How
we can save on water, daily?.. A personal experience!
Namaste and Greetings to all!
Problem:
Conventional
tap, dispenses high volume of water, than usage needs. Plus taps are
designed for max out flow of water, every second. And that suits our
fast paced modern life. In reality, very high volume of water is
wasted than good use.
Solution:
Use
Aerator Adapter, on dispensing end of the tap, to save over 500%
of water from run-off.
Calculation:
-Method:
I used a simple method of usage; ‘the regular behavior’ to
establish the savings.
Max
direct usage of water by people are in Sink or wash basin. And the
wastage is unknown! Lets explore…
Step1:
With regular Tap:
I
looked for typical use-case and picked up face-washing and soap
application.
Usual
behavior is to open the tap--> to wet the face, -→keep the tap
flowing-→ apply soup-→ scrub/massage face and neck for few mins,
while the water is running(bcoz, with soapy hand, only does not find
comfort in turning the tap off.. and equally, turning on is
difficult, bcoz of soapy hand)
Typically
one takes 1 to 2mins, some times 3 to 5 mins to wash face.
Findings:
Then I set up, a timer to measure flow of water with
regular-opened-tap(1/8 of full turn). It took 4 secs to fill a liter
of water.(this could vary, depending on tank pressure and the floor
you stay… lower the floor higher the pressure head, hence higher is
fill rate…)
So
in about 1 min, each individual wud have dispensed 15 litres, to a
whopping 75litres in 5 mins, depending on his/her behavior… all
drained out as run-off.
This
is only with face wash… One can estimate similar run-offs while
brushing teeth and shaving etc..
Step2:
Installed Eco 365-3LPM aerator. And repeated the above procedure,
with same behavior..
Water
flow, appeared full as before, with streaky flow, psychologically
giving same impression as full flow, as before.
Now
ran the timer: It took 40 secs to fill a liter of water… I did not
feel deprivation of water, to perform the said activity.
Saving
Calculation:
Water
use with regular tap, for 1 min=15liters(i.e 4sec X15=60 sec. Hence
15 liters)
Water
use with aerator installed tap, for 1 min= 1.5 Liters.(for 60 sec)
Saving
is evident that (15-1.5)=13.5 liters/min
%
saving of water is (13.5/1.5)X100=900% water savings…. So its a
‘must have’ action!
..Disclosure:
Considering variation is use, by individuals and other factors stated
above, and keeping some conservatism, I declared a saving of 500%+,
on moving to this aerator…
Highly
recommend for adoption as I’ve tested, at my home on all four sinks
and wash basins
Best
wishes!
Other
water austerities, recommended for immediate implementations..
a)
Reduce flush gate to 50% of flush tank-fill. Sufficient to flush
toilet.
b)
Use hand shower, that way, by behavior correction, once only needed
water will get used and run-off reduced. Better still use a
bucket+mug. Use water judiciously!
c)
Use washing machine in economy, or quick wash mode, most times. For
a family of 4 to 5, u don’t need full wash-time.
d)
Pls instruct maids and domestic helps to turn of kitchen/Sink tap,
when not rinsing vessels.
e)
If u r using RO water plant, pls recognize, RO plant throws
out(run-off) 3portions for providing 1portion of consumption...Pls
collect the run-off water in buckets and use it for bathing, toilet
flush tank, plant watering and vessel cleaning, floor wash/mopping
etc.. (BTW: RO is more a health damager.. its a different
discussion...reach me separately for remedy...u dont need to throw
away ur costly RO plant).
Lets
all do our part, to save ourselves, our family, our society and
ofcourse our country, from blind (=irresponsible) adaptation of
technologies...It has to be a peoples’ movement… Govt is like a
large biz house….and much slower to react to any humble/ordinary
citizens’ needs!
Similarly,
lets look at every resource and drive austerity, including car
pooling...What we save today, is available tomorrow, for our use and
of-course our children’s use!
Thanks,
Jai
Bharat!
KrishnaNand
PattabiRaman
PS:
My reason for doing this exercise, is bcoz of my personal pain, of
immediate economic savings needed. I run a boot strapped startup.. So
every penny/dime/paise is valuable. … If u follow the above method,
u (Each Flat) could save Rs2500/- each month, from wastage( savings
literally from the proverbial down-the-drain)(that is Rs200,000/- a
month, from 80 flats)… Best wishes, again!!!
