Mumbai Gets India’s First Drinkable Tap Water

Mumbai’s taps are now a source of safe drinking water for residents of India’s largest city.

Mumbai is the first Indian city able to get drinkable water from the tap, said Veena Srinivasan, research officer with the Bangalore-based Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE).

The achievement, which the city’s Municipal Corporation announced this week, came through an upgrade of its water pipelines and laboratories that continuously test samples collected in 358 sites across the municipality, said Vinod Chithore, chief engineer for the city’s development plan.

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