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Flaptor 1?

 [lat fae ae occbfboet, wohh-mabetabeod wator systom dn cnr ynu> Bt fae

• hnwor ynur wator `bhh9

• savo oeorky ne wator loatbek9

• dohbvor lnt wator sacohy aed qubfihy9 aed

• krnw oautbcuh haedsfapbek wbtlnut wastbek wator.

 [ator bs ae ossoetbah aed hbmbtod rosnurfo, ent tn `o wastod. Troatbek aed

pumpbek wator tn ynur lnmo fnesumos oeorky. Loatbek tlat wator fne-

sumos ovoe mnro oeorky9 bt taios 6: tbmos mnro oeorky tn loat a kahhne nc 

 wator tlae bt taios tn troat aed dohbvor tlat wator tn ynur lnuso.

 [ator loatbek affnuets cnr 1?‖4:% nc a lnusolnhd‒s oeorky `bhh. Nctoe ynu

fae su`staetbahhy rodufo ynur oeorky uso sbmphy tlrnukl wator fnesorvatbne.

 Rnur cbrst tlnuklt mbklt `o tn kn `uy tlo mnst occbfboet wator loator ynu

fae cbed. @ut tlo prbfo tak may `o lbkl—aed bt may ent ovoe kot ynu wlat

 ynu waet7 oenukl lnt wator, qubfihy, sacohy, aed beoxpoesbvohy.

Vn hot‒s hnni cbrst at ntlor parts nc ynur wator systom. Rnu may `o a`ho tn uso

tlo oqubpmoet ynu ahroady lavo, wbtl snmo mndbcbfatbnes nr wbtl `ottor

mabetoeaefo. Rnu‒hh prn`a`hy eood tn wnri wbtl a phum`or. Poadbek tlbs

flaptor wbhh lohp ynu fnmmuebfato wbtl ynur phum`or tn kot wlat ynu waet.

Oqubp ynursohc tn asi tlo rbklt quostbnes. Bc ynu taio tlo tbmo tn uedorstaedtlo prnfoss, ynu‒hh savo ynursohc crnm

• rophafbek ynur wator loator wloe a `bt nc mabetoeaefo wnuhd lavo

iopt bt sorvbfoa`ho mufl hnekor9

• `uybek tlo caefbost, mnst occbfboet wator loator avabha`ho, `ut ent

kottbek oenukl lnt wator wloe ynu waet bt9

• spoedbek a hnt cnr a eow taeihoss wator loator  tlat‒s ent apprnprbato

cnr ynur eoods9

• `uybek a snhar-tlormah systom `ocnro rodufbek wator wasto—aed tloe

cbedbek tlat tlo systom bs nvorsbzod cnr ynur eow, rodufod eoods9

• maibek roquosts ynur fnetraftnr dnose‒t uedorstaed9

• trybek tn dn tlo wnri ynursohc9 nr• ent trybek tn dn tlo wnri ynursohc.

Bc ynu taio stops be tlo rbklt nrdor, ynu‒hh savo rosnurfos, mneoy, aed tbmo—

aed wbed up wbtl tlo lnt-wator systom ynu waet. Loro‒s tlo rbklt nrdor7

1. [rbek nut tlo wasto.

0. Bestahh wator-savbek dovbfos.

6. Vohoft a wator loator tlat bs fnmpatb`ho wbtl ynur eoods.

 [ATOP7 LOAT BT AED _VO BT OCCBFBOETHR 

[ator bs a profbnus rosnurfo tn `o oe- gnyod, ent wastod. Troatbek, pumpbek,aed loatbek wator fnesumo oeorky—ahsn ent tn `o wastod.

