I tēnei wā, he māramatanga pai tō te umanga ki te whakahaere taiao o ngā tāone. He nui ngā wheako me ngā tauira o te ao me Haina hei tohutoro. Kei roto i te pūnaha wai o ngā tāone nui o Haina ngā puna wai, te whakaurunga wai, te rerenga wai, ngā pūnaha whakahaere, ngā wai taiao, me te tiaki taiao wai o ngā tāone nui. He mārama anō hoki ngā whakaaro. Engari i te whenua tuawhenua, kua tino rerekē te āhua. Hei tauira, mō ngā puna wai, he maha atu ngā huarahi ki te tiki wai i ngā tāone nui. Ka taea e te tangata te whakamahi tika i ngā puna wai e karapoti ana, te wai whenua, te wai rānei mai i ngā whatunga awa hei puna wai inu; mō te rerenga wai, kāore ngā wāhi tuawhenua i rite ki ngā tāone nui he paerewa tino pakari mō te maimoatanga paru. Whatunga tipu me te paipa. Nō reira, he āhua māmā noa iho te pūnaha taiao wai tuawhenua, engari he uaua mutunga kore.

He mea nui te whakato, te whakaputa uri, me te para ki te parahanga o te wai i ngā taiwhenua.

Tērā pea kua poke te puna wai inu o te kāinga i ngā whenua pāmu, i ngā whakatipu kararehe me ngā heihei, i te para, i te wharepaku rānei, ā, tērā pea kua poke te taiao wai o te tuawhenua i ngā para o te kāinga o te tuawhenua, i ngā tongi me ngā patu pepeke mai i ngā pūtake ahuwhenua kāore i te whai kiko, me ngā paturopi mai i ngā whakatipu kararehe me ngā heihei. Nō reira, kāore ngā take taiao o te tuawhenua e herea noa ki ngā rohe tuawhenua, engari e pā ana hoki ki te katoa me te whakahaere taiao wai o te awa.

Kāore e ranea te whakaaro noa ki te wai i roto i te taiao wai o te taiwhenua. He mea nui anō hoki te paru me te akuaku e pā ana ki te taiao wai. He kaupapa whānui, he kaupapa pūnaha hoki te whakahaere i te taiao wai o te taiwhenua. Ina kōrerohia te wai, kāore he ara. Me aro tātou ki tōna whānuitanga. Me te whaihua hoki. Hei tauira, me tukatuka i te paru me te para i te wā kotahi; me whakahaere whānui te whakatipu kararehe me te heihei me te parahanga ahuwhenua kore-pūtake; me whakapai ake ngā puna wai me te kounga o te tuku wai; me whakarerekē ngā paerewa me te whakahaere ki ngā āhuatanga o te rohe.

Nō reira, ā muri ake nei, kaua e aro noa ki te maimoatanga me te whakakorenga para, engari me aro hoki ki te whakahaere i te parahanga me te whakamahinga rauemi. Me whakaaro tātou ki te taiao wai tuawhenua mai i te tirohanga whakahaere whānui, tae atu ki te para, te akuaku, te whakatipu kararehe me te heihei, te ahuwhenua, me ngā pūtake kore-ira. Taria, koinei te huarahi whakaaro whānui mō te whakahaere i te taiao wai tuawhenua. Me tukatuka ngātahi te wai, te oneone, te hau, me te para totoka, ā, me whakahaere hoki te tukunga, te whakakorenga waenga, te hurihanga, me ngā pūtake rerekē e whai wāhi ana i roto i te huringa maha-tukanga me te maha-pūtake. Hei whakamutunga, he mea nui hoki kia whai hua ngā mahi maha pēnei i te hangarau, te miihini, te kaupapa here, me te whakahaere.