These are the survey findings by Ministry of Science and Technology on water challenges faced by the Indian states. Has mapped the available sources of water in selected villages all across India, the differing water challenges and has also assessed the willingness of impacted population to pay to develop internal revenue and recovery models.

The objective of this study are: To map the available sources of water in selected villages all across India; To collect site specific data on various locations with differing water challenges; To map the seriousness of challenges in available water resource; To collect the socio economic data for the population impacted by these challenges; To assess the willingness of impacted population to pay to develop internal revenue and recovery models; and To assess the eagerness and capability of impacted population to contribute towards the project.