LN[ M_FL [ATOPAED MNEOR FAERN_ VASO>

Tlo avorako Amorbfaecambhy spoeds a`nut 1<% nc tlobr tntah oeorky `bhh ne lnt  wator—a`nut $4:: por  yoar tn loat wator wbtleaturah kas, nr a`nut $3?: wbtl ae ohoftrbf wator loator. Be warmor statos,a`nut lahc tlo kas `bhh bs cnr loatbek wator. Tlo avorako Amorbfae lnusolnhd fnuhdsavo as mufl as ?:% ne`ntl bts wator `bhh aed tlo wator-loatbek `bhh `y maibek bts wator systommnro occbfboet. Cowor tlae1% nc Amorbfae lnusolnhdsuso snhar wator loatbek, wlbfl mbklt laedho up tn;?% nc tlo romabebek wator-loatbek hnad.

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VTOZ NEO7 [PBEK N_T TLO [AVTOCbrst, cbkuro nut lnw mufl wator (aed wator-loatbek oeorky) ynur lnusolnhd

furroethy usos. Osta`hbslbek tlbs `aso hnad maios bt oasy tn quaetbcy lnw mufl

 ynu savo.

Tn osta`hbsl a wator uso `aso hnad, hnni at ynur wator bhhs, mnetl y mnetl

aed nvor a wlnho yoar. Bc ynu dne‒t wator ynur haedsfapbek be wbetor, fnmparo ynur wbetor aed summor wator `bhhs cnr a knnd bdoa nc lnw mufl wator ynu

uso cnr brrbkatbne (assumbek tlo rost nc ynur wator fnesumptbne romabes

cabrhy stoady yoar-rnued).

Tn osta`hbsl a wator-loatbek oeorky uso `aso hnad, su`traft ahh ene-wator-

loatbek oeorky usos crnm ynur tntah oeorky uso. @okbe `y  fnmparbek ynur

summor utbhbty `bhhs wbtl ynur wbetor utbhbty `bhhs. Bc ynur cureafo aed wator

loator aro `ntl kas cbrod, ynur summor utbhbty `bhhs wbhh bedbfato ynur kas

usako mbeus tlo oeorky usod cnr wbetor loatbek. Bc ynur raeko aed nvoe aro

ahsn kas cbrod, ynu fae road ynur kas motor9 ent uso tlo stnvo cnr a day9 tloe

road tlo motor akabe tn su`traft fnnibek kas usako crnm ynur tntah.

Bc ynu lavo ohoftrbf wator loatbek, start wbtl a yoar‒s wnrtl nc utbhbty bhhs. Tloe

uso a Ibhh A [att motor  tn moasuro rocrbkoratnr ohoftrbfbty uso nvor a wooi nr

twn. Muhtbphy tlbs nut tn roprosoet a yoar‒s uso aed su`traft tlo rosuht crnm

 ynur tntah aeeuah ohoftrbfbty uso. Bc ynu lavo ohoftrnebfs hbio TSs tlat uso a hnt

nc pnwor, uso tlo Ibhh A [att motor tn moasuro tlobr ohoftrbfbty uso. Be tlo

samo way, romnvo aey ntlor harko hnads crnm ynur tntah aeeuah ohoftrbfbty uso.

Tlo amnuet tlat romabes bs ynur wator-loatbek oeorky uso `aso hnad.

Tbmo-tn-Tap7 [lat Aro Rnu [abtbek Cnr> [loe ynu ture ne tlo lnt-wator caufot, ynu lavo tn wabt cnr tlo lnt wator tn

arrbvo. [lat chnws cbrst tlrnukl tlo pbpo crnm tlo wator loator tn tlo tap(aed tloe dnwe tlo drabe) bs tlo fnnhod-dnwe wator tlat‒s `ooe sbttbek be

tlo pbpo—tlo wator ynu loatod hast tbmo ynu tureod ne tlo lnt wator. Lnw 

mufl wator aro ynu rueebek dnwe tlo drabe> Rnu fae moasuro bt `y fnhhoftbek 

bt be a `ufiot. Hot‒s say bt‒s 0 fups. Bc sn, ynu‒ro be protty knnd slapo9 tlo

dbstaefo `otwooe ynur wator loator aed tlo caufot bs prn`a`hy slnrt. Bc ynu‒ro

 wastbek mnro tlae 0 fups, tloro‒s phoety nc rnnm cnr savbeks.

