Te mīhini whakaritenga kōiwi i te wai he whakatau hou rawa i te ao o ngā mīhini whakaritenga, e hono ana te aroaro āhuarangi me ngā pūkengemenge hihiri. Ki te kī ake te ingoa, ka whakamahi ngā mīhini nei i te wai hei kaiwhakaawe tonu mō ngā tae me ngā kaiwhakapūmau, e wehe ana i ngā mīhini whakarite matua o mua. Ko te whakahaere i te whakatūnga o te mīhini whakaritenga kōiwi i te wai ka tirotiro nui ki ētahi atu āhuatanga matua. Ka tohua ngā tae mō o rātou hiranga tae nui, te kore haehae ki te mārama, me te whaiaro rānei, e hāngai ana ki te whanonga whakaritenga i hiahia ai. E whai take ana ngā kaiwhakapūmau i te mahi pai ki te whakarite i ngā tae, me te whakamana hoki i te whakapai ki te papa whakaritenga. Ki te whakatūnga i te wai, ka noho ngā kaiwhakapūmau ko ngā pūoro e taea ana te whakawhanake i te whenua whakarite mai i te mīhini i te waenganui i te wa e tahuna ana. Ka whakamahia ngā whiuwheako pērā i ngā surfactants hei whakautu i te uara mata o te mīhini, kia āhei ai ia ki te tuhituhi māmā ki runga i te kīrearea me te papa whakaritenga. Ko tētahi ara pai nui o te mīhini whakaritenga kōiwi i te wai tōna manaaki āhuarangi. Ki te whakanuitia te hanga o te ao ki te whakangungu, ka rangona e ngā whenua katoa ngā whakaritenga e tiakina ana ngā taiao. Ka puta mai iti noa iho ngā hau eka (VOCs) i te wa e whakarite ana me te wa e tahuna ana ngā mīhini kōiwi i te wai, e whakaiti ana i te upoko hara i te marae āhua me ngā uiui hauora mō ngā mahi. Ko tēnei ka whakaae mai i a ratou kaupapa e hiahia ana ki te whai i ngā tohutoro āhuarangi me ngā ture taiao. Mai i tētahi whānui whakauru, ka tino pai te mīhini whakaritenga kōiwi i te wai ki te whakamahia i ngā tae pai me te whakamahinga pai. Ka taea te whakatūnga o ngā mīhini kia puta mai he whānui o ngā tae, inaianei ko ngā tae whakaritea Pantone, e whakamana ana i te whakahoki tae pai me te pai. Ka taea hoki e rātau te whakamaru pai ki ētahi papa whakaritenga, mai i ngā kākahu me te kāpehi ki ngā kākano me ngā mete. I te wa e whakaritea ana i ngā kākahu, ka hanga ngā mīhini whakaritenga kōiwi i te wai i ngā tuhinga ringaringa, arā, ka noho te wāhi tuhituhinga hei māmā, kaore i whakakorokoro i te kākahu, e hiahia ana i roto i ngā raranga me ngā raranga kākahu. Heoi, ka hiahia ki te whakaaro i ētahi atu whakaaetanga i te wa e mahi ana i ngā mīhini whakaritenga kōiwi i te wai. Nā tōna ahurea kōiwi i te wai, ka noho te wā tahuna i raro iho. Ko tēnei ka noho he takawaenga i ngā whakahaere whakaritenga nui e hiahia ana ki ngā wā whakatūpū āwhina. Ki te whakamahi whakamahi ki te tahuna, ka whakamahi ngā whakarite pērā i te whakatakoto huringa rānei me te tahunga huringa hokinga. Ko tētahi momo takohanga kei a rātau ko te iti rawa i te whakapai ki ētahi papa kore poroporo. Ki te whakamahi, ka whakamahi ngā momo whakawhanake mata papa pērā i te whakatakoto korona rānei me te whakamahi o ngā whiuwheako whakapai. Ki ngā tau o mua, ka hanga ngā kōwhiringa mōhio me te hanga hei whakapai i te mahi o ngā mīhini whakaritenga kōiwi i te wai. Ka hanga ngā whakatū hou hei whakapai i te wā tahuna, hei whakapai i te whakapai, me te whakapai hoki i te whakatuturu o ngā raraunga whakaritenga. Ko ēnei whakamahinga, e hāngai ana ki te whakapai nui mō ngā whakaritenga taiao, ka whakatū tonu i te whakamahi mīhini whakaritenga kōiwi i te wai i waenganui i ngā whenua, ka whakaae tonu he wāhanga matua o te hunga whakaritenga hou.