Abstract
AbstractThis chapter sets the overall context of the book. It briefly describes India’s rural domestic water supply situation. It discusses the technological, institutional, and policy reforms undertaken in the country’s rural water supply sector since independence and tracks the progress made by various Indian states in terms of improving the coverage, reliability, adequacy, and quality of water supply in rural areas in the light of these changes. It also briefly discusses the new challenges facing the sector, from the points of view of physical sustainability of the services, equity in access to supplies and financial sustainability. The chapter also discusses the objectives and scope of the book and presents the outline of other chapters in the book.KeywordsRural domestic water supplyDrinking water securityGroundwaterSurface waterIndiaInstitutional reformSustainability
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