Home Water Filtration Pitcher ithengisa malunga ne-$ 65 kwaye ifumaneka ngemibala eyahlukeneyo kwi-pitcher yeglasi ejikelezayo yanamhlanje enokuthi ibhenele kubantu abazama ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kweplastiki kumakhaya abo. Icala le-silicone elihambelanayo liyathandeka kwi-touch, likhusela kwi-scratches kunye ne-dents, kwaye libonelela ngokukhululeka.
Esi sihluzo yinkqubo enamacandelo amabini ekwaziyo ukuphatha izinto ezingcolisekileyo ezingaphaya kwama-30 amanye amatanki amanzi amaninzi angakwaziyo ukuzibamba. Yi-NSF / ANSI eqinisekisiweyo yokunciphisa i-chlorine, i-mercury kunye nelothe. Ikwadibana nemigangatho emininzi eyahlukeneyo evavanyiweyo ziilabhoratri ezivunyiweyo zezitshabalalisi, imichiza yokutshabalalisa ukhula kunye neekhemikhali ezizingileyo, kwaye inokucoca amanzi anesanti, ubumdaka okanye enye intlenga. Inkampani ithi ungasebenzisa isihluzo ngexesha lokucebisa ngamanzi abilayo, kodwa ukuba oko kwenzekile kwindawo yam, bendizakuwabilisa amanzi.
Inzuzo yesihluzo esinamacandelo amabini kukuba i-LifeStraw Home inokususa inani elikhulu lokungcola. Ububi kukuba inxalenye nganye kufuneka itshintshwe ngamaxesha ahlukeneyo. I-membrane ihlala malunga nonyaka omnye, kwaye izihluzo ezincinci zekhabhoni kunye ne-ion kufuneka zitshintshwe rhoqo emva kweenyanga ezimbini (okanye malunga neelitha ezingama-40). Iindleko ngonyaka zijikeleze i-75 yeedola, eziphakamileyo kunezinye iipaki ezikolu luhlu. Abasebenzisi baye baqaphela ukuba ukuhluzwa kuyacotha, ngoko ke kungcono ukugcwalisa isikhongozeli ngaphambi kokusibeka efrijini. (Oku kuhloniphekile kwezinye iingqayi, ngendlela.)
Isihluzi samanzi se-Hydros Slim Pitch 40-ounce sijonga inkqubo yokucoca iitanki ezimbini-ezamabini ngokuthanda isantya. Lo mphanda umncinci kodwa unamandla usebenzisa isihluzo sekhabhoni yekhokhonathi ukususa ama-90% eklorine kunye nama-99% entlenga. Ayijongi kwezinye izinto ezinokungcolisa. Le ngqayi yokugcina iikomityi ezintlanu ayinazo izibambo, kodwa kulula ukuyibamba kwaye igcwalise, iyenze ibe lolona khetho luphezulu kwiingqayi ezibhityileyo.
Intsapho enabantwana abancinane enyanzelisa ukugalela iziselo zayo isenokucinga ukuba ukungabikho komqheba yinto embi, kodwa ingena lula kucango lwesikhenkcisi ngaphandle kokuthatha indawo yonke. I-Hydro Slim Pitcher nayo iza necala elimibalabala kwaye isihluzi sifumaneka ngemibala eyahlukeneyo enje ngemfusa, ikalika eluhlaza, eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye nobomvu, inika ukubanjwa okongeziweyo komntu. Isihluzo sinakho ukuxhotyiswa ngesitofu samanzi ukongeza iziqhamo okanye ivumba leherbal.
Izihluzi zeHydros kufuneka zitshintshwe rhoqo emva kweenyanga ezimbini, eziya kukubiza malunga ne-30 yeedola ngonyaka. Zikwatshintshaniswa nezinye iimveliso zeHydros.
Isihluzi sokuhamba okuphezulu kweBrita sesabo bakuthiyileyo ukulinda. Konke kusegameni: xa ugalela amanzi, adlula kwisihluzo sekhabhoni esisebenzayo esifakwe kwi-spout. Nabani na owakhe wazama ukuzalisa ibhotile yamanzi egaloni uyazi ukuba yinkqubo yamanyathelo amaninzi kwijagi eqhelekileyo. Kuyimfuneko ukuba ugcwalise itanki yamanzi ubuncinane kanye kwaye ulinde ukuba idlule kwisihlunu. Kuthatha nje imizuzu embalwa, kodwa uyayazi intetho ethi: amanzi awahluzwa. I-Brita Stream iphelisa inkqubo yokulinda.
