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Watch a preview of our film:

A new documentary film, tracing Delhi’s water from source to tap to sewer. . . and right back to tap.

The Groundwater Up Project explores “Delhi’s water crisis” and looks at the sources of Delhi’s water and its consumption.  If you enjoy drinking, swimming, bathing, flushing the toilet, or washing your clothes, this is the film for you.

People often ask if we are going to tell them how to solve Delhi’s water crisis through this film.  We usually decide that they’re being slightly- if not completely- sarcastic, but choose to respond with: no, this film is a learning process that we will try to share with you in a way that isn’t boring.

While we may not know or tell you what “the solutions” to Delhi’s water crisis are, we will tell you why dams and large scale sewage treatment plants aren’t working, and introduce you to people who are pursuing other solutions – like rainwater harvesting, restoring old water bodies, and cleaning up rivers.

Maybe we don’t need to wait for some “experts” to give us one big SOLUTION.

Maybe Delhiites already have the many little solutions that, if spread, can cure Delhi’s thirst.

Spread the word, get involved in the process, get in touch: groundwaterup@gmail.com.

Partnerships and Funding

We are working in partnership with Delhi-based NGO Intercultural Resources and with Roots of Promise of the Thomas Merton Center in Pittsburgh, USA. Our funding comes from the United World College Sustainability Fund and from individual donations from people who think that these issues are just as exciting as we do.