How much do we value water? We need it to survive but there's no denying that we take for granted the amount we can use at anytime when so many people don't have that luxury. I believe everyone should have access to clean water and sanitation. But I also believe accomplishing this will require powerful steps to change the way we currently consume water. Growing up we've been learning about the Water Cycle since elementary school and how water is continuously recycled in nature (in oversimplified steps: evaporation, condensation, precipitation and repeat). What I envision is a future where water recycling can be applied to industries. I propose working toward a future where industries reliant on high water usage set up these filtration systems in their factories. From Brave Blue World Documentary, we can see multitudes of innovations have been created around the world to reduce water consumption. We understand the problem and we've developed the technologies to solve it. The problem is that there's financial barriers preventing implementation of these ideas at even greater scales. We have to pressure local utilities to adopt these long-term solutions and accelerate this process. To do this I propose we should start a movement and put pressure on them to strive for sustainable approaches to their water usage.
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Great idea, and this should have to start with industries that consume large amounts of water, and thereby have dirty, contaminated water as a byproduct. Governments should pressure these industries to recycle their water through taxes and levies, where an incentive to avoid heavy taxation is through purchasing and advancing the research and development of these water purification systems.
I love the idea of companies picking up responsibility for their actions. Those companies that are using copious amounts of water should be held responsible to ensure that the water they used is properly recycled and available for use again. This can help relieve the pressure on governments and put it on the shoulders of those who are actually using this invaluable resource.
I think that making factories that use a lot of water responsible for recycling water and using recycled water is a very good idea! This can help get rid of some of the financial barriers that governments might face when implementing water recycling and might be a faster solution if financial incentive for water recycling was given to companies.
Water is super important in everyone's lives, but not everyone has access to clean water. Your proposed solution offers a way for people to have access to clean water and I totally agree with it.
I am also looking forward to more innovation for water reusing or water recycling systems in industries, especially the clothing industry which is very polluting water.
I am sure that your novel idea of developing water recycling system, if water recycling is applied to industry, I believe it will also help to alleviate the contradiction of water shortage in cities and improve water efficiency.
It would be so wonderful if industries could all recycle 100% of their water like the L'Oreal factory shown in the documentary. Consumers use a lot of water, but it is ultimately industries who are responsible for contaminating watersheds by dumping untreated water into ecosystems.
Great post Hooria! I agree with a lot of the points you made in this post, and I also think that money is a huge factor when it comes to water recycling.
Hi Hooria,
I think your idea about water recycling in industries would be quite effective! Great thinking!
Great ideas! I totally agree that financial barriers are a factor in why water reducing technology is not implemented on a larger scale. If we are able to have theses filtration systems installed in all or at least most factories, it would significantly reduce water usage.
Thank you for this great post Hooria! I really like your idea of having industries that are reliant on high water usage to be responsible for their own filtration system. Perhaps the criteria for filtration could change depending on the amount of water consumption. By requiring this tiered system of water filtration practice, it would incentivize corporations to converse more water!