Icala elisezantsi kukuba ayisosihluzi esinamandla songcoliseko. Iqinisekisiwe ukuba isuse incasa yeklorini kunye nevumba ngelixa igcina i-fluoride, iiminerali kunye ne-electrolytes. Esi sihluzo sesiponji, ngokungafaniyo neenguqulelo zezindlu zeplastiki eziqhelekileyo kwezinye iimveliso zeBrita. Izihluzi kufuneka zitshintshwe rhoqo ngeelitha ezingama-40, kwaye nge-multipack, unikezelo lonyaka luxabisa malunga ne-38 yeedola.
Nge-150 yeedola, isicoci se-Aarke sinexabiso, kodwa senziwe kumgangatho ophezulu, izixhobo zococeko njengeglasi kunye nentsimbi engatyiwayo kwaye iza nesihluzi esinokuphinda sisetyenziswe. Oku mhlawumbi yeyona ndlela eco-friendly kolu luhlu kuba ayisebenzisi izihluzi zeplastiki eziphela kwinkunkuma emva kokusetyenziswa. Endaweni yoko, inkqubo isebenzisa amasuntswana okucoca aphuhliswe yi-Aarke ngokubambisana nenkampani yetekhnoloji yamanzi i-BWT.
Ezi granules zinciphisa i-chlorine, isinyithi esinzima kunye ne-limescale, inceda ukuthintela amabala kwizitya zakho. Iipellet zihlala malunga neelitha ezingama-32 ngaphambi kokuba zitshintshwe. Inkampani inikezela ngeentlobo ezimbini zeepelisi: iipelisi ezicocekileyo kunye neepilisi ezigxininisiweyo, ezongeza i-magnesium kwaye ziguqule i-alkaline yamanzi epompo. Amaxabiso avela kwi-20 yeedola ukuya kwi-30 yeedola ezintathu.
I-LARQ PureVis pitcher inikeza into eyahlukileyo: i-pitcher isebenzisa inkqubo yamanyathelo amabini ukucoca amanzi kunye nokuvimbela ukukhula kwebhaktheriya. Amanzi kuqala angena kwisihluzi sesityalo seNanoZero ukuze asuse iklorini, i-mercury, i-cadmium kunye nobhedu. I-“UV wand” yengqayi ithi emva koko ikhuphe ukukhanya ukulwa neentsholongwane kunye neentsholongwane emanzini.
I-LARQ ikwafuna ukubizwa qho emva kweenyanga ezimbini kusetyenziswa itshaja ye-USB-A ebandakanyiweyo. Ikhithi yonke ikwaza ne-app ye-iOS kuphela ekunceda ukuba ugcine umkhondo wexesha lokutshintsha izihluzi kunye nokuba mangaphi amanzi owasebenzisayo. Le bhotile yamanzi ikwigajethi iya kuxabisa malunga ne-170 yeedola, kodwa iya kuba nomtsalane kubantu abaqhele izixhobo ezikrelekrele kunye nokulandela iimethrikhi ezahlukeneyo zobuqu (yiyo loo nto inkampani isenza ibhotile yethu yamanzi ekrelekrele). I-LARQ ibonelela ngamanqanaba amabini okucoca, kwaye ngelixa zihlala ixesha elide kunezihluzo ezininzi kolu luhlu, unikezelo lonyaka luya kukubuyisela umva i-100 yeedola kwisihluzi somgangatho wokungenela okanye ukuya kuthi ga malunga ne-150 yeedola kuguqulelo lweprimiyamu.
