Waterhealth India Private Limited

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Waterhealth India Private Limited (WIPL or the company), a wholly owned subsidiary of WaterHealth International Inc. (WHI) currently provides distributed water services through its retail outlets or Water Centers (WCs) spread across approximately 150 villages in the State of Andhra Pradesh in India.Each WC consists of equipment assets supplied by WIPL, which WIPL procures from a set of its approved vendors. WIPL, depending on the projected demand for a WC, typically installs either 65 kiloliters per day capacity (treated water) or 21 kiloliters per day capacity equipments. These assets are community-owned and operated, and provide potable water to the community. Typically, the land is provided by the village panchayat (village level elected local self government institution) or by a donor, who also provide the equity contribution for the WCs. The operations of each WC are entirely sustained through affordable user fees generated from sales of treated water, which includes cost of employment and wages of operators. WIPL in addition to the equipment also provides: - technical skills and training to operators; - maintenance support for equipment; - oversight on adherence to quality system; and- assurance on product/water quality.A typical water center draws water from a village pond, which has been earmarked by the village panchayat for drinking water purposes. The water is pumped from the pond to the WC through buried HDPE pipes. The water treatment and disinfection involves filtration through pressure sand filter, activated carbon filter, cartridge filters of 5 and 1 micron size, activated carbon cartridge filter and UV irradiation (for disinfection). Treated water is stored in stainless steel tanks and dispensed through a tap manifold.IFC has been approached for a loan to part finance increase in the number of WCs from the present 150 to more than 800 in Andhra Pradesh and other states of India.