This concept, which aims to save water during manual dishwashing, was
designed by Gloria Elizondo as part of her
Masters in Industrial Design at Loughborough University in 2008.
The intention of this design was to develop
a feasible and attractive water saving system for kitchen sinks that is
suitable even for small apartments (single living) since from new
households formed (2008-2018) 72% will be single person households and
these tend to use up to 50% more water per person that a 2 people
household (Defra, 2006).
The manual dishwashing system would work by using recycled water
dispensed from heavy mist sprayers
to pre-rinse dirty dishes and cutlery to get rid of food residues. The
grey water used for this purpose
would then be filtered and stored for use in the pre-rinse stage of the
next wash. Virtually no water would
be wasted.