WATER · WOMEN · BUSINESS ETHICS
Who pays
for every drop?
A factory measures water in litres.
A woman may experience its absence in hours.
A capability-based inquiry into industrial water use in Bengaluru Rural, India.
Follow the water. Follow the work.Research inquiryEvidence review + proposed field study · September 2026
01 / START WITH THE EVIDENCE
Four taluks.
A shared water constraint.
All four were classified as over-exploited. Select a taluk to inspect the recorded uses.
0100% · annual resource200%
Devanahalli
Recorded extraction mixIrrigation 83.9%Industrial 4.6%Domestic 11.4%
Extraction stage = annual extraction ÷ annual extractable resource. This is not the percentage of the aquifer depleted.
The biggest recorded use is irrigation.
Industry accounts for about 4.5% across the four taluks. Local stress warrants investigation; these totals do not identify which user caused a particular household's hardship.