Ucwaningo lwakamuva olwenziwe yi-Water Quality Association luveze ukuthi amaphesenti angama-30 amakhasimende asebenzisa amanzi ezindlini zokuhlala ayekhathazekile ngezinga lamanzi agelezayo kompompi bawo. Lokhu kungasiza ukuchaza ukuthi kungani abathengi baseMelika basebenzise imali engaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyi-16 zamarandi emanzini asemabhodleleni ngonyaka odlule, nokuthi kungani imakethe yokuhlanza amanzi iqhubeka nokukhula ngendlela emangalisayo futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ikhiqize u-$45.3 billion ngo-2022 njengoba izinkampani ezisemkhathini zilwela ukuhlangabezana nesidingo sabathengi.

Nokho, ukukhathazeka ngekhwalithi yamanzi akusona ukuphela kwesizathu sokukhula kwale makethe. Embulungeni yonke, sibone amathrendi amakhulu amahlanu ethuthuka, konke esikholelwa ukuthi kuzoba nomthelela ekuthuthukeni nasekukhuleni okuqhubekayo kwemakethe.
1. Amaphrofayli Omkhiqizo Omncane
Kulo lonke elase-Asia, ukukhuphuka kwentengo yendawo kanye nokukhula kokufudukela emadolobheni ezindaweni zasemakhaya kuphoqa abantu ukuthi bahlale ezindaweni ezincane. Njengoba kunendawo encane yokubala neyokugcina izinto zikagesi, abathengi bafuna imikhiqizo engeke yonge kuphela indawo kodwa esiza ekuqedeni imfuhlumfuhlu. Imakethe yokuhlanza amanzi ibhekana nalo mkhuba ngokwakha imikhiqizo emincane enamaphrofayili amancane. Isibonelo, i-Coway ithuthukise ulayini womkhiqizo we-MyHANDSPAN, ohlanganisa izihlanzi ezingekho banzi kunobude besandla sakho. Njengoba indawo eyengeziwe yokubala ingase ibhekwe njengokunethezeka, kunengqondo ukuthi i-Bosch Thermotechnology ithuthukise uchungechunge lwezihlanzi zamanzi zokuhlala ze-Bosch AQ, eziklanyelwe ukungena ngaphansi kwekhawunta futhi zingabonakali.

Akunakwenzeka ukuthi amafulethi e-Asia azokhula ngokushesha maduze, ngakho-ke okwamanje, abaphathi bemikhiqizo kufanele baqhubeke nokulwela indawo eyengeziwe emakhishini abathengi ngokuklama izihlanzi zamanzi ezincane nezincane.
2. Ukwenziwa kabusha kwamaminerali ukuze uthole Ukunambitha kanye Nezempilo
Amanzi ane-alkaline kanye ne-pH asephenduke inkambiso ekhulayo embonini yamanzi asemabhodleleni, futhi manje, abahlanza amanzi bazifunela ucezu lwemakethe. Ukuqinisa imbangela yabo ukukhula kwesidingo semikhiqizo nezimpahla endaweni yezempilo, lapho imikhiqizo kuyo yonke imboni ye-Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) ibheke ukungena emalini esetshenziswa abantu baseMelika abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-30 “ezindleleni zezempilo ezihambisanayo.” Inkampani eyodwa, i-Mitte®, ithengisa uhlelo lwamanzi asekhaya oluhlakaniphile oludlulela ngalé kokuhlanzwa ngokuthuthukisa amanzi ngokwenza kabusha amaminerali. Iphoyinti layo eliyingqayizivele lokuthengisa? Amanzi kaMitte awahlanzekile nje kuphela, kodwa anempilo.

