Te mirohanga pūngao kai wai e whakarerekē ana i ngā tae he whakamahi pai mo te taiao me te whanonga roa i te ao o ngā mirohanga e whakarerekē ana i ngā tae. Ki te whakamahi i te wai hei take matua, ka rima enei mirohanga i ngā tahutahu organic volatile (VOCs) i waenganui mai i ngā whakaaetanga matua ake, me utu pai ake he whakahaere whakatipuranga mo ngā whakamahi tuhinga e rahi nei. Ko te whakapuarenga o te mirohanga pūngao kai wai e whakarerekē ana i ngā tae kei te whiriwhiri i ngā hanganga e pai ai ki te wai. Ka whakawehewehe ngā tae e whakarerekē nei ki roto i te wai mā ngā weheweherara ā-wahitanga hei whakatakoto pai me te whakatika pai. Nō reira, ka whakamahi ngā pūkengi e whai ana i te wai ranei ko ngā pūmotu e taea te whakapai ki runga i te rauemi i te wai ka hinga. Ka whakatauhia ngā pūkengi nei kia pai ai te whakapai ki ngā rauemi e rahi nei, pērā i te kāpihi, te kāri, me ētahi momo plastic. Ko te whakarerekētanga tae o tēnei mirohanga e noho ana i ngā raraunga thermochromic e pai ai ki te whakahaere kai wai. Ki te hurihia te werawera, ka hurihia ngā raraunga thermochromic i roto i te mirohanga i te ara pūnaha rānei, me te pūtau rānei, ka puta he whakaatu tae nui. Ka whakapuarenga te mirohanga kia whai i ngā tohu werawera-tae rānei kia tutuki ai ngā hiahia ā-momo mō ngā whakamahi e rahi nei. I roto i te whenua o ngā rauemi, ka nui ake te pupuri i te mirohanga pūngao kai wai e whakarerekē ana i ngā tae. Ka whai wā ka whakamahi ia ki runga i ngā rauemi kai me ngā rauemi inu kia tohua te huarahi o te kai ranei ko te whakapae werawera. Hei tāwāhi, kei te whai mana ngā mirohanga kai wai hei whakarite i te kai, ka tuku he whakamahi tūtika me te whakahaere pai mo te taiao. I roto i te paetae rāpoi me te kāri, ka whakamahi tēnei mirohanga kia puta ai ngā rauemi tuhituhi whakapā mai, pērā i ngā kāri mihi ranei ko ngā pukapuka mātauranga, kei reira te whakarerekētanga tae hei whakauru i te wanaenga me te ako. Ko tōna ahurea kai wai anō e waihangahia ana te whakatika i ngā whakatatangi ā-rohe me ngā raupapa mahi.