This centre provides holistic water-solutions in both rural and urban areas.

DA has provided access to clean drinking water to households in some of the most drought-prone villages of central India. Some of the major initiatives taken to provide clean drinking water are:

Integrated Domestic Water Management in Bundelkhand

The programme ‘Water For All and Always’ aims at providing access to safe drinking water and better sanitation measures in 10 villages of Jhansi and the Tikamgarh district of Bundelkhand. DA with the support of the Arghyam Trust has delivered key results on the ground to local communities – Providing access to safe and sustainable water through water supply systems, village sanitation through toilets, drainage, soak pits and demonstrated waste water treatment, water harvesting and conversation structures and setting up of water enterprises.

Two enterprise models of Jal TARA filters have been set up in village Paricha in the Jhansi district.

Sodis in slums

The Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) Project initiated in the slums of Delhi has provided a simple, environment-friendly, low cost solution for drinking water treatment at the household level. Supported by Ewag/Solaqua, Switzerland, the system uses solar energy (UV-radiation and increased temperature) to destroy pathogenic micro-organisms. The goal is to promote and disseminate point-of-use water treatment methods at the household levels and improve hygiene practices to further reduce child mortality and improve the overall health situation in the sums of Delhi.

Sustainable Community Development Programme in Wadi

Working in collaboration with ACC Cements Pvt. Ltd., DA undertook a sustainable Community Development Programme in the Wadi district of Karnataka. Under the programme, DA joined hands with Vimochana, local NGO to install the RO-based water filtration system for provision of clean drinking water.