If you were asked what is the one thing that you believe everyone must have free access to despite their social status, gender, age or any other physical factor that acts as the basis of segregation then a majority of you would answer either of two options. Affordable healthcare and clean drinking water. This article focuses on the latter. If you have been to your nearest park and seen a water cooler machine then you might be thinking that accessible clean water is around us all. However, you are terribly wrong. This article helps break down a few myths and tells us how we as a community can do our bit to help.

Why clean and safe drinking water is still scarce even today?

When we talk about clean drinking water, we refer to the water which is free of impurities and does not cause any harm upon consumption. We all know the the primary source of any drinking water is ground water. However, ground water is full of contaminants. This water has to go through various filtration processes to become safe for drinking. Earlier, due to heavy afforestation the water extracted from the ground was automatically filtered and deemed safe for consumption upon extraction only. However, over time with the rise of deforestation, population and an increased pressure on ground water,  the filtration process has become more difficult.

It is very important that the government does it’s part to ensure that each and every public water machine has advanced filtration making safe water accessible to all