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Water and sanitation: Sources

Utilities and treatment firms supplying clean water and handling wastewater and sludge

Sources

  1. Global Water Market to Reach $915 Billion by 2023 as Oil and Commodity Prices Recover, New GWI Forecasts Reveal (gives the US$ 770 billion 2018 estimate) Global Water Intelligence via Informed Infrastructure, 2018
  2. Jal Jeevan Mission Hits Historic Milestone Press Information Bureau, Government of India, 2024
  3. Over 15 crore households provided tap water connection under Jal Jeevan Mission All India Radio News, 2025
  4. India's sewage treatment plants treat only a third of the sewage generated daily: CPCB Down To Earth, 2021
  5. 1 in 4 people globally still lack access to safe drinking water (JMP report 2000-2024) World Health Organization and UNICEF, 2025