Gaurang Nagre : Design Opportunities Water (Team – Desert Rajasthan)

Gaurang Nagre : Design Opportunities Water (Team – Desert Rajasthan)

DESIGN CONCEPTS AND CONCERNS

IMAGINING MYSELF AS AN AUTHOR IS DIFFICULT BUT I ALWAYS HAD AN AMBITION TO WRITE A BOOK ON AN ISSUE WHICH DEALS WITH SOCIAL PROBLEMS.SO PROBABLY I CAN WRITE A BOOK ON WATER PROBLEMS AND THEIR SOLUTIONS AND NAME IT 101 SOLUTIONS ON WATER PROBLEMS.THE BOOK WILL DEAL WITH SOME OF THE MICRO LEVEL DAY TO DAY PROBLEMS ALONG WITH THE MACRO LEVEL PROBLEMS DEALING WITH THE INDUSTRY AND THE STATE OR EVEN THE NATION AND THEIR SOLUTIONS. SOME OF THE PROBLEMS DEALING WITH THE SPECIFIC AREAS WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED AND TRADITIONAL SOLUTIONS WILL BE MENTIONED.

SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ARE FLASH FLOODS, ROOF RUN-OFF WATER, LOW WATER VEGETABLE CULTIVATION, OVER FLOWING OF DAMS, STORING WATER DURING DROUGHT CONDITIONS ETC. AND THEIR SOLUTIONS ALONG WITH ILLUSTRATIONS SO THAT EVEN A LAME PERSON CAN UNDERSTAND.THE SOLUIONS LIKE CHANNELIZING, RAIN WATER HARVESTING, SAND PIPE METHOD FOR VEGETABLE CULTIVATION, THE ARCH DAM METHOD, THE CHECKDAM METHOD WILL ALSO BE DESCRIBED IN SIMPLE WODRS SO THAT EVEN SCHOOL GOING KIDS CAN UNDERSTAND AND COMPRE HENT. AS A PRODUCT DESIGNER I WILL MYSELF LIVE IN A HOUSE WHICH IMPLEMENTS WATER STORING SYSTEMS LIKE RAIN WATER HARVESTING SYSTEM, CROKERY WASHING SYSTEMS, CAR WASHING SYSTEMS WHICH REQUIRE LESS AMOUNT OF WATER. I MYSELF WILL IMPLEMENT ROOF RUN-OFF WATER COLLECTING SYSTEMS.

AS A PRODUCT DESIGNER I WILL ALSO DESIGN A CART FOR THE PEOPLE IN ARID AREAS WHO WALK FOR LONG DISTANCES TO COLLECT DRINKING WATER;IT WILL BE CALLED THE HIPPOCART WHICH WILL BE USED TO CARRY THE HIPPO BARRELS IT WILL EMPLOY A NEW TECHNOLOGY OF WHEELS WHICH CAN HELP THE CART TO BE DRAGGED ON SAND.I WILL DONATE SOME OF THE CARTS TO THE STATE WATER MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION WHICH WILL ALLOT THE CARTS TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE ON A VERY LOW RENT BASIS.WHICH WILL ENABLE THE RURAL PEOPLE TO CARRY WATER OVER LONG DISTANCES.I WOULD ALSO PROMOTE INSTITUTIONS WHICH DO A RESEARCH ON WATER MANAGEMENT AND ALSO SOME OF THE NON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

I DO HOPE THAT IN THE MERE FUTURE MY EFFORTS DON’T GO IN VAIN;BUT IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME FOR THE MENTALITY OF PEOPLE TO CHANGE TOWARDS THE CRITICAL ISSUES LIKE WATER.

Gaurang Nagre : (Team – Desert Rajasthan)