How this entrepreneur is ensuring access to safe drinking water to the masses Started by MV Ramaswamy in 2019, InstaPure has licensed a water purification chemical compound that can purify 5000 litres of drinking water for just Rs 2,500 a year. 0 claps Share on The health and economic burdens of poor drinking water are enormous. According to World Bank estimates, about 21 percent of communicable diseases in India are water-related. A UNICEF report shows that waterborne diseases have an economic burden of approximately $600 million a year in India. This is especially true for drought- and flood-prone areas, which has affected a third of the nation in the past couple of years. Less than 50 percent of the population in India has access to safe drinking water. Chemical contamination of water, mainly through fluoride and arsenic, is present in 1.96 million dwellings.