The Water Saver Usage Meter is a great little device that monitors how much water you are using, clearly displaying the amounts. By being aware of your exact water usage it is easier to start to reduce the amount, it can also be used to help ensure that you do not over or under water your garden plants.

The Water Saver Usage Meter fits in easily between a standard hose pipe and a spray nozzle. It keeps track of the amount of water that passes through it, and displays it clearly on its large, impact resistant LCD display. The device can be set to display the amount in either gallons or in liters, allowing you to work with whatever measurement you are more comfortable with, this can be changed before each use. The meter has a reset button that can clear the cumulative total before each use session, and has a 10 second auto shut off to help conserve its battery power.

The Water Saver Usage Meter helps you to be aware of your outdoor water usage. By knowing how much water is wasted in cleaning your car you can start to make improvements and see how much difference a few changes can make, helping you to use your water in a more efficient manner. The device is also useful for those watering outdoor plants, allowing you to ensure you always provide you plants with a set amount, preventing under watering or over watering them.  Water is often an overlooked resource, conserving it is important, this meter can help you take the first few steps to reducing your usage and using water outdoors in a more conscious and efficient manner.

The Water Saver Usage Meter is priced at $27.60 with free shipping.

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The King Of Urinal is a concept design for a urinal that helps to save on water consumption and promotes good hygiene. Each urinal features a sink built into the top of it which allows a user to clean their hands immediately after use and flushes the urine away without requiring any additional water.

The King Of Urinal is a concept design by Jang Wooseok to help make urinals more sustainable in their water usage and to encourage users to wash their hand straight after use. The tap of the urinal appears to be triggered by a sensor, this coupled with the sinks location help to ensure that any germs from urinating are quickly washed away before having any chance to be transferred elsewhere.

The water that is used to wash a users hands is then reused to flush the urinal. This reuse of the water helps to reduce the amount of water required to maintain a toilet facility. Usually fresh water is used to flush a urinal and any water used to wash hands simply becomes waste. By allowing the relatively clean hand washing water to be reused the system would quickly reduce the amount of water needed to ensure a clean and hygienic toilet area.

Source: Jang Wooseok

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Clear Rain is a device that allows you to filter rain effectively and efficiently and allows you to attach hosing to take the cleaned rain to where it is needed, for a pool, pond or any form of water storage.

Clean Rain has been designed by Rain Harvesting Pty Ltd to connect to downpipes to collect and filter the rainwater running through them. The intelligent system features a device known as Smart Sense that allows the system to discard the ‘first flush’ of water that comes through the pipes. The first flush of water is high in contaminants: dirt, dust, bird dropping and other such items are washed off the roof and out of piping from the initial burst of rain. Once this first flush has passed the system starts to divert the water passing through its filters to be sent through any piping or hosing connected to it.

The system uses a comb device to remove any leaves from the rainwater, the water is then filtered through a stainless steel wire mesh which removes small contaminants, even tiny mosquito eggs from the water. The Clean Rain system comprises from 90% lead free UPVC, the remainder of it has been constructed from PP. Both materials are suitable for recycling once the system has come to the end of its useful life and the system has been designed to allow you to quickly and easily break it apart into single material items to allow for easy recycling.

The Clean Rain system helps to make using rainwater simpler and allow the water to be used on a wider range of things. The rain water can be stored for watering a garden, or put into a pond. Due to its cleanness it can also be used in a pool, or set to be stored in a large water storage tank for use in toilets or such devices.

By making use of rainwater you help to reduce the amount of processed water you household requires. Processing water for suitability for taps involves many chemicals, many argue it is best to use water without these for your plants, and is sensible to have back up water to help reduce demand on mains water. The Clean Rain system makes collecting cleaned rainwater easy, allowing you to make use of it however you wish.

Source: Australian International Design Awards

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The IRISO Water Dripper is a system that helps you to convert an old plastic bottle into a device to keep your plants watered. The device can be set to a number of drip rates to allow it to be compatible to a range of plant sizes and by using a large bottle you can ensure your plants are watered even if you are away for weeks.

IRISO Water Drippers are an efficient system for delivering your houseplants, or garden plants, water 24 hours a day even when you are away. The drippers help you to turn regular plastic drinks bottles into water storage tanks to supply the plants with constant water.  The enclosed system supplies water directly into the soil, helping to prevent the water from evaporating. It does this without using any electricity or access to mains water supply as it uses gravity to provide the plant with the water from the bottle.