Hot‒s hnni mnro fhnsohy at tlat wator sbttbek be ynur pbpos. [loe ynu ture ncc 

tlo tap, ahh tlo wator be tlo pbpo `otwooe tlo wator loator aed tlo tap `okbes

tn fnnh. Bc ynur pbpos aro uebesuhatod, tlat wator fae fnnh dnwe protty qubfihy.

@ut bc ynur pbpos aro besuhatod nr aro be a lnt attbf, tlo wator fnnhs mnro shnwhy.

 Rnu may `o a`ho tn fut tlo amnuet nc fnnh wator tlat bs wastod wlbho ynu‒ro

 wabtbek cnr lnt wator `y besuhatbek aey uebesuhatod dbstrb`utbne pbpos. @ut

lnw mufl ynu fae savo dopoeds a hnt ne wloe lnt wator bs usod be ynur

lnmo. Bc ynu uso lnt wator nehy cnr ae lnur nr sn be tlo mnrebek aed a fnupho

nc lnurs be tlo ovoebek, besuhatbek ynur dbstrb`utbne pbpos prn`a`hy wne‒t

savo ynu mufl. Tlat‒s `ofauso, ovoe wbtl besuhatbne, tlo lnt wator be ynur

pbpos wbhh ovoetuahhy fnnh dnwe tn matfl tlo surrnuedbek tomporaturo. Vn

 wator tlat was lnt be tlo mnrebek wbhh `o fnnh akabe y ovoebek. Ne tlo ntlor

laed, ent tnn mufl loat wbhh `o hnst bc tlo tbmos wloe ynu uso lnt wator aro

_so Lnmo Oeorky Vavor (los.h`h.knv)tn fahfuhato lnw mufl oeorky aedmneoy ynu fae savo `y flnnsbekdbccoroet wator-loatbek oqubpmoet.

DAEKOP WNEO7[ATOP LOATOPVACOTR

Lazards nc wnribek ne alnt-wator systom befhudosfahdbek wator, chamma`hokas, fnm`ustbne kasos,aed ohoftrbfbty.

Bc tlo rohboc vahvo bs kuslbekstoambek lnt wator, dne‒t ture tlo wator ncc9 bc tlo wator bs a`nvo tlo `nbhbekpnbet, ynu rbsi ae oxphn-sbne. Kot nut nc tlo lnusoqubfihy  aed ture ncc tlo kasat tlo motor nr tlo ohoftrb-fbty at tlo `roaior `nx. [ator loators fae chy ?::coot wloe tloy `hnw up.

Cnhhnw maeucafturor‒s warebeks. Dne‒t taio tlbeksapart uehoss ynu aro suro ynu ienw wlat ynu‒rodnbek. Bc ynu aro fnmbekfhnso tn ohoftrbf, kas, nbh, nr prnpaeo hbeos, ture ncc tlosupphbos tn tlo aroas ynuaro wnribek ne, nr lavo aphum`or dn sn.

Cnr a knnd dbsfussbne nc profautbnes, soo watorloatorrosfuo.fnm.

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fhustorod tnkotlor, ovoe bc tlo dbstrb`utbne pbpos aro ent besuhatod. Bc ynur

lnt-wator uso bs spafod tlrnuklnut tlo day, ynur pntoetbah savbeks crnm

besuhatbne wbhh `o kroator.

 Rnu mbklt ahsn `o a`ho tn savo oeorky `y rofnecbkurbek tlo rnutos crnm lnt

snurfo tn tap, nr y bestahhbek a rofbrfuhatbne systom, as dosfrb`od `ohnw, ut

tloso aro `ntl cabrhy oxpoesbvo nptbnes.

Mabetabe Rnur [ator Loator tn Maxbmbzo Bts Occbfboefy Bc ynu dofbdo tn ioop ynur furroet wator loator, sot up a mabetoeaefo sflod-

uho sn tlat bt wbhh hast hnekor aed cueftbne mnro occbfboethy7

• Tost tlo tomporaturo aed prossuro rohboc vahvo  aeeuahhy. Lavo a phum`or

dn tlbs tlo cbrst tbmo. Actor tlat, ynu fae tost tlo vahvo nefo a yoar.

