Hāʻawi ka World Water Day i kahi manawa e aʻo hou ai e pili ana i nā pilikia pili i ka wai, kaʻana like me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a hana i nā hana e hoʻololi ai. I kēia lā, kono mākou iā ʻoe e aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i ka pilikia koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka ʻoihana wai hue.
ʻO ka ʻoihana wai ʻōmole he ʻoihana miliona miliona e hoʻohana ana i ka mea maoli he kumu manuahi a hiki ke loaʻa. ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻana, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomau ʻia ka ʻoihana wai o ka ʻōmole a me ka pōʻino i ke kaiapuni. Ma kahi kokoke i 80% o nā ʻōmole plastik e hoʻopau wale ʻia i ka ʻōpala, e hana ana i 2 miliona mau tona o ka ʻōpala palaka i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Eia nā ʻike 10 āu i ʻike ʻole ai e pili ana i ka ʻoihana wai hue.
1. ʻO ka hihia mua i hoʻopaʻa ʻia o ke kūʻai ʻana i ka wai ʻōmole i hana ʻia i nā makahiki 1760 ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua ʻōmole ʻia ka wai minerala a kūʻai ʻia ma ka hale hoʻokipa no ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
2. ʻO ke kūʻai aku ʻana o ka ʻōmole wai ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana i ka soda ma US.
3. Ke piʻi aʻe nei ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai hue wai honua e 10% i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka ulu wikiwiki loa ma ʻEulopa, a ʻo ka wikiwiki loa ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
4. ʻO ka ikehu a mākou e hoʻohana ai no ka hana ʻana i ka wai ʻōmole e lawa ia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hale 190.
5. Hōʻike ka Food & Water Watch e ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o ka ʻōmole wai mai ka paipa.
6. ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ka palekana o ka wai ʻōmole ma mua o ka wai paipu. Wahi a nā haʻawina, ʻo 22% o nā pahu wai wai i hoʻāʻo ʻia i loko o nā kemika ma nā ʻano ʻino i ke olakino kanaka.
7. ʻEkolu ka nui o ka nui o ka wai no ka hana ʻana i ka ʻōmole plastik ma mua o ka hoʻopiha ʻana.
8. ʻO ka nui o ka aila i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻana i nā ʻōmole i ka makahiki hiki ke lawa no hoʻokahi miliona kaʻa.
9. Hoʻokahi wale nō i loko o ʻelima mau ʻōmole plastik i hana hou ʻia.
10. Ua loaʻa i ka ʻoihana wai ʻōmole he $2014 biliona ma 13, akā he $10 biliona wale nō ka mea e hāʻawi ai i ka wai maʻemaʻe i nā mea āpau o ka honua.
ʻO ka wai kekahi o nā mea waiwai nui o ko kākou honua. ʻO kekahi o nā ʻanuʻu i kona hoʻohana ʻike ʻana ʻo ia ka hōʻole ʻana i ka ʻai ʻana i ka wai hue. Aia i loko o ka mana o kēlā me kēia o kākou e mālama pono i kēia waiwai kūlohelohe!