Amakhaya amakhulu okanye abantu ekufuneka basele igaloni yamanzi ngosuku banokufuna isihluzo saManzi sePUR PLUS 30-Cup. Esi sisasazo sinomthamo omkhulu sinoyilo olucekethekileyo, olunzulu kunye ne-spout etywiniweyo kwaye ithengisa malunga ne-70 yeedola. Izihluzi ze-PUR PLUS ziqinisekisiwe ukunciphisa ezinye izinto ezingcolisayo ezingama-70, kubandakanya ilothe, i-mercury kunye nezinye izibulali-zinambuzane. Yenziwe ngekhabhoni esebenzayo ukusuka kumaqokobhe ekhokhonathi. Inombindi weminerali othatha indawo yezinye iiminerali ezenzeka ngokwendalo ezifana ne-calcium kunye ne-magnesium ukunika incasa entsha ngaphandle kwencasa okanye ivumba leklorini. Kodwa zihlala kuphela iilitha ezingama-40 okanye iinyanga ezimbini. Ubonelelo lonyaka xa kuthengwa iipakethe ezininzi ludla ngokumalunga ne-50 yeedola.
Ubungakanani bamanzi ekufuneka uwasele yinombolo yakho, hayi iiglasi ezisibhozo zamanzi esaziva sikhula. Ukuba namanzi acocekileyo okungcamla esandleni kuya kukunceda ufezekise iinjongo zakho ze-hydration. Iingqayi zokucoca amanzi ziqhelekile ukuba zingabizi kakhulu kwaye zinobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo kunokugcina amanzi asebhotileni asetyenziswa kanye. Ukukhetha i-pitcher efanelekileyo kuwe, kukho izinto ezimbalwa ekufuneka uziqwalasele.
Iplastiki yimathiriyeli engagqibekanga yeengqayi ezininzi kunye nesixhobo esiphambili kwizihluzi ezininzi. Ngelixa kunokuba nzima ukufumana iimveliso ezingenaplastiki ngokupheleleyo, kukho ukhetho. Abanye banikezela ngezixhobo zeprimiyamu ezifana neglasi, intsimbi engatyiwa okanye iinxalenye ze-silicone zebakala lokutya. Jonga iingcebiso zomenzi ukuba ufuna ukuhlamba izixhobo okanye uzibeke kwi-dishwasher. Ukuduma kweengqayi zokucoca amanzi kukwabone abavelisi abaninzi benikela ingqalelo kwi-aesthetics, ngoko ke akuyi kuba nzima ukufumana inketho enomtsalane oya kuvuya ukuyishiya kwikhawuntara yakho.
Izihluzi ziyahluka kwiindleko, ukuyila kunye noko banciphisa okanye bakususa. Uninzi lwezihlungi kolu hlaziyo lusebenza ngekhabhoni, efunxa iklorini kwaye inciphisa i-asbestos, ilothe, i-mercury kunye ne-volatile organic compounds. Ukuba unemibuzo ethile, njengokususwa kweekhemikhali ezithile okanye iintsimbi ezinzima, tyelela iwebhusayithi yomenzi ngedatha yokusebenza.
Asiyiyo ilabhoratri, ngoko ke sikhetha iimveliso eziqinisekiswe yi-NSF International okanye i-Water Quality Association. Nangona kunjalo, sidwelisa iimveliso "ezidibana" nemigangatho yovavanyo lwebhubhoratri ezimeleyo.
Qwalasela ukuba angakanani na amanzi aselwa lusapho lwakho kunye nokuba zingaphi iilitha zesihluzo esinokubamba phambi kokuba sitshintshwe. Isihluzi kufuneka sitshintshwe ukuze itanki iqhubeke nokusebenza. Ezinye zisebenza kuphela iilitha ezingama-40, ngoko ke amakhaya owomileyo okanye amakhulu anokufuna ukutshintsha isihluzo kungekudala kuneenyanga ezimbini. Isihluzi esenzelwe ukuhlala ixesha elide sinokuba lukhetho olungcono. Kwaye ungalibali ukubala ukuba kuya kuxabisa malini ukubuyisela endaweni yayo ekuhambeni konyaka.
Iingqayi zokucoca amanzi zilungele abo bafuna ukuphucula incasa yamanzi abo ompompo-zonke iipakethi ezikolu luhlu zinokukwenza oko. Ezinye iingqayi zokucoca amanzi zinokususa ukungcola okongeziweyo kunye nokungcola, ezinye zazo azikalawulwa, njengemichiza eqhubekayo. (I-FYI, i-EPA ipapashe imithetho ecetywayo ye-PFA ngo-Matshi.) Ukuba unomdla kumgangatho wamanzi, unokujonga ingxelo yonyaka yomgangatho wamanzi kwiwebhusayithi ye-EPA, i-database yeQela eliSebenzayo lokusiNgqongileyo elifakwe kwi-Tap Water okanye ufumane ikhaya lakho. amanzi avavanyiwe.
