[arekkas]

It's almost unimaginable to not have access to clean water sources if you're living in Europe, and especially in Germany where tap water has the upmost quality. So I believe that any solution for this is awesome.

One problem however is that big companies like Nestle or Coca Cola are putting a ton of money in marketing bottled (usually plastic) water which is a gigantic, unecological, unnecessary, and expensive money machine. While I have not been to India myself, I have seen documentations on bottled water in countries like yours. Companies advertise it as the "clean" (despite not so great quality) water, the one you buy when you have money.

Do you have any plans, ambitions, or visions to counter this trend - in particular relying on plastic bottles to ship water? I think you have the opportunity, and maybe soon the market share.

[anusridharan]

That's a really great point, and bottled water is actually the fastest growing segment of private water in India (growing 30% year over year). My co founder and I have been living in India for the past 6 years and we both own personal home water filters and carry around a reusable water bottle. We are fans of companies like Unilever who are trying to produce low cost water filters for emerging markets. We think that if we can get the cleanest, cheapest water to people, and by eventually partnering with water filter companies, we can tackle the bottled water problem.