A couple of weeks back I noticed a shiny silver box popped up on my usual bike route and turns out they’re smart public toilets. The toilets are pre-fabricated which is why they suddenly popped up out of nowhere and are smart in the sense they have an automatic self-cleaning and washing mechanism as well as the ability to be monitored and controlled remotely.
The toilets look like they’ll be coin operated and I spotted two on my route, one next to the Swimming Pool Complex near Corniche Club while the second one near the new Burger King. Both had two CCTV cameras on the outside I guess to try and deter any vandalism or more likely, couples trying to hook up inside one of the toilets.
Update: A bit of extra info, these public toilets operate on solar power, recycle waste up to Greywater for irrigation and have airconditioning.
22 replies on “Smart Public Toilets on the Gulf Road”
That last line 😆😆😆
Just imagining… so what would the CCTV do? Automatically bang open the doors to shame offenders?
By the time that happens, the deed would have been done🤣🤣
The CCTV would do what it’s meant to do! Capture footage of offenders/ vandals and make it easier for the authorities to take relevant action against them.
I saw them too and for some reason i thought why is there a huge refrigerator outside the swimming pool lol
Kuwait is the 1st in MENA to apply human abd environment friendly innovation. These units operate using solar power. Biodigester technology to recycle waste up to Grey water for irrigation. The cctv mainly for external safety. It is with GPS exclusive application and fully sensors based for cross contamination precautions. It has A/C and it has voice directions for users.
Way ti go Kuwait.
Where did you get the solar power snd waste recycling info from? It’s not listed on the product page https://eramscientific.com/products/smart-she-toilet/
Are you involved with the project?
People with some certain diseases have overactive bladders, this is very good initiative for everyone though. I wish they made public toilets in some deserts too because deserts are one of the entertaining places during winters.
Who is providing the grey water treatment
Yes involved in the eToilet. These are not the 1st to install. Kuwait initiatives started 3 years ago at Kuwaiti Motor Town, KOC, KIPIC quarantine zone and other lications.
The technology is the 1st in the world ti use IOT, Biodigester technology and solar tech.
More ti come soon upon launching.
Oh ok, I’ve used the ones at KMT and they were pretty cool
Thank you for writing about it
thank you for the extra details 🙂
Just to clarify not only night External vision cctv. The unit has also red emergency button should it be required. The unit flashes red with emergency alerting sound. The service is supported 24/7.
I am just wondering, who is the owner or operator of these e-toilets? Thanks.
TEC
Who is TEC?
http://tec.com.kw/
The owner of the project is Kuwait Touristic Enterprise. Supplied, Installed and operated by Reliance Worldwide Company. A Kuwait company operates in MENA countries.
http://Www.reliancesvcs.com
So happy to see this. I wish to see them everywhere.
Huge respect to whoever behind this innovation.
A seat with a view.
Did anyone ever experience a toilet seat with scratches ground in like a carving project gone wrong ?
Yes, enter to one of these petri culture cubicles and other public toilets and discover that the last neanderthal who used it, was actually crouched over the toilet seat with his primitive footwear, just like in his backyard nest with all forensic evidence pointing at him, as he will carelessly leave that dirty seat waiting for you to wash off with a decapitated shataf hose! that was left basking in the toilet soaked floor bed of secretions decorated with wet tissue.
FLASHBACK !!! that decapitated shataf laying by the curbside in the parking lot oddly gazing at you when you were running to the toilet. 🙂
The people doing these techno toilets should have stickers indicating no shoes on toilet seats.
Will there be a person or a coin dispensing machine exchanging paper money to coins? Or (BYOC) bring your own coin? or (HTW) hit the wall?
These projects and playgrounds ultimately end up failing in Q8 and unmaintained, then it’s another bad eyesight. It’s all about the first tender and who gets the most gain from it, then let the boat sink, and history repeats until another tender.
TEC seafront toilets are filthy, go checkout the one by the Khairan reservations center located by the Salmiya yacht club, however the ones in the Kuwait towers are really kept well.
The Cubicles in KMT had problems from the beginning and were not commissioned well, the door locking was faulty, the taps didn’t work, it was dirty and smelly.
It’s a cult. Technology can’t do everything for human specially those that step over the toilet seat.
It’s a culture against lifestyle.