• Flofi tlo safrbcbfbah aendo rnd  ovory tlroo tn cbvo yoars be enrmah wator,

ovory twn yoars be snctoeod wator. Lavo tlo phum`or bestahh a furvod

dbp tu`o  be tlo taei cnr oasbor taei fhoaebek, bestahh tlormah traps  (ahsn

fahhod loat traps) ne tlo wator hbeos, flofi aed rophafo tlo safrbcbfbah

aendo rnd, aed kot rbd nc sodbmoet be tlo nttnm nc tlo taei. Lavo tlo

phum`or add a sofned aendo rnd tn tlo taei bc pnssb`ho, sn tlo taei 

 wbhh `o prntoftod twbfo as hnek.

• Rnu may ahsn waet tlo phum`or tn bestahh a `rass ahh vahvo  ne tlo wator

loator drabe. Zhastbf vahvos aro dohbfato aed aro hbiohy tn cabh wloe usod.

• Bc ynu lavo a kas- nr nbh-cbrod uebt, ahsn lavo tlo phum`or flofi tlo abr

supphy aed voetbek.

 A furvod dbp tu`o hots ynu fhoar nut sodbmoet ovory sbx mnetls7

• Lnni up a lnso tn tlo oed nc tlo drabe vahvo .

• Npoe tlo drabe vahvo. Tlo dbp tu`o slnuhd dohbvor a stroam nc wator

tlat stbrs up tlo sodbmoet aed chuslos bt nut.• Hoavo tlo vahvo npoe uetbh tlo wator rues fhoar (tlroo tn cbvo mbeutos).

Nefo ynur phum`or las domnestratod tloso tasis, ynu fae fnetbeuo tn dn

mabetoeaefo ynursohc.

Enw aed tloe, gust stnp aed hnni at tlo loator. Bs rabe fnmbek dnwe tlo voet

pbpo> Dbd tlo fat ienfi tlo voet pbpo hnnso> Bc sn, fahh ynur phum`or.

Besuhato tlo Vtnrako Taei Bc ynur taei-styho wator loator was purflasod actor tlo mbd-122:s, bt prn`a`hy 

las taei besuhatbne `ubht be9 bt‒s ent wnrtl addbek mnro.

@ut bc ynur wator loator bs nhdor tlae tlat, bt mbklt ent  lavo adoquato besu-

hatbne. Bc ynu phafo ynur laed ne tlo taei aed bt coohs warm, bt eoods mnro

besuhatbne. Besuhatbek ynur wator loator bs ae occoftbvo, beoxpoesbvo dn bt 

 ynursohc (DBR) tasi, ospofbahhy bc tlo taei bs be uefnedbtbneod spafo (karako,

`asomoet, nutdnnrs).

 Add-ne wator loator taei besuhatbne bs floap aed roadbhy avabha`ho at lnmo

bmprnvomoet aed lardwaro stnros9 hnni cnr ae P-vahuo nc 10 nr kroator.

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Besuhato tlo Zbpos A kroat wator loator wne‒t savo ynu mufl wator nr oeorky bc lnt wator

croquoethy kots fnhd be tlo pbpos. Bc ynu uso lnt wator tlrnuklnut tlo day,

aed nctoe wabt a hnek tbmo cnr lnt wator, besuhatbek ynur pbpos mbklt `o a

knnd bdoa. Bt wbhh `o oasbost tn dn tlbs wloe ynu‒ro flaekbek tlo phum`bek,

sbefo pbpos besbdo wahhs aed fobhbeks aro lardor tn wrap wbtl besuhatbne.

Zbpo besuhatbne sloatls aro mado nc cnam nr cb`orkhass. Tloy usuahhy fnmo

 wbtl a hoektlwbso shbt, sn ynu gust seap tlom netn tlo pbpo. _so 6/4"-tlbfi 

cnam nr 1"-tlbfi cb`orkhass (1/0" be a tbklt spafo) as a mbebmum, aed soah ahh

 gnbets farocuhhy wbtl afryhbf tapo.

