I ngā tau whai muri, kua whakatū pūmau te āhua o te kōwhiringa whakawehenga wai i runga i te whare kai o Kanata. Ko tana tuhinga kei raro i te hanganga o te whakawehenga whenua māra e whānau ana i roto i te motu.
Tirohia he marae mahinga kanake nui i Alberta hei tauira. I mua i te whakaae ki tēnei kōwhiringa whakawehenga wai, hāngai ngā take wai ki te marae. Nō te whakamahi wehi ki ngā momo whakawehenga wai ā-ringa, kāore i whai hua ki te whakapakari i te wai, ka puta mai etahi panoni mō te kanake me te hainatanga iti.
I muri i te whakatūpū hou ake nei i tō tātou pūhanga whakarere wai matua, nā tērā i hīmata ai te wā moe. Ko te rāngitahi mōhiohia o te pūhanga e āhei ana ki te tirotiro tika i te waiporoporo whenua, te werawera me te huangaro i roto i te wā. Ka whakatika ia i ngā tahuhu wai me ngā raenga kawe wai, kia tae noa ki reira i taea ai e ia te wai tika mō ia tuatahi o ngā māra kanake. Nō reira, ka torotoro he iti noa iho ngā momo wai, ā, ka whai oranga rawa atu he pai ake, he whaihua ake hoki te whakatupuranga o ngā kanake. Nā tēnei ka nui ake ana ngā hua kanake i runga i tēnei pāmu i te 40% i mua atu i ngā tau o mua. Ka nui ake hoki te pai o ngā kanake, me ngā pipiwharaunga nui me te ora tinana nui ake, ēnā ka whakamanahitia te pāmu i te kaha o te rorohiko.
Ko tō mātou kāinga whakapuaki i Kanata i whai wāhi nui ki tēnei kōrero whakangungu. Mai i te wā tuatahi o te whakamātau ā - taumata kua tuku ai he whakamāoritanga pūtaiao mo ngā mahi whakarite hoki i ngā whakatere wai hei whakamahia e te pā, ki te whakatū i raro i te whenua, te whakatika, me ngā ratonga whakahaere noa iho i muri iho, ko ō mātou rōpū takiwātanga i tahi tonu ana ki a te pā i ia wā. I whakauru anō hoki te kāinga nei i ngā kōrero mātauranga mō ngā kaimahi o te pā, whakamārama i a rātou i te mea kia āwhina i a rātou ki te whakahaere me te tirotiro haere i te whakatere wai, e hāngai ana ki te whakatū tonu, ka nui ake te oranga me te whakaheke pai o te whare whakatere.
Tēnei take whakangungu nei e whakaatu ana i te pai rawa o te whakatere wai, ā, ka whakaatu hoki i te manaaki nui me te whakaaetanga o tō mātou kāinga i runga i Kanata. Kua hangaia e ia nei he tauira mō te whakatipu i te whakamahi i ngā whare whakatere wai matua i runga i te whenua o Kanata, e kitea ana e tēnā e tēnā māra kia whakamahia ai ngā mea me ngā ratonga o mātou.