Dewa
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) allows customers in the UAE to benefit from a variety of smart services, including bill payment for oneself and for others, activation of new connections, issue of a final bill, the status of carbon emissions, job applications and more. One of the best features is a comparative consumption graph of the user’s consumption over the past two years, offering an idea of usage patterns over time. Another allows users to read quotes from His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
DonateAPhoto
Every 21 seconds, a child dies from a water-related illness. An estimated 200 million hours are spent each day collecting water. Water.org helps people access to clean water and you can do your bit by donating a photo to the charity. Share your pictures on Instagram with the tag #Waterday; for each photo tagged, medical company Johnson & Johnson will donate $1 to the charity.
Waterprint
UAE residents consume an average of 500 litres of water a day — around 82 per cent more than the global average. The average water footprint of each resident is 3,136 cubic metres per year, more than double the global average of 1,385 cubic metres per year per person. The total fresh water used to produce the goods and services consumed by a country’s inhabitants is defined as its water footprint. About 75 per cent of the UAE’s footprint falls outside its borders. With this app, you can calculate how much water you need for any task, such as buying an apple.
Save Water
Developer Barry Calvagna’s alternate reality game helps save water by blurring the line between fictional occurrences and real-life tasks in a many-player game. The objective is to reach the highest game level faster than your friends and the app customises a game target for each player, making sure the contest remains fair. Consumption can also be shared on Facebook.
Drip Detective
This app can help encourage children to save water. Users are asked to tap the screen every time a drip of water falls from a leaky tap. The app then calculates the amount of water — and money — being wasted every day, week, month and year based on your current water bill.
