A recent report by WaterAid states that India has the lowest access to clean drinking water – close to 163 million Indians are said to be suffering from this scarcity.
Swajal Water ATM Swajal Water ATM is a nine-stage solar purification system, with IoT-based cloud monitoring platform for maintenance.
Other than installing water systems, Gurugram-based Swajal conducts school programmes to increase awareness on water issues.
According to its website, Swajal Water ATMs has provided 28,000 litres of clean drinking water till date to more than 40 schools, covering close to 35,000 children.
Piramal Sarvajal Founded in 2008 by Anand Shah, Sarvajal is a social enterprise that claims to provide clean drinking water through solar-powered, cloud-connected water ATMs in underserved areas.
Sarvajal provides community solutions that can be operated locally by the people in the area.
The machine is priced at Rs 2 lakh per unit online.
With an annual turnover of Rs two to five crore, WAAH employs around 100 people.
The purifier is installed at the user’s location and they can recharge or buy water credits online through mobile and web application.
Though we have observed that 15 -20 litres per day is consumed by a household, users can consume as many litres of water from the device without having to worry about its maintenance for a lifetime.” As of March 2018, the startup had 9,000 users.