Drinking and other Domestic Uses

One of the key goals of every participatory program on water and sanitation is the creation of awareness, leading to behavior change.

Water stress has specifically magnified for metropolitan cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune, etc.

While groundwater is an important source of drinking water worldwide, contamination of groundwater sources is on the rise. Arsenic contamination of groundwater has been found to affect as high as 300 million people worldwide exposing them to a number of health risks.

Arsenic contamination of groundwater in India

Groundwater in arid and semi arid regions continues to be a valuable and often the single most source of freshwater and conservation of this resource remains crucial for the survival of communities residing in the area. At the same time, a serious decline in the quality of groundwater is adding pressure on these water resources.

Deficient rainfall results in low storage in reservoirs of north, central India

Women and young girls fetching water from distant sources, walking miles, carrying loads on the head, some pots precariously placed at their waist is a familiar scene, especially in low and medium-income countries where water scarcity is high.

The serious health effects connected with the presence of uranium, a naturally occurring radioactive element in drinking water sources from different parts of the world and more recently in some parts of India (

In June 2021, UNDP felicitated 41 Women Water Champions for their rema

What does IEC-HRD mean for large-scale programs such as Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)?

Four more wetlands get the Ramsar tag