Arghyam seeks to support strategic and sustainable efforts in the water sector that enhance equity in access to water for all citizens. We emphasize sustainability - environmental, financial, social and technical - as the key desirable outcomes in all projects we support. Working with diverse partners, including NGOs, research institutions and government agencies, we give special attention to people’s participation, capacity building, awareness and education with a potential for scale in our work. Current project areas include Integrated Domestic Water Management, Rainwater Harvesting, Groundwater Management and Water Quality.

The interventions we participate in will be scalable, will strive to improve the governance of the projects, and may use technological innovations for greater impact. The underlying themes that we emphasize are sustainability through people's participation, leveraging appropriate technologies, soft-infrastructure development (i.e. building capacities) of local communities, demand-responsiveness in projects and professional project management for high-outcomes.