The flow of water to the plant can be adjusted to suit the needs of the plant and can be anything from 150 ml a day to 1.5 ltr a day. This watering system helps you to re-purpose plastic bottles into something of use,  the system requires that the mouth of the bottle is a standard one (standard to both the .5ltr and 2ltr bottles commonly purchased) but any size of bottle you can find with this can be used. This allows you to attach a bottle big enough to provide your plants with water for a long time, usually for anything from 20 days to 2 months, perfect for when you are away on holiday. The system helps to prevent over watering and encourages more efficient use of water. It achieves this as there is no loss of water through evaporation nor is water being used in areas it is not required.

The IRISO Water Drippers costs just £3.97 for a single dripper, or £17.99 for a pack of 4 dripper kits. These kits are highly respected and have got fantastic reviews.

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The P3 International P0520 is a garden hose spray nozzle attachment that monitors your water usage. It allows you to water your garden or wash your car while keeping track of the quantity of water used to hopefully lead to less water usage over time.

The P3 International P0520 is designed to be attached to a hosepipe. The spray head has 4 different spray patterns that can be used. It can be set to soaker, shower, cone or flat, allowing you to select the best setting for the task, while using the least amount of water. The inbuilt monitor has an LCD display that informs you of your water usage in gallons during that session of use. This function helps to highlight exactly how much water is being consumed, allowing you to figure out how little water you can use while achieving the task at hand.

Many people over water their gardens which can lead to problems, by having a guide to the quantity of water you are using you can guide your efforts better to ensuring you use the same amount each time. The monitor can then be used to help you reduce the amount of water being used while helping the garden to flourish. By keeping track of your average use of water during activities like washing the car, you can monitor your usage to aim to reduce usage for that activity in future. The monitor helps you to be more aware of exactly how much water is being used each time you use your hose. By monitoring your usage it is easier for you to lower you usage. This is especially useful if you have a water meter.

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The Water Pebble is a little device designed by Paul Priestman that you place in a bath tub or shower cubical to monitor the amount of water you use when showering.

The Water Pebble works by recalling how much water was used whet it was first used. From then on it uses this as a benchmark amount, warning you through coloured lights as you go through water usage. Each time you use the Waterpebble it takes off a small amount of waterusage. Because this is such a small amount you barely notice it happening but by sticking to the times set by the pebble by watching its colour you will slowly cut down on how much water you are using in the shower. This helps save on water and energy bills as you use the shower for less time.

The Waterpebble approaches the idea of saving on water usage from a gentle reminder standpoint. It does not stop the water, or scream loudly that you have used too much, it simply runs through coloured lights. These lights are set in a traffic light sequence we are all familiar with to show us when we are being good and using not too much water by glowing green, informing us we have used enough and need to finish up, but glowing amber, and then finally turning red when we have used too much water and it is time to stop.

The Waterpebble can be reset at any point and so a new baseline reading can be recorded. It has been designed to be recyclable, though as it can be reset it can be easily passed on to others who could benifit from it. The Water Pebble costs just £7.99 plus delivery.

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Water Saving Aerator Device

With our slightly over-populated planet, pure drinking water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource. Even for those of us fortunate to be in the developed world, we shouldn’t waste water. Thankfully there are plenty of water saving gadgets that can help us use water efficiently. The Water Saving Tap Aerator DIY Kit is one such gadget. The water tap aerator is a simple-looking device that attaches to existing modern water taps, introducing air into the water stream to maintain pressure whilst using less water.

The Actual Aerating Element

Typical taps without an aerator produce a water flow of around 15 litres per minute. Using the water saving aerator kit will reduce the water flow to around 6 litres per minute, which means you can use up to 60% less water! If you just think how often you use your water tap…. brushing your teeth, washing your face, washing your hands, washing dishes, cleaning fruit and vegetables, and so on. That’s a heck of a saving in water, and if you’re on a water meter, you’re saving money too!

Key Benefits

• Up to 60% less water usage, saving water and energy.
• Inexpensive device for making wash basins at home and work more economical
• Standardised fitting to fit virtually all modern taps
• The installed capsule can be removed and inserted in designer tap ends
• Uses a limescale-reducing material to prevent scaling

You can purchase just the fittings themselves, or there’s a special kit you can buy which includes an easy fitting tool so that you don’t need any other tools. The aerating inserts are so simple to fit, any DIY-enthusiast will have the inserts installed in just a few minutes.

The inserts are available for £5.49 each, and the kits are available for £19.99. The kit includes two water aerators for standard taps, one 2.2 water aerator for the shower and a tool for installing the water aerators. Prices for both include free delivery.

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The Rainwater Pillow is a flexible alternative to a rain barrel. Able to hold significantly more water than conventional barrels, the pillow can be placed underneath decking, in a floorspace or any other such ground level hidden space. The water collected can then be used in a garden or even to flush toilets.

