Improving Water Quality Through Communities w/Sunderrajan Krishnan

TITLE: Improving Water Quality Through Communities w/Sunderrajan Krishnan

Sunderrajan Krishnan is the founder of INREM Foundation. He has a B.Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT Bombay and a PhD in Geological and Environmental Sciences from Stanford University. He has been a member of Indian Planning Commission 12th five-year plan working groups for ‘Sustainable Groundwater Management’ and ‘Water Database Development and Management’. Dr Krishnan’s work has mainly been in the two areas of Water harvesting and groundwater management, and in Water quality and health.

Sunderrajan believes that implementing a comprehensive strategy to tackle water issues in communities facing significant impacts can lead to upliftment and improvement in the societies, ultimately resulting in positive changes in their way of life.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN:

● People's livelihoods depends on water

● Water contamination is not easily detectable by our senses

● Reverse osmosis is a savior as well as a problem

● Unfortunately, the market puts its attention where the money is

● Make space for others to come in and make a greater impact together

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