SINGAPORE: Ask strangers on the street how much water they think a person uses per day at home, and the answers will range from 2 litres to 50 litres.
The increase in household water consumption makes sense, as most stayed home during the circuit breaker, and continued to spend more time at home after.PUB has said that average water consumption has not returned to pre-COVID-19 levels. This is because water previously used at work or in school is now used at home.ENTER THE TOILET BOWL
But urinals are present in less than half the toilets in Singapore, based on the assumption all public female toilets, handicapped toilets, and home toilets don’t contain urinals. A urinal for homes would need to be designed, taking into account the space constraint in HDB toilets, and the challenges of installing it into existing water services and sanitary plumbing.It would be a lot of work, but a well-designed unisex urinal could help to cut household water consumption.Toilets in HDB flats range from 3 sq m to 4 sq m, with bigger HDBs generally having bigger toilets.
The use of a urinal for females has been trialled in other countries. There, female urinals have been designed for standing with the use of a funnel, or for sitting like a conventional toilet, with a partition for privacy.
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