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People of Purpose: From Village Wells to Water Wisdom Foundation, Om Prakash Sharma’s 36-Year Journey in Water Conservation

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People of Purpose: From Village Wells to Water Wisdom Foundation, Om Prakash Sharma’s 36-Year Journey in Water Conservation
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It was 1991 and Om Prakash Sharma, now Director at Water Wisdom Foundation and a civil engineer with 36 years of experience working on water issues in the drylands of India, had just arrived in the Sambhar Salt Lake region of Rajasthan for a water harvesting project. The underground water there was saline, nearly undrinkable. One evening, instead of forcing down the hard, bitter water, he and his team ate kheer, rice pudding, just to get some liquid into their bodies.



That moment stayed with

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