Borewells and Sustainable? In the same breath!!

World Water Monitoring Day was launched in 2003 by America’s Clean Water Foundation as a citizen-science outreach programme. (EarthEcho International)

The date moved from October 18 to September 18 in 2007, so more of the world could join outside the freezing season. (Wikipedia)

Now run as the EarthEcho Water Challenge, it has engaged over 1.7 million citizen scientists across 150+ countries. (EarthEcho International)

India’s CPCB tracks water quality via 2,265 stations nationwide; polluted river stretches fell to 296 in 2025, down from 311 in 2022. (CPCB)