Survival Strategies in Urban India JOURNEYS FOR WATER GAURAV BHUSHAN NITIN GUPTA JENNIFER LEE FUQUA SOMADITYA BANERJEE VAIJAYANTHI IYENGAR JAN CHIPCHASE
Aug 20, 2015
Survival Strategies in Urban India
JOURNEYS FOR WATER
GAURAV BHUSHAN NITIN GUPTA JENNIFER LEE FUQUA SOMADITYA BANERJEE VAIJAYANTHI IYENGAR JAN CHIPCHASE
PROS:
Bottle reuse
CONS:
Waste
$.32 per litre
.5L Bottle
PROS:
Robust
CONS:
Hard to carry around /
Dispensing water requires
additional apparatus
$.07 per litre
15L Can
PROS:
Bottle reuse
CONS:
Waste
$.20 per litre
1.5L Bottle
PROS:
Just-in-time
CONS:
Card needs to be pre-
loaded with cash / Requires
trust in a new technology
$.01 per litre
Sarvajal ATM
PROS:
Just-in-time
CONS:
Can’t be stored, risk of
contamination and litter
problem
$.14 per litre
.25L Pouch
PROS:
“Free” /
A known process
*CONS:
People pay in terms of time
and effort, and sometimes
bribes to the tanker driver /
Unreliable source
Free*
Tanker
Cost comparison
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