Shoppers clean hands, phones with high-tech wash stations in Tokyo

WOSH: Water Treatment Autonomous Control System

A Portable Water Recycling System

“WOSH” is a portable hand-washing station equipped with autonomous water circulation technology that can be used anywhere without the need for plumbing. Enables reuse of 98% of hand-washed water by AI-controlled water recycling system.

Provides 99.9999% pure water, which meets the water quality standard of “WHO Drinking Water Quality.” Features with self-sustaining control system leading to easy maintenance. WOSH also eliminates 99.9% of germs, bacteria, and viruses on your smartphone with deep-UV light. WOSH is the new normal for hand washing and the innovation for the next level of public hygiene.”

Water is an indispensable resource for human life. However, by 2050, the world’s population is expected to top 9.7 billion, 40 percent of whom will suffer from severe water shortages. One technology that may save this critical situation is the WOSH, developed by a Japanese venture company.

The machines don’t require connection to running water and don’t use fresh and wastewater tanks. Instead, they recycle the water through a three-stage process of membrane filtration, chlorine, and deep ultraviolet irradiation.

They also have a device that cleans smartphones through 20-30 seconds of ultraviolet light exposure while users are washing their hands since touching a dirty smartphone would otherwise negate their handwashing efforts.

On average 5.2 gallons of water provides around 500 washes, while the filters should be changed after about 2,000, Chief Executive Yosuke Maeda said. The machine, however, needs a connection to a power supply.

“The first is to create autonomous decentralized water circulation systems and promote their widespread use. The second is to reduce the operation and management costs of water treatment plants. Automating the work performed by technicians through the use of sensors and AI technology leads to substantial cost reductions. I’d like to see our technology used to help solve the problem of water shortages both in Japan and around the world,” he said.

The widespread use of this technology has the potential to solve problems associated with water shortages across the globe.

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