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haha kind of, with a slight automation twist. We use IoT devices so we automatically detect when your water is low and order it for you :) We've realized that for people who have t…

Most definitely- we will also be diligent, and we'd love feedback and thoughts as we progress!

Yes- we actually started out going down the road of conservation via smart metering devices. We quickly realized that we would be facing an uphill battle if we kept trying to start…

That's a really good question with a not so straightforward answer. I'll start with some stats. Public water utilities lose 50% of it's water due to leakages. During monsoons, Indi…

Thank you so much- we really appreciate it!

That's a good question. Actually, we've spent time figuring out how to drop the cost of the device to sub $30, at scale. For frequent users, we would give the device away for free.…

Yes- the original company NextDrop has been around since 2011, but we shut that down about a year ago and started this new version of NextDrop recently. At a high level, you're cor…

That's a great question. Right now we manually take water samples and get it tested in a lab. Over time, as IoT devices get cheaper, we believe the water quality testing will be do…

Yup, that's something we have to monitor carefully. That's why the backbone to our business is actually IoT devices that transmit data to monitor different aspects of water. We're …

Thank you! And yes, we've definitely thought about this market segment as well. We are actually of the opinion that water can delivery will eventually die out. If you do the math, …

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 …

Thank you! My co-founder and I quit our jobs and moved to India 6 years ago, and we've been working in the urban Indian water space since then. We really felt that something needed…

I have a background in environmental engineering actually- I did my bachelors and masters in Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley. In undergrad I focused on environmental engineering…

Oh man, we're hoping to get there as soon as possible!

This is true- and I'll rephrase what you're saying. What are the environmental impacts of groundwater withdrawals? If someone is withdrawing, who else isn't getting water? These ar…

That's a really good point. We've had to think long and hard about this one too. There's one interesting stat that is less known. Aboout 80% of India runs on groundwater, and in ci…

Hey- that's a great point, and I'm glad you brought it up. Our previous company actually sold water data to governments so we've been working quite closely with city municipal corp…

Hi HN, I'm Anu, the Co-Founder and CEO of NextDrop Technologies ( https://nextdrop.co ). We are a water marketplace for urban India- we connect water buyers with suppliers. There a…