Product Design Intervention in Household Water Consumption Through Circular Economy

The principle by which nature works is circular, there is no such thing as ‘waste’ in nature, it exists only in human minds. Looking towards future, prediction is made that water will be amongst the most valued commodity, as it is something that cannot be manufactured. In Urban Indian household, water is consumed through groundwater and municipal water supply and are used in day-to-day activities, where the process is linear. Water once used for household work goes to drain directly. There is a significant possibility of reusing the household water by retreating it. One has to see water scarcity from all angles and focus on saving, reducing, and reusing it. For this study of the household water consumption habit and behaviour through observation, interview and focus group methodology of qualitative data collection was carried out, and two opportunity area in the direction of reusing the water from manual cloth washing to floor-sweeping and reusing the wastewater from reverse osmosis-based water purifier for the product design intervention area was selected. The project proposes a design solution based on the behaviour, mindset, and perception of Indian users that can cater to the present need of circularity and allow the use of water for non-potable household applications.