Many communities in India, especially in rural areas, do not have access to clean drinking water. PPI has undertaken several different initiatives to provide clean drinking water to marginalized populations.
The majority of PPI’s drinking water projects use bio-sand filters, based on a simple, affordable, environmentally friendly technology that is highly effective in removing pathogens. The technology behind bio-sand filters was developed by David Manz at the University of Calgary. Since 2008, when PPI partnered with Friendly Water for the World, in Olympia, WA to make bio-sand filters (BSF) available to villagers in Tamil Nadu, PPI has undertaken BSF projects with seven NGOs in six states, including Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. Bio-sand filters are manufactured locally and assembled on location and villagers are trained in the use and maintenance of the filters. There is no recurring cost and a filter lasts the lifetime of the outer concrete container.
PPI has also funded a few borewell projects where the communities had no other source of drinking water.
In 2020, PPI partnered with an NGO in Uttar Pradesh to support a pilot project to remove fluoride from drinking water. The project is in a region with fluoride levels significantly above the World Health Organization’s accepted limit for drinking water and many villagers are affected with dental and skeletal fluorosis.
Fluorosis Mitigation in Selected Villages of Uttar Pradesh
Banwasi Seva Ashram (BSA), Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh Contact: Dr. Vibha Augustine Dates: August 2020…
Bio-Sand Filters in Himachal Pradesh
Social Awareness through Human Development (SATHI), Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh Contact: Dr. Anil Kumar Dates: February…
Bio-sand Filters in Haryana
Social Awareness through Human Development (SATHI), Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh Contact: Dr. Anil Kumar Dates: September…
Borewells for Drinking Water in Andhra Pradesh
Sri K. Pitchi Reddy Educational and Welfare Society (SPREAWS), Vempalli, Andhra Pradesh Contact: Mr. C.S.…
Refurbished Borewells for Drinking Water in Andhra Pradesh
Sri K. Pitchi Reddy Educational and Welfare Society (SPREAWS), Vempalli, Andhra Pradesh Contact: Mr. C.S.…
Bio-sand Filters in Bihar
Aakansha Seva Sadan (ASS), Muzaffarpur, Bihar Contact: Ms. Bandana Sharma Dates: July 2019 – June…
Measuring the Health Impact of Bio-sand Filters
Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (GRAVIS), Jodhpur, Rajasthan Contact: Dr. Prakash Tyagi March 2016 –March 2018…
Bio-sand Filters in Rajasthan
Bio-sand Water Filters Project, Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (GRAVIS), Jodhpur, Rajasthan Contact: Dr. Prakash Tyagi…
Bio-sand Filters in Karnataka
Pragathi, Mysore, Karnataka Contact: Mr. B. Sharanappa Dates: April 2018 – March 2020 Total Budget:…
Transport Vehicle for Bio-sand Filters in Karnataka
Pragathi; Mysore, Karnataka Contact: Mr. B. Sharanappa July 2019 Budget: Rs.4,46,000 In July 2019, PPI…
Bio-Sand Filters in Himachal Pradesh
Social Awareness Through Human Involvement (SATHI), Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh Contact: Dr. Anil Kumar August 2015…