Water efficient Plumbing : Need of the Hour Emerging Changes in Plumbing Scenario

Mr. Avinash R. Laddha
Managing Director - KiTEC Industries (India)Ltd.

Water

• Essential to life
  
• Everything in life – Food, Energy, Transportation, Nature, Leisure, Identity, Culture, Social norms – virtually for all the products used on daily basis
  
• Population growth, economic development, acceleration in demand for everything is making fresh water scarcer.
  
• Access to fresh water is local issue – You cannot save water in one part of the world and use the same in other part of the world.
  
• Many parts of the world has severe shortages of potable water – a major challenge before the plumbing industry
  
• Free availability of water is a major hurdle for valuing water
  
• A study revealed that cooking in Asian restaurants could collectively save millions of dollars