Tūhurahia te Hītori o ngā Taputapu mai i Rōma Tawhito ki ngā Kāinga Hou (Wāhanga 1)

Kupu Whakataki
He mea nui te wai ki te ora, engari he mea whakamiharo te tukunga mai o te wai ki roto i ō tātou kāinga, he mea e kore e arohia. Kei muri i ia hurihanga o te taputapu wai he hītori whai kiko, matatini hoki. Mai i ngā awaawa tawhito ki ngā taputapu wai e whakamahia ana e ngā pūoko, e whakaata ana te kōrero mō ngā taputapu wai i te whanaketanga o ngā iwi, e whakaatu ana i ngā panonitanga o te hangarau, te hauora, te hoahoanga, me te hanganga pāpori.

He aha te Hiranga o te Hītori o te Faucet i tō Whakaaro
Ehara i te mea he taonga whare noa iho te pūwero iti nei. E tohu ana i ngā rautau o te auahatanga, te aranga ake me te hinganga o ngā emepaea, me te whai a te tangata i te whai wāhitanga me te ma. Mā te tirotiro i te hītori o ngā pūwero, ka mārama tātou ki ngā kaupapa matua o te ahurea, ngā putanga hou o te hangarau, me ngā whanaketanga hauora tūmatanui.

Te Āhua o te Whakaurunga Wai ki ngā Iwi Katoa
I roto i te hītori, kua tupu, kua hinga rānei ngā hapori i runga i te urunga atu ki te wai ma. Ko ngā iwi i whakahaere i te tohatoha wai - pērā i ngā Rōmana - i tupu. Ko ngā iwi kāore i pērā, i tū, i ngaro rānei. Ko ngā puna wai he toronga hou o taua pakanga tawhito, e tohu ana i te ahunga whakamua o te whakamahere tāone me te kounga o te oranga.

Ngā Tīmatanga Tawhito o te Hītori o te Faucet
Ngā Pūnaha Wai Tuatahi i Mesopotamia me Ihipa
I hangaia e ngā tāngata o Mesopotamia onamata ngā paipa uku me ngā awa taketake hei tuku i te wai ki ngā hua me ngā kāinga. I whakanuia ake tēnei e ngā Ihipiana, i hangaia he puna wai, ā, i whakamahia ngā paipa parahi i roto i ngā whare rangatira. Ehara i te mea he mahi noa iho ēnei; engari he whakaata i te mana me te auahatanga hangarau.