Redefining Water Access for the Bottom Billion
Turning a radical vision of “ruthless affordability” into a daily reality for rural India since 2011. Spring Health is a social enterprise working to solve one of rural India’s most persistent challenges: the lack of safe, affordable drinking water. Since 2011, we have built a decentralized system designed specifically for villages, one that delivers clean water reliably, creates local livelihoods, and operates sustainably without dependence on fragile infrastructure or short-term aid.
The Challenge We Are Solving
Why clean water remains out of reach
Despite decades of investment, access to safe drinking water remains uneven across rural India.
For families in nearly 48,000 villages, the daily choice is harsh: drink contaminated water or boil it using wood and kerosene, costing time, money, health, and the environment. In eastern India, groundwater contamination and seasonal water scarcity make this challenge even more acute, with women and children bearing the greatest burden.
The issue is not water availability. It is the absence of systems designed for rural realities.
63
million people still lack access to clean drinking water
21%
of diseases in India are linked to unsafe water
95%
of government-sponsored wells fail within five years due to poor maintenance and unreliable power
Our Vision for Technology
Spring Health replaces large, centralized treatment plants with a hub-and-spoke model designed to function at the village level.
A decentralized solution built for scale.
How the system works
Village-level treatment kiosks purify water close to households, reducing transport losses and system failures.
Electro-chlorination units, costing just $250, sanitize up to 80,000 litres per day, removing 99.9% of harmful germs.
Solar-powered infrastructure supports purification and battery charging, ensuring high uptime even in areas with unstable grid power
To reduce environmental impact and improve delivery reliability, Spring Health is transitioning from hired diesel vehicles to battery-operated delivery vehicles, cutting approximately 2.5 kg of CO₂ emissions per vehicle per day. The result is a system that is affordable, resilient, and immediately operational without waiting years for infrastructure that often fails.
OUR JOURNEY
Spring Health was founded in 2011 with a clear belief: rural water access must be affordable, reliable, and locally owned. Over the last decade, the organisation has evolved from small pilots into a proven decentralized system delivering safe drinking water at scale.
Geographic Presence
Spring Health operates in regions where water stress, health risks, and infrastructure gaps overlap. Expansion is intentional, building depth in each geography before moving to the next.
Where we work, and where we’re headed
Current Operations
Odisha: Active across districts, including Khordha, Puri, Jajpur, and Dhenkanal, serving rural and semi-urban communities through a dense kiosk and delivery network
Recent Expansion
Chhattisgarh: Entry into central India marks the next phase of scale, adapting the model to new geographic and social contexts
Looking Ahead
Gangetic belt (Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh): Planned expansion into regions with high population density, water stress, and limited last-mile solutions