Urban Water Channel

The boundaries of urban areas across India are rapidly expanding. Peri-urban cities are mushrooming on their peripheries, as next in line contenders for mega metros. Slums and resettlement colonies share boundaries with premium multi-rises. Planned layouts, industries, and commercial spaces dot the urban skyscape. Though diverse in composition, one common need threads them together – the need for regular access to clean water. Water authorities have to calibrate the exploding demand for water with depleting surface and ground water sources. Logistics of equitable distribution, maintenance of water sources, treatment of sewage, sustainable tariff mechanism, are only some of the issues related to urban water.