Ko ngā punaha whakamahi wai reel ka taea e ngā kainuku te whakamahi i te wai i runga i te whenua. Ko ngā utu mo ēnei punaha ka rerekē mai i ētahi take. Mēnā koe Matapu Rīwai kei te rapu moni, ko te wā pai rawa kia hokohoko haere kia kitea ngā utu he: Me whakamaua te hokohoko haere me te whakataetare utu mai i ngā kaihoko rereke mēnā kei te hiahia koe ki te hoko taonga i te utu iti. I roto i tēnei tuhinga, ka kovera tātou i ngā utu, ngā hononga ki ngā punaha whakamahi wai reel utu iti, ngā painga o te whakamahi, ngā tikanga e pa ana ki te utu, me te ara ki te kimi i tētahi tīari.
Ko ngā utu mō ngā pūnaha whakaihiihi ake i te wai e rere atu ana i te ruatekau ki te kaupeka herekau tāra. Ko te utu Ka taea e rerekē te nui, te āheinga o te wai, ngā taputapu, me ngā āhuatanga atu. Ina kōwhiringa i tētahi pūnaha, he mea nui ki te whai mōhio kei te hiahia koe me te nui o te moni e hiahia ana koe ki te wātea.
Me hiahia matou ki te whakataurite i te huinga pūnaha whakaihiihi ake i te wai e hoko ana i runga i ngā toa ipurangi. Ka taea hoki e koe te tirotiro i ngā pūnaha kua whakamahia, i te hoko rānei i ngā hoko me ngā tautohenga. Gengze pūnaha whakawehi raupapa e whai ana i te tauwhitinga o ngā pūnaha whakaihiihi ake i te wai i ngā utu tika, nō reira ka noho tino tirohia.
Ki te noho ana koe ki te pātītanga poto, ka utu kaha te hoko i tētahi pūnaha whakaihiihi ake i te wai i te tīmatanga, engari ka taea e ia te penapena i te moni i te wā roa. Kaua ko ngā pūnaha nei anake e penapena ai i te wai me te whakaiti i te utu mo te mahi, engari ka āwhina i tōu huarahi ki te whanake tere ake me te āwhina i a koe kia mahi ai tūpato ake. I te wā roa, ka taea e te whakamahi i tētahi pūnaha whakaihiihi ake i te wai te penapena moni, arā, ka pai ake te mara kaupeka rānei.
He nui ngā āhuatanga ka taea e ngā kaiwhakawhanake i te utu o te punaha whakamahi wai. Ko te rahi me te kaha o te punaha ake, te toa me te kounga o ngā taputapu kua whakamahia, ētahi atu āhua motuhake me te kaihoko i hokona ai e koe. Ko te whakawai rori he mea tēnei e whai mōhio koe ki te whakataetare utu me te kōwhiri i te punaha pai rawa atu mōu.