Ko te mīhini whakaputa wai he tūmomo hiranga nui i roto i te ao o te tuhipoka whakaputa, e tuku nei he whakatau aroaro me te whakarite mo ngā hiahia tuhipoka o nāianei. Ko te whakamahi i te wai hei kaihua matua he whakawehenga mai i ngā mīhini kaihua ā-wāhi tūturu, me etahi atu paunga huarangi me ngā paonga mahi. I raro i te whakahaere, e whai ana te mīhini whakaputa wai i ngā kaiwhakapu wai-taea, ko ēnei he porihiti e taea ana ki te whakatū i te wai, ki te whakapakari i te wai. Ko ēnei kaiwhakapu e hanga nei he papa i runga i te whakaaweawe i te wai ka wehe, e tuku nei he whakapae me te tiaki i te kōrero whakahaukotoro. Ko te kuhu i te kaiwhakapu he mea nui, inahea ka whakaaetia e ia ngā āhuatanga o te mīhini, pēnei i te whakarite, te tūmanako, me te whakarite ki ngā rongoā me ngā whakapae kaweawe. E kuhuna ana ngā kaiwhakapu e utu ana i te pūtake, e tiaki ana i te hononga kaha me te pai rawa o te tuhipoka. Ko ngā pūtau i roto i te mīhini whakaputa wai, i whakapakarihia i te wai mā ngā momo whakapakari tino pai. Ko ngā pūtau pai e utaina ana i te urutetanga o te tae, te tūmanako ki te rā, me te tino taea ki te whakamahia i te tino tika o te tae. Ko ēnei e taea ai te hanga i ngā tuhipoka tino whero me te pai rawa, e whakatauira ana i ngā hiahia tae rerekē o ngā tūnga tuhipoka. Ko ngā whakapiki ake e tino nui ana ki te whakapai i te mahi o te mīhini. Ko ngā humectants e whakamahi ana ki te whakauru i te ratitanga o te whakapai, e whakamutu ana i te mīhini kia kore e whakapai ki te tinana o te whakaputa, e kawe ana hoki i te whakapai i te wa i runga i te pūtake. Ko ngā defoamers e whakauru ana ki te whakakore i ngā pūpū i kitea ai i roto i te whakapakari mīhini rānei, i te whakaputa, e kore rawa nei e kawe ai ki ngā matakiore i roto i te kōrero whakahaukotoro. He pai tonu te mīhini whakaputa wai mo te nui o ngā tūnga. I roto i te whenua pakiri, e whai ana i te whakapai tonu mo te tuhipoka i runga i ngā poaka kai, ngā pouaka waka, me ngā lābela, ā, e noho tino whai mana ana i te mea kore haerenga me te mea kore mate i runga i ngā pūtake e pā ana ki te kai, ngā toiora, me ngā rongoā. Ka whai pai anō i roto i te tūnga pakipaki, e taea ana te hanga i ngā kōrero whero me ngā kōrero tino mīharo i runga i ngā kakahu. Ki te puta mai ngā whāinga, pērā i te hiahia mo ngā hōhonu whakapai pai me te whakaae kore ki te hono i runga i ētahi pūtake kore-poroporo, ka whai ake te whanaketanga o te mīhini whakaputa wai, ka whakatūria te tūranga hei whakangungu i te tūnga tuhipoka.