The Indian Subcontinent and Water Crisis
India is the 7 th largest country by geographical area and the second most populous country in the world. Of India's 1.1 billion people, almost 70 % of the Indians reside in rural areas, though in recent decades migration to larger cities has led to the exponential rise in the urban population.
As per the World Watch Institute, India will be highly water stressed country from 2020, as the availability of water per person per annum has been reduced from 6500 cubic meters to 2500 cubic meters. India suffers from massive regional variations in its water situation. Nearly one third of the country is drought prone, while one fourth of the country is prone to floods and surface water logging after normal monsoons. At the same time the use of rainwater and floodwater started to decline. In its place, there is a growing reliance on surface water and groundwater.
Water is the only natural resource which has no substitute unlike Petroleum and natural gas. India's future in water will be decided by our commitment to install leak proof, maintenance free systems, not by our capacity to waste water.

Water Pipes and Infrastructure
India's water infrastructure is in great need for improvement. Example: Delhi has 8900 Kms network of pipes, from which 25-40 percent is lost through pipe leakages. Latest study in August 2006 found out that 25% of New Delhi households had no access to piped water and the 27% only got water for les than 3 hours a day. Discussion to privatizing the water supply to improve the situation has met great opposition resulting in poor state of infrastructure, with very limited access to water in urban areas.

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