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Here is good news. When in summer, most of the regions go dry in India, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) scientists have discovered a mechanism to purify saline seawater, making it potable. BARC has also developed several membranes, by which, at a very small cost, groundwater contaminated by uranium or arsenic can be purified...

Some groups have sought to frame drinking water issues as a "bottled water versus tap water debate" and that confuses consumers. Consumers are not uniformly replacing their public drinking water with bottled water; rather they are choosing bottled water over the other beverages available at the store and home.