Water is the basis of life.
The sustainability of the human race, is gravely dependent on its protection and preservation. In the past 100 years the world population has tripled and water consumption for human use has increased six folds. Apart from the increase in population, problems of urbanization and industrialization have further led to water becoming scarce and exacerbating the poor quality of water. Unavailability and access to clean water and sanitation, presence of hazardous pollutants in water bodies and transboundary water problems have severe implications on people and their health. It is believed that one among five people do not have access to safe and affordable drinking water, half the population of the world does not have access to sanitation and 3-4 million people each year die of water borne diseases.