diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac52bee..586e33b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 tmux/resurrect
 tmux/plugins
 !tmux/plugins/tpm
-bin/water
-!bin/water/water.sh
+bin/water/waterintake
diff --git a/bin/water/.env b/bin/water/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52dfa28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/water/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+crontab_job=00 01 * * * water --reset
diff --git a/bin/water/water.sh b/bin/water/water.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..236f29c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/water/water.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# this script enables water tracking in tmux status bar via a simple command
+# tracking resets everyday at midnight local time
+# to inc/dec water consumed just call water XX where XX is any integer amount of ounces to change your total by
+#       it is really only ever exepected to use negatives to fix mistakes
+# the file writes like a log where the last entry is total consumed and the difference between two consecutive entries is the water consumed in that entry
+# i.e
+# 10:00:01 0 starts off at 0 in a new day
+# 10:14:21 16 drank 16 ounces of water so it goes up
+# 11:10:21 48 drank 32 more ounces of water so new total is 48
+
+# setting up vars
+declare waterfile
+declare -i water_intake
+declare output
+
+curtime=$(timedatectl | grep Local | cut -d '-' -f 2-) # getting date to MM-DD HH:MM:SS TMZ
+date=$(echo $curtime | awk '{print $1}') # for filename
+time=$(echo $curtime | awk '{print $2}') # for timestamp
+
+waterfile="$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/water/waterintake/$date" # makes it easy to reset on each new day
+
+mkdir -p "$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/water/waterintake"
+
+# waterfile layout
+# 1)int in ozs for water consumption
+# 2...) TIMESTAMP change
+
+# update func
+update() {
+    printf '%s: %s\n' "$time" "$water_intake" >> "$waterfile"
+}
+
+# getting current water level
+get_water_intake() {
+    if [[ -f $waterfile ]] ; then
+        water_intake=$(cat $waterfile | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')
+    else
+        water_intake=0
+    fi
+}
+
+reset_water_intake() {
+    water_intake=0
+    update
+}
+
+colorize_water_intake() {
+    # sends water intake level through conditionals to be colorized
+    dflt='#[default]'
+    if [[ $water_intake -lt 32 ]] ; then
+        color='#[fg=color1]' # red
+    elif [[ $water_intake -lt 64 ]] ; then
+        color='#[fg=color3]' # bad yellow
+    elif [[ $water_intake -lt 96 ]] ; then
+        color='#[fg=color226]' # pale yellow
+    elif [[ $water_intake -lt 128 ]] ; then
+        color='#[fg=color10]' # light green
+    else
+        color='#[fg=color21]' # blue 
+    fi
+    output="${color}\uf6aa ${water_intake}${dflt}"
+}
+
+# checking for/creating missing files
+if [[ ! -f $waterfile ]] ; then
+    # water intake file doesn't exist
+    reset_water_intake
+fi
+
+# evaluating arguements
+get_water_intake
+if [[ -z $1 ]] ; then
+    colorize_water_intake # optional color codes based on total consumption
+    echo -e $output # no args is basic echo
+else
+    water_intake="$((water_intake + $1))" # provided value to inc/dec water intake by
+    update
+fi