Climate conditions and global warming have caused severe droughts episodes in the past years in Andhra Pradesh and have shown the necessity of a careful water management. The situation is getting worse every year and demand levels are growing. Drinking water has become a real problem in rural areas. In many areas people have to walk for miles to get water for the day in the hot sun. ASSIST provides safe water supplies and sanitation facilities, but also focuses on educating people on the utilisation of water and on basic hygiene

• Providing new bore wells in problematic communities for basic water


• Improvement of existing water sources like bore wells and wells


• Providing Drinking water Schemes – including Over Head Storage Reservoirs and pipelines, in communities where water has to be draw from far away sources


• Establishment of water treatment plants with Reverse Osmosis technique, where ground water in contaminated by fluorides


• Watershed programs – increase the quantity of surface and ground water through a system of dams, tanks and ponds

While providing additional water sources or restoring the existing sources, ASSIST made efforts to train caretakers to ensure the proper usage and maintenance of these sources. The target population is also sensitised about safety measures to be followed in consuming drinking water and also on the proper usage and maintenance of these sources. This is done through cultural performances, constant house visits, group meetings, mass meetings and other awareness generation programmes