Reflection Note

Date:17th October 2022

Name: Varun Pujara
AU2240218
Module 3 and day 11 of the water studio was about water
supply and water distribution systems. Water is basically
supplied to various factories, institutions, farms,
households, and offices. It is necessary to supply water to
all these sectors and areas. For this water distribution
systems are a necessity for us. The water distribution
system will be efficient only and only when water is
sufficient enough. For water management filters,
desalination plants, recycling plants and rainwater
harvesting are very important. We cannot supply water to
all sectors according to their requirements due to water
scarcity. So, everyone would be provided water less than
their requirements. Thus, the management of water in all
sectors and areas is very important.

In this lecture ,we discussed other perspectives of water

and water-related issues which was water management
systems. We learned about water management systems
through a very interesting activity which was basically a
game related to water management. In this game , we were
assigned to supply water to each and every sector and
charge the tax to each sector according to their usage and
consumption. By collecting the water tax we need to build
water storage plants, desalination plants, recycling plants,
rainwater harvesting plants and filters to handle the water
requirements of the different sectors. But as we build these
plants environment also gets harmed which is not eco-
friendly. Also, filters, desalination plants, and recycling
plants function for 3, 5, and 3 years respectively. Due to
water scarcity, we weren’t able to supply the water as per
the demand of the respective sections. Also, we have to
maintain the budget. The happiness count decreases as we
supply less water and get higher taxes from them. As we
establish more water plants eco-friendly count gets
decreased. So, we need to maintain the level of happiness
and eco-friendly count to a certain level so that both get
conserved. This requires a lot of research and knowledge
about water management and taxes.
This was quite a good activity that lit up the other
perspective on water-related issues which broadened my
knowledge about water management systems. A picture of
the data which we analyzed is as below :