Creativity and Innovation Assignment - Water Conservation Strategies

This assignment focuses on creativity and innovation in addressing water conservation challenges. It utilizes the SCAMPER (Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to other uses, Eliminate, Rearrange/Reverse) technique to generate ideas for reducing water usage in various contexts, including agriculture and household activities. The assignment proposes a specific solution involving the implementation of pipelines and storage containers to capture and reuse water during cooking. It also highlights the need for proper engineering, financial considerations, and home modifications. The assignment includes a bibliography citing sources related to human overpopulation and related topics, providing a broader context for environmental resource management.

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Creativity and Innovation
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Table of Contents
Generating ideas using SCAMPER...........................................................................................2
Generating a solution.................................................................................................................4
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................6

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Generating ideas using SCAMPER
SCAMPER Idea
S- Substitute 1. The heavy use of water in agriculture require support
from renewable resources
2. Generate special fans to remove the heat in industrial
appliances
3. Dry cleaning of clothes can help in conserving water
4. Turn off the water while brushing teeth
5. While cooking ensure that less water is used and the
knob turned off after every usage
C- Combine 1. Combine garden hose with different other tools such
as brooms and mops
2. Minimise water evaporation
3. Combine water with compose
4. Combine home pools with pool cover
5. Combine cooking activities with the water used
A-Adapt 1. Provide a sink stopper
2. Patch up leakages

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3. Cover open water
4. Ensure that water for agriculture is free from
pesticide
5. Take measures to unfreeze water from accessible
frozen areas
M—Modify 1. Provide proper pipelines
2. Modify the water transport system by cleaning the
mouths of the canals
3. Change the crops during agriculture
4. Modify the home toilet flush
5. Modify the leakages in systems
P- Put to another
Use
1. Collect the water in containers
2. During bathing, collect the water in buckets to flush
toilets
3. Unused water can be used for cooking
4. Watering the plants with the conserved water
5. Use the water during hazards such as fire
E- Eliminate 1. Eliminate unnecessary home activities
2. Wash clothes using half water load

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3. Adjust to manual cleaning of clothes
4. Eliminate consumption of soft drinks
5. Eliminate participating in water sports unnecessarily
R- Rearrange or
Reverse
1. Reverse the process used for cooking
2. Clean vegetables all at once
3. Reduce excess time spent in bathing
4. Rearrange the piping system
5. Reverse the flow of water in the industrial areas
Table: SCAMPER technique
(Source: Created by author)
Generating a solution
The chosen ideas for the conservation of water can be the conservation of water for
future use. This can help in reducing the excess use of water and apply it in the required place
that is available. The plan for the implementation of the conservation of water is that during
cooking the excess water that is stored can be stored in containers in the form of a pipe so
that the flow to the containers can be made smoothly. This can help in the conservation of the
water and ensure that the functioning of the pipelines can be made to perfection.
The skill set required for this is proper engineering and designing of the pipelines so
that the water flows inside the container. Such initiatives can be taken by the people at home
and appoint the assistance of skilled engineers from any reputed organisation. At the same

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time, the structuring of the home also needs to be altered so that the pipelines can be
conveniently placed. This requires excess finances and it is important that houses applying
this technique consider the amount of money to be paid for the proper implementation of the
technique.

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Bibliography
Hemminki, E., Wu, Z.C., Cao, G.Y., Viisainen, K., (2005). Illegal births and legal abortions –
the case of China. Reproductive Health.
Jargin. S.V., (2009). Overpopulation and modern ethics. SAMJ South African Medical
Journal. Vol. 99 (8) 572-573
Trevors, J.T., (2009). Total Abuse of the Earth: Human Overpopulation and Climate Change.
Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. Vol. 205 (1) 113-114
Wareham. C., (2015). Slowed ageing, welfare, and population problems. Theoretical
Medicine and Bioethics. Vol. 36 (5) 321-340