The Rainwater Pillow is designed to take advantage of even short sharp showers, collecting heavy rainfall effectively in minutes. It does this by taking all the rainfall from a houses guttering system, filtering in and due to gravity the water is pulled into the pillow for storage through wide piping to ensure effective and fast collection. Two overflow pipes ensure that the pillow never overfills or ruptures.

By collecting rainwater you can reduce your household water bills (especially if on a water meter) as the water can be used for gardening, cleaning cars and other outdoors objects and even for flushing toilets. It also helps to reduce the amount of water entering drains and so reduces water requiring processing in water treatment facilities. This collected water can also be used in times of drought when water restrictions are applied. Rain barrels do allow for this but do not easily accommodate a hose pipe, and cisterns can take up a lot of space or require a great amount of planning if they are to be placed below ground. The pillow instead takes advantage of unused spaces and with its pump system the water can be accessed conveniently for outdoors use.

The Rainwater Pillow comes with all the basics needed for installation on your property, including an installation manual and DVD. The system comes with two filters to be placed onto your drainpipes to filter the water run off from your roof to ensure the water entering the pillow is free from debris. It also includes a 25 psi water pump, this pump will be able to provide you with 10-12 gallons of water per minute out of things like a hose, this is comparable to a standard hose attached to a tap. The pump is controlled by a remote control so that by connecting a hose and pressing a button you are able to water your garden, green house or even wash a car.

The pillows come in a range of sizes, the standard basic size has a 1000 gallon capacity, but there are pillows for up to a 40000 gallon capacity. The Rainwater Pillows can be made to custom specifications to allow them to fit in any available ground level space like that within a crawl space, under decking, in a greenhouse and such like. The standard 1000 gallon pillow measures 9 ft x 11 ft x 2.5 ft (275 cm x 335 cm x 76 cm) and needs a clearance height of at least 3 ft (91 cm) to accommodate the pillow expanding with water.

The rainwater pillow varies between $2,500 and $4,500, depending on what capacity you opt for.

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The Petal Drops gadget is a water-saving concept by Pieter Laga on the social product development website Quirky. Following an initial design proposal by Pieter, other individuals got involved by making suggestions for the product name, the logo design and product development.

The Petal Drops design is a flower-shaped funnel made from 100% recycled high density polyethene (HDPE) that fits onto a standard threaded drinks bottle. The device makes it trivial to capture rainwater, which you can use for watering your garden or indoor plants.

If enough people commit to buying the product (which in this case has been set at 550 units), then the gadget will be manufactured and shipped. People interested in the unit can commit to a purchase by buying a unit. Your credit card is only charged if the unit is manufactured, and the unit is only manufactured if there are enough buyers.

You can read more about the Quirky social development process, as well as get involved in other newly submitted projects. I’m sure we’ll hear more about Quirky in time, but it sound as if it’s a fantastic concept for using the wisdom of crowds to develop products with a market.

Interested in the Petal Drops product? Well you can pre-purchase a unit on the Petal Drops product page.

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The Shower Brake is a concept design to help reduce the amount of water used in showers. The device slowly falls throughout the shower visually alerting you to how much water is being used.

The Shower Brake, designed by Sang-in Lee and Dae Hyun Kim, has been conceived from the idea that we all forget just how long we are spending in a shower and that having a reminder or a timer will help us be quicker and use the time more efficiently. This should then reduce the amount of water used in having a shower and so save on both energy used to heat the water and on water bill costs.

The controls for temperature and water pressure are located on the device which needs to be moved up to start a shower, giving you an alloted amount of water for your shower. You can set the device up only half  the way for a very quick shower so you have control as to how quickly you wish to shower. The device slowly falls steadily over time at a rate proportionate to the amount of water you are using.

If you have the pressure set high then the device will fall quickly and conversely if you set the pressure lower it will fall slower. The device then helps to show visually the difference in water consumption. Once the device has decended to the bottom it will need to be moved back up to allow more water, this is meant to inspire a feeling of guilt in the user making them feel that they have wasted water by not washing quickly enough.

The concept design has benefits to those who step into a shower and lose all sense of time while feeling the warmth of the water on them. It may help people like them by showing visually that time is running out, they need to get on and wash rather than languish in the heat. However a shower can be for enjoyment as well as for cleaning and it’s hard to believe many will really feel too guilty about moving the device back up again. By moving it up though they are then consciously making the choice to use more water and energy for the pleasure of the shower, without any excuse about losing track of time.

Source: Yanko Design

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