An application
Tags: Personal, Water Conservation

There is a part of me that loves to laze around, build castles in the air, and daydream endlessly. But the most boring task that I absolutely do not enjoy is to bathe. I feel it is a very cumbersome task

I have memories from my childhood of watching a cartoon, where the little boy wakes up from sleep and puts the alarm off, which triggers a series of things, the bed going from horizontal to slanting position and thus making that person stand straight, which leads to the boy finding himself on a travelator which takes him straight to the bathroom, automated robot hands, bathe him, pat dry with a towel and put him back onto a travelator that takes him to the wardrobe, where another pair of robot hands dress him up. To date I am finding that solution in the market and in fact if someone wants to fund me on building this, I will not just run with the idea but in fact, I would be running on a travelator with this idea. And if anyone is planning to build this, I would happily volunteer as a lead user to test the prototype.

They say opposites attract, but when it comes to bathing, my partner and I seem to be very much alike about the dislike of the very act of taking a bath. So the other day when we were convincing each other on who showers first (no one bidding for the first spot), my partner mentioned an application. He had moved on to some other topic while I was still building castles in the air, and I ended up connecting bathing to application.

And then there was more daydreaming, I kept on thinking, what if, one-day freshwater sources dry on the earth, people will actually have to start submitting applications to shower, which would then be a luxury. People might have to justify why they need the shower and why it is critical that they do so within the next week. Yes, like a visa system, people will have to apply in advance for the shower because the committee might need time to review the many applications and decide which lucky ones will be granted the prestigious slots of showering. In rare cases, people might have to attach letters of recommendation from others or at least get signatures of consent for an emergency shower service.

If it comes to that, what would the water consumption model look like for other tasks? Drinking water? I think the biomedical researchers might come up with water capsules. The way we consume vitamin capsules currently, there might be some advanced medical tech that might make humanity do away with water capsules.

Like vegetable oil, we might have vegetable water, water that will be taken out of the vegetables while dehydrating them. Agriculture being so water-heavy occupation, people might eventually start finding ways to cook succulents. Succulent chips or crunchy starters, like we consume the seaweed currently.

Unfortunately, some countries are going through this scarcity currently. I just hope we never have to send that application to bathe, because I fear for so many other species on earth who cannot read or write and will never be able to speak up for themselves to demand water for their usage.

“Boond Boond Se Ghada Bharta hai”, small droplets of water help fill a jar of water. There are many organizations, civilians, and non-profits whose work is like a droplet but together they can; together we can help fill that jar.

Having said that, since bathing is not a luxury currently, I think it would be wise of me to go bathe now and try to use only the amount of water that I absolutely need. Another reason why we need the automated bathing service in the cartoon I mentioned earlier because people will not use excess water and the system will be efficient enough to utilize only what is needed!