Why Eai Image

1% CO2 emissions reduction in 25 years, Will you call it IMPACT?

Watch More Videos
India's Looming Water Problems - India Renewable Energy Consulting – Solar, Biomass, Wind, Cleantech
Select Page

Unless India figures out a way to properly price its water resources, the country could be facing serious shortage of drinking water in a few decades, warns this blog article from NY Times. The article refers to a research study done on the topic by Grail Research.

“Part of the problem is that in many of India’s 35 states and territories, water is free or heavily subsidized, the report said. That encourages those with access — particularly commercial users — to squander it.

In Delhi, for example, residents pay $3.52 or less for each 1,000 cubic feet (7,480 gallons) of water. In Vijayawada, they pay $1.50. In contrast, Miami-Dade residents pay as much as $32.84 per 1,000 cubic feet. In Boston the price can be as high as $47.19.”

Now, I’m not sure how correct it is to compare India prices and US prices without applying a PPP factor to it; however, leaving that aside, my peeve against the article is that it is stating something that has been known for a long time. And what’s more, India is facing serious drinking water problems right now, forget 2020 or 2050!

And while pricing might indeed be one of the factors, I’d be happy if the other key recommendations made by the Grail Research team to ease water shortages are implemented at the earliest: increasing desalination and rainwater harvesting, improving watershed management, and use of public-private partnerships for water treatment and distribution.

Here's more about EAI

climate tech imageOur specialty focus areas include bio-energy, e-mobility, solar & green hydrogen
climate tech image Gateway 2 India from EAI helps international firms enter Indian climate tech market

Deep dive into our work



About Narasimhan Santhanam (Narsi)

Narsi, a Director at EAI, Co-founded one of India's first climate tech consulting firm in 2008.

Since then, he has assisted over 250 Indian and International firms, across many climate tech domain Solar, Bio-energy, Green hydrogen, E-Mobility, Green Chemicals.

Narsi works closely with senior and top management corporates and helps then devise strategy and go-to-market plans to benefit from the fast growing Indian Climate tech market.

narsi-img

Copyright © 2024 EAI. All rights reserved.