Having access to clean and affordable drinking water is akin to a luxury in India. Over 50% of the population does not have access to safe water for consumption. Besides imposing a health crisis, lack of clean water has caused several economic repercussions for the government.
According to the World Bank, 85% of rural India’s drinking water requirements are satisfied by groundwater sources. These vital resources are depleting, and witnessing contamination that is threatening the lives of both the rural as well as the urban population.
Solutions such as RO water purifying systems and other filters may seem like decent alternatives, but these are either costly, or negatively impact the environment. In fact, using RO purifiers does more harm than good, as the machines tend to waste more water than they treat.
However, two brothers from Suraj, Gujarat, have launched a unique solution to solve this crisis through their startup, Sustainable Livelihood Initiative India (SLII). They have…