🇮🇳 Citizen Tap Water Reports

How does your tap water look right now?

Safe drinking water is essential, yet many people in India receive water that looks or smells unsafe for weeks at a time. Citizen reports help make these local problems visible.

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Context

Recent media reports have shown municipal water coming directly from household taps with visible contamination, and residents reporting illness.

Past one year (Jan 2025 to Jan 2026) data shows over 5,500 reported illnesses, 3700+ hospitalizations, and 34 confirmed deaths, with lab-confirmed bacterial, sewage, and chemical contamination affecting 26+ cities, towns, and villages across 22 Indian states/UTs, including 16 state capitals.

While most households treat water before drinking—through RO systems, filtration, or boiling—no method can make water safe when contamination levels are extremely high.

This effort records whether municipal tap water looks and smells drinkable before any filtration or treatment.

Individual observations are subjective, but when many people report from the same area, patterns over time become visible.

Please share your observations to help make local problems visible.

Answer 6 quick questions (takes about 1 minute)

1. Which sources are used to supply your drinking water?

Select all that you know are used. It's okay if you're unsure.

Please pour water from the (source) tap into a clean transparent container, before RO, filtering, or boiling, and answer the questions based on what you see and smell.

2. Does the water LOOK clean and transparent?
3. Does the water have any unusual or bad smell?
4. Do you feel safe drinking this water as supplied?

Based on the water before any treatment (RO, filtering, or boiling).

5. How do you get your drinking water?

Answer for the water you normally drink, even if you feel the water is safe or unsafe.

6. Does municipal tap water reach your home regularly?

Even if you don’t use it for drinking.

*Location is stored only as a rounded area (not exact GPS).

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Questions you might have

Do I need to be an expert to report?

No. This reporting effort is based only on what you personally see, smell, and feel.

Is this an official government survey?

No. This is an independent citizen observation project.

Does this test water quality?

No. This does not replace laboratory testing.

Will my identity or exact location be stored?

No. Your exact location is not stored. We record only a rounded area for mapping purposes.

What this is (and is not)