In 2018, 98.7% of Indians had access to the basic water and sanitation facilities. India faces challenges ranging from sourcing water for its megacities to its distribution network which is intermitte
In India, Delhi has the highest usage of household water purifiers/filters. Basic gravity water filter, electric reverse osmosis and ultraviolet filters visible. Standard 20 L bottled water visible.
Millions depend on the Ganga river
A street in Mathura overflowing with sewage and garbage in 2011
Picture of a wastewater stream
Manual scavenging
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Manual scavenging is a term used mainly to refer to "manually cleaning, carrying, disposing of, or otherwise handling, human excreta in an insanitary latrine or in an open drain or sewer or in a septi
Water supply and sanitation in India
…infrastructure, but ensuring that services remain usable and meaningful in everyday life. A specific Indian problem is also the (officially prohibited) "manual scavenging" which is connected to the officially banned caste system, and relates to unsafe and undignified emptying of toilets and pits, as well as handling of…
A man emptying a pit manually in Burkina Faso in 2007