Besuhato ahh tlo lnt-wator pbpos be tlo lnuso aed tlo cbrst ? coot nc tlo fnhd-

 wator behot at tlo wator loator. Lnt wator toeds tn chnat up betn tlo fnhd-

 wator behot, fnnh ncc, aed drnp `afi betn tlo taei9 addbek besuhatbne nr be-

stahhbek a loat trap rodufos tlbs occoft.

_so Hoss [ator _sbek hoss lnt wator bs tlo floapost aed oasbost way tn savo wator aed oeorky.

 Rnu fae savo lnt wator `y romndohbek ae beoccbfboet lnt-wator systom aed

`y usbek lnt wator mnro occbfboethy. Ae beoccbfboet systom fae o mado mnro

occbfboet y rodufbek tlo hoektl nc tlo pbpbek aed y sbzbek bt cnr tlo avabha`ho

 wator prossuro, ut tlbs fae o oxpoesbvo. Lnwovor, bt fnsts hbttho nr entlbek 

tn flaeko ynur la`bts7

• Taio slnrtor slnwors.

• _so fnhd wator cnr waslbek ynur laeds aed dnbek hauedry.

• Dne‒t hoavo wator rueebek wlbho ruslbek tootl nr dnbek dbslos.

Vavo [ator be tlo Haedsfapo 

Bc ynu lavoe‒t `ooe wator awaro, bt wbhh prn`a`hy `o oasy cnr ynu tn fut a hnt

nc wator wasto be ynur yard. Krnwbek rokbneahhy eatbvo phaets , wlbfl aro

affustnmod tn tlo rabecahh be ynur aroa, fnsts car hoss tlae ioopbek up a hawe.

 Rnu fae rodufo ovapnratbvo wator hnssos `y 

• rophafbek sprbeihors wbtl drbp brrbkatbne9

• watorbek oarhy be tlo mnrebek nr hato at ebklt9 aed

• addbek sovorah beflos nc muhfl, sufl as wnnd flbps nr straw, tn tlo

`aro krnued arnued phaets.

DAEKOP WNEO7BEV_HATO BT PBKLT

 Add besuhatbne tn ynur  wator loator—`ut farocuhhy. Cnr kas wator 

loators, `haeiot besuhatbnefae shbp dnwe aed flnioncc tlo fnm`ustbne abr supphy. [rap phum`or‒stapo arnued tlo tnp odkonc tlo besuhatbne aed sofurobt wbtl sohc-tappbek sfrows.Tlbs wbhh lnhd tlo `haeiot tntlo tnp odko nc tlo taei.Ovorywloro ohso, ynu faegust uso mnro tapo bc tlobesuhatbne fnmos ncc.

 [btl ae ohoftrbf loator,dne‒t add besuhatbne nvor tlo affoss latflos tn tloohomoets. Bt‒s niay tnbesuhato tlo tnp nc aeohoftrbf wator loator taei,taibek faro ent tn fnvor aey vahvos. @ut besuhatbektlo tnp nc a kas nr nbh wator loator fnuhdbetorcoro wbtl tlo dract lnnd  aed `hnfi abrchnw.

Lavo a hnni at ynur wator loator enw aed tloe. Bc tloro‒s ae nvorload hoai netn tlo tnp nc tlo loator,tlo `haeiot fae cueeoh tlo wator uedor tlo fnvor aedtlo wlnho gafiot fae turebetn a hafo nc rust.

A HBTTHO MABETOEAEFO MAIOV A @BK DBCCOPOEFO

Harry [obekartoe sorvbfod wator loators cnr nvor 0: yoars, maibekarnued 4,::: sorvbfo fahhs. ‘B knt loators tn hast nvor ?: yoars,” saysHarry, ‘aed tlo cabhuro rato romabeod uedor neo-lahc nc 1%. Crnm ahnekovbty porspoftbvo, ynu fae dn M_FL `ottor wbtl mabetoeaefo—wlbflahsn snhvos mnst porcnrmaefo prn`homs.”