Safe, Sustainable
Water for All

OUR APPROACH

For over two decades, Arghyam has been shaping how India manages its most essential resource. Water.

India carries nearly 18 percent of the world’s population with just 4 percent of its freshwater. Across the country, groundwater sustains daily life even as aquifers decline, climate patterns shift and demand intensifies. Expanding infrastructure is essential, but long-term water security depends equally on scientific understanding, strong public institutions and systems that endure.

Arghyam works at this intersection. Our work across groundwater, source sustainability, water quality and community institutions is integral to how we approach strengthening public systems. In partnership with governments and civil society, we help design institutions where digital tools support science, improve accountability, and make safe, reliable water a lived reality.

Population
Scale

We identify structural water challenges and design solutions that work at population scale.

Partnerships

We bring governments, civil society, and experts together to strengthen public systems.

Participation

We align community, frontline, and institutional actors in designing and managing water systems.

Technology

We apply technology grounded in science to address real-world water challenges.

Focus Areas

We strengthen rural drinking water systems across India, working within large public programs such as Jal Jeevan Mission to improve reliability, trusted service delivery and sustainability.