Air to Water as solution for rural water security

Access to safe and affordable drinking water for all is a big challenge that India is facing with coverage of tap water supply in rural India being limited to <20%. With this challenge in the perspective, Government of India has launched the 'Jal Jeevan Mission' with an aim to provide tap water connection to every rural household by 2024. It is estimated that close to 140 million people in India are devoid of water supply, and the government has allocated an amount of 115 Billion Rupees for the year 2020-21.

 
With this perspective, air to water technology can be a promising solution to ensure water security for rural India and achieve the targets of Jal Jeevan Mission within the given time frame. This study makes an assessment of this potential under different micro-climatic settings in India.