Iingqayi zokucoca amanzi ngokuqhelekileyo azisusi iintsholongwane. Uninzi lwee-pitchers zokucoca amanzi zisebenzisa i-carbon okanye i-ion exchange filters, ezinganciphisi i-microorganisms ezifana neebhaktheriya. Nangona kunjalo, i-LifeStraw Home kunye ne-LARQ inokunciphisa okanye icinezele ezinye iibhaktheriya ngokusebenzisa izihluzi ze-membrane kunye nokukhanya kwe-UV, ngokulandelanayo. Ukuba ulawulo lwebhaktheriya luphambili, jonga kwiinketho zokucocwa kwamanzi okanye inkqubo yokucoca eyahlukileyo ngokupheleleyo usebenzisa i-osmosis eguqukayo.
Jonga incwadi yemigaqo yomnini wakho ukufumanisa ukuba zeziphi iindawo ekufuneka zihlanjwe ngesandla kwaye zeziphi ezinokuhlanjwa kumatshini wokuhlamba izitya. Nangona kunjalo, qiniseka ukuba ucoce i-pitcher. Iintsholongwane, ukungunda, kunye namavumba angathandekiyo anokuqokelela kuyo nayiphi na impahla yasekhitshini, kunye neengqayi zokucoca amanzi azikho nto.
Zihlobo zam, akunyanzelekanga ukuba nihlale ninxanwa ngalo lonke ixesha. Nokuba into ephambili yakho kukufikeleleka, uzinzo, okanye uyilo olukhulu, sifumene ezona pitcher zokuhluza amanzi zekhaya lakho. Ijagi enkulu yesihluzi samanzi se-Brita kumpompo kunye namanzi okusela ngesalathisi sokutshintsha isihluzi se-SmartLight + 1 isihluzi esi-1. Sikhetha esona sihluzo silungileyo macala onke. Hlaziya isihluzo seBrita sakudala, sisenza ukuba sisebenziseke ngakumbi. Imiphezulu, izibambo ezibanzi kunye nokuhluzwa okuchuliweyo kweemveliso ezihlala ixesha elide kodwa zibiza kancinci. Kaninzi. Kodwa nokuba yeyiphi na oyikhethayo, qiniseka ukuba utshintsha isihluzo rhoqo ukuze ufumane inzuzo enkulu kwaye unciphise ungcoliseko.
ISayensi edumileyo yaqala ukubhala ngetekhnoloji ngaphezu kweminyaka eyi-150 eyadlulayo. Xa sapapasha ushicilelo lwethu lokuqala ngo-1872, kwakungekho nto ifana “nokubhalwa kwegajethi,” kodwa ukuba kunjalo, injongo yethu yokuphelisa ihlabathi lezinto ezintsha zabafundi bemihla ngemihla ithetha ukuba sonke sikuyo. I-PopSci ngoku izinikele ngokupheleleyo ekuncedeni abafundi ukuba bajonge iintlobo ngeentlobo zezixhobo ezihlala zikhula kwintengiso.
Ababhali kunye nabahleli bethu banamashumi eminyaka yamava okugubungela kunye nokuphonononga umbane wabathengi. Sonke sinokukhetha kwethu-ukusuka kwi-audio ekumgangatho ophezulu ukuya kwimidlalo yevidiyo, iikhamera kunye nokunye-kodwa xa siqwalasela izixhobo ezingaphandle kwendlu yethu yamavili, senza konke okusemandleni ethu ukufumana amazwi kunye nezimvo ezithembekileyo ukunceda abantu bakhethe okona kulungileyo. iingcebiso. Siyazi ukuba asazi yonke into, kodwa siyavuya ukuvavanya ukukhubazeka okunokuthi kuthengwe kwi-Intanethi ukuze kunganyanzelekanga ukuba abafundi benjenjalo.