Guides

Practical answers, with the sources we used.

• What to do when the water doesn’t comeA calm checklist for a dry tap: who to call, what to report and how to get through it.
• Rainwater harvesting at home: how it worksHow a roof, a pipe and a filter can catch rain, and how to work out what your roof could collect.
• How to clean a water tank safelyHow often to clean a sump or overhead tank, the steps to follow and the dangers to avoid.
• Is tanker water safe to drink?What India’s drinking water standard says, what you can check yourself and how to make water safer.
• Chennai’s Day Zero: what happened in 2019How a city that floods ran out of water, and what it teaches every Indian city.
• Bengaluru’s water crisis of 2024Why India’s tech capital ran short, and why the areas relying on borewells were hit hardest.