Piramal Sarvajal (Sanskrit for 'water for all') is a social enterprise the Piramal Foundation began in 2008 in Bagar, Rajasthan, delivering safe drinking water in a decentralized way. India's piped water struggles to reach dispersed populations, and contaminated water threatens health. Sarvajal combines community-scale purification plants (five-stage RO/UV, with technology varied to water quality) and India's first solar/cloud-connected 'Water ATMs' (RFID cards, 24-hour, off-grid, with water quality and price made visible remotely down to each drop), run by local entrepreneurs as franchises (about 30 paise per liter, revenue split 60:40 with the entrepreneur). It now operates 1,392 sites across 20 states, delivers safe water to about 590,000 people a day (760,000 at peak), has supplied roughly 9 billion liters cumulatively, and reaches 405 villages and 189 schools. It partners with 70+ CSR donors, 300+ franchisees and governments (Delhi Jal Board, etc.).
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There is no confirmed −; independently verified + decide the position (C). No unreachable strike-through.= non-additive meter
Piramal Sarvajal: Water for all—but with the wall of a price. The letter is C; certainty is medium. Unconfirmed concerns are placed under “Watching.” (As of 2026-Q3; estimate based on public information.)
Main narrative
One person’s story (N1)
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A woman who walked over 2 km every day for safe water suffered severe leg pain, and on bad days had to settle for poor-quality water. Since a Jal Jeevan kendra (a Sarvajal water point) came to her village, she can get safe water any time and no longer has to walk far. 'I don't have to compromise on water quality. Since drinking safe water, my leg pain has eased considerably.'
Source nature: Piramal Sarvajal / P1 First-party. Positive effects are not used to offset negatives.
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- Born from the Piramal Foundation in 2008. Decentralized community purification plants + India's first solar/cloud Water ATMs (RFID, IoT-visible quality/price, about 30 paise/L) run as local-entrepreneur franchises. 1,392 sites across 20 states, about 590,000 people a day, about 9 billion L cumulative, 405 villages, 189 schools, 70+ CSR / 300+ franchisees.P2 Independent (third-party) / YourStory／Atlas of the Future
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- Expanding free/reduced access for the poorest; extending to household water; sustainability not dependent on sponsor subsidies; groundwater-source sustainability; rigorous measurement of health outcomes.
A second look
The plus is an effect on low-income rural and slum people who could only get contaminated water (People)—safe drinking-water access (fewer waterborne diseases, medical costs and absences; saved time for women and children who fetched water) and local jobs—with the scale and mechanism of 1,392 sites, 590,000 people a day, 9 billion liters cumulative, and IoT transparency of quality and price. But this is a commercial model in which a private company (Piramal Water Pvt Ltd) sells an essential good—water—for a price; critics question 'commercializing an essential good' and the access equity for the poorest; Water ATMs are drinking-water only and can't cover household water; sustainability depends on sponsor subsidies (diesel, vehicles, power); and there are doubts about groundwater-source sustainability. Recognizing the genuine, large-scale plus but noting the commercial model of selling an essential good, C/medium rather than B.
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