Pehea e ʻike ai i nā kahe wai i kou home

ʻO ka pōʻino wai ke kumu nui ma hope o nā koi hoʻopiʻi hoʻopiʻi hale nona ka home ma USA. E like me ka Insurance Cover Info Institute, ʻO ka papa "pōʻino i ka wai a me ka hau hau" ʻo ia ka lua o ka kumu maʻamau no ka hoʻolaha hoʻopiʻi inikua, ma hope o ka pōʻino o ka makani a me ka huahekili.

Ua noi mākou iā Eric Palm, peresidena o American Water Assets (AWR), ka lima hoʻolako hale o ka wai ʻAmelika, e wehewehe i ka mea hiki ke hiki ke ʻike ʻole ʻia nā leaks a me ke ala e hiki ai i ka poʻe nona ke hoʻoikaika nui e hoʻoponopono i nā wahi wai.. Aia ma lalo kāna mau pane leka uila:

Q: E wehewehe i ka pilikia o ke kahe wai i loko o ka hale. He aha ka manawa o ka leaks e hiki mai ana no ka mea nona ka hale?

Pālima: ʻOi aku ka maʻamau o nā kahe wai i loko o ka hale ma mua o kou manaʻo. ʻO nā mea hale 5 ʻoi aku ka ʻike i ka pōʻino wai ma mua o ka ʻaihue a 6 ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka pōʻino o ke ahi. E like me ka EPA, 10 p.c o na waiwai he wai kahe e hoopau ana i ka hapa iki o 90 nā galani wai i ka lā - ʻoi aku ka pinepine me ka ʻole o ka ʻike o ka mea nona ka hale. Ua like kēia me ka pili 2.5 ʻauʻau ʻauʻau i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka wai.

Q: No ke aha e pono ai ka ʻike ʻana i nā leaks?

A: Me ka hoʻokau ʻana i ka pōʻino nui i ka ʻoihana o kāu waiwai, Ke nalowale nei ka wai i ka wai a hoʻopau i ka waiwai waiwai o ka honua.. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he 1/8-inihi paipu māwae paha e like me ka nui 250 nā galani o ka poho wai i ka manawa o ka lā - ma kahi o ʻeono mau ʻauʻau waiwai.

Q: Pehea e ʻike ai ka poʻe ʻona i nā leaks ma mua o ka hoʻopōʻino ʻana?

A: E nānā i mua i nā ʻili wai ma nā ʻāpana a i ʻole nā ​​kaupaku, a i ʻole nā ​​loko wai ma hope o nā lako o ka hale e like me ka mea holoi ipu a i ʻole ka pahu hau. E noʻonoʻo no ka mea e like me kahi lumi ʻauʻau wai / hoʻopiha hou ʻana a i ʻole kahi kulu wai. Hope loa, e ʻimi i nā spike i kāu pepa wai, ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o kēlā me kēia mahina e hōʻike paha i kahi leak.

Q: He aha ka mea e hiki ai i nā mea nona ke hana e pale aku i nā leaks mai ka wā mua?

A: E noʻonoʻo i ke kūʻai ʻana i ka ʻike e pale ai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai a ʻike pono i nā leaka. ʻo kahi laʻana, ma AWR, ua hui pū mākou me Flo na Moen e hoʻouna i ka ʻōnaehana Flo by Moen Good Water Shutoff i nā mea nona, i hoʻohui ʻia i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e kā mākou ʻae ʻole, kamaaina, kaiāulu laikini o nā ʻaelike ma nā mokuʻāina koho. ʻO ka ʻike home maikaʻi e like me kēia e like me ka mika wai, ʻike i nā liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a hāʻawi i nā mea nona ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo a me ka hōʻoluʻolu e pani mamao i ka wai inā loaʻa kahi leak.

Q: ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻike home home ma mua o ka hoʻopili wale ʻana i nā leaks i ka wā e hiki mai ai?

A: ʻAʻole. ʻo kahi laʻana, ka Flo na Moen Good Water Shutoff, kūʻai ʻia e AWR, hāʻawi i nā mea nona ka gadget a hoʻonohonoho no $600, me nā koho kālā haʻahaʻa i kēlā me kēia mahina. Hiki ke kūʻai aku i ka mea nona ka hale e like me nā paipu kahe a hāhā paha $4,000 e hilinai ana i ka oolea. Hāʻawi ʻia i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana o ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana paipu a me nā papahana paipu, ʻO ka poʻe nona ka ʻike ʻole e pono e manaʻo e mālama i kekahi mau leaks i ka wā e noho ai lākou i loko o ka hale..