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WaterHealth India, which takes up drinking water projects in public-private partnership, expects to cover 10 crore people by 2020.
It has built infrastructure in 500 panchayats and local government areas in India and a few African countries, covering 50 lakh people.
About 85-90 per cent of the 500 plants are located in India.
However, the Indian arm of the US firm plans to concentrate on African countries in the second phase.
“We take the assistance of local governments (for water, land and funds) to set up community-based safe drinking water projects.
“We do this on a build-operate-transfer model and hand over the system in 15-20 years,” Vikas Shah, COO of WaterHealth India, told reporters here.
A family of five would require an average of 20 litres of drinking water a day, costing Rs 5-7, he said. The capital expenditure per person per 10,000 population stands at Rs 165.
In India, the company is focussing on Rajasthan, Gujarat, Vidarbha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. kurmanath.kanchi@thehindu.co.in
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