Kunjalo, impilo akuyona ukuphela kwento eqhuba umkhuba wokubuyisela kabusha amaminerali. Ukunambitha kwamanzi, ikakhulukazi amanzi asemabhodleleni, kuyinkulumo-mpikiswano eshubile, futhi amaminerali okulandelela manje athathwa njengengxenye ebalulekile yokunambitha. Eqinisweni, i-BWT, ngobuchwepheshe bayo be-magnesium obunelungelo lobunikazi, ikhulula i-magnesium emanzini ngesikhathi senqubo yokuhlunga ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukunambitheka okungcono. Lokhu akusebenzi kuphela emanzini ahlanzekile okuphuza kodwa kusiza ukuthuthukisa ukunambitheka kwezinye iziphuzo ezifana nekhofi, i-espresso netiye.
3. Isidingo Esikhulayo Sokubulala Amagciwane
Balinganiselwa ezigidini eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.1 abantu emhlabeni wonke abangakwazi ukuthola amanzi aphephile, kanti abayizigidi ezingu-289 babo bahlala e-Asia Pacific. Imithombo eminingi yamanzi e-Asia ingcoliswe imfucuza yezimboni nezasemadolobheni, okusho ukuthi amathuba okuhlangana namagciwane e-E. coli ngokumelene namanye amagciwane atholakala emanzini aphakeme ngokumangalisayo. Ngakho-ke, abahlinzeki bokuhlanza amanzi kufanele bagcine ukubulawa kwamagciwane kusengqondweni, futhi sibona izilinganiso zokuhlanza eziphambana nesigaba A/B se-NSF bese zishintshela ezilinganisweni ezibuyekeziwe ezifana ne-3-log E. coli. Lokhu kunikeza isivikelo esiqhubekayo esamukelekayo sezinhlelo zamanzi okuphuza kodwa kungafezwa ngezindleko ezithe xaxa futhi ngosayizi omncane kunamazinga aphezulu okubulala amagciwane.
4. Isikhathi Sangempela Senzwa Yekhwalithi Yamanzi
Ukuthambekela okuvelayo ekwandeni kwemishini yasekhaya ehlakaniphile isihlungi samanzi esixhunyiwe. Ngokuhlinzeka ngedatha eqhubekayo kuzingxenyekazi zohlelo lokusebenza, izihlungi zamanzi ezixhunyiwe zingenza imisebenzi eminingi kusukela ekuqapheni ikhwalithi yamanzi kuya ekuboniseni abasebenzisi indlela abasebenzisa ngayo amanzi nsuku zonke. Lezi zinsiza zizoqhubeka nokuhlakanipha futhi zibe namandla okukhula ukusuka kwezindawo zokuhlala kuye ezindaweni zikamasipala. Isibonelo, ukuba nezinzwa kulo lonke uhlelo lwamanzi lukamasipala akukwazi nje kuphela ukuxwayisa izikhulu ngokushesha ngokungcola, kodwa futhi kungaqapha amazinga amanzi ngokunembe kakhudlwana nokuqinisekisa ukuthi yonke imiphakathi iyawathola amanzi aphephile.
5. Igcine Icwebezela
Uma ungakaze uzwe ngeLaCroix, kungenzeka ukuthi uhlala ngaphansi kwedwala. Futhi ukuhlanya okuzungeze umkhiqizo, abanye abakubiza ngokuthi inkolo, kunezinye izinhlobo ezifana ne-PepsiCo ezifuna ukusizakala. Izihlanzi zamanzi, njengoba ziqhubeka nokusebenzisa amathrendi akhona emakethe yamanzi asemabhodleleni, nazo zibhejelwe ngamanzi anenhlansi. Isibonelo esisodwa isihlanzi samanzi sika-Coway esicwebezelayo. Abathengi babonise ukuzimisela kwabo ukukhokhela amanzi ekhwalithi ephezulu, futhi abahlanzi bamanzi babheke ukufanisa lokho kuzimisela nemikhiqizo emisha eqinisekisa kokubili ikhwalithi yamanzi kanye nokuhambisana nokuthandwa ngumthengi.
Lawa amathrendi amahlanu nje esiwabukayo emakethe njengamanje, kodwa njengoba umhlaba uqhubeka nokuguqukela ekuphileni okunempilo futhi nesidingo samanzi okuphuza ahlanzekile sikhuphuka, imakethe yezihlanzi zamanzi izokhula nayo, iletha nohlu lwe amathrendi amasha sizoqiniseka ukuthi sigcina amehlo ethu ekubhekile.