Keith Schneider is senior editor and chief correspondent at Circle of Blue [http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/]. A two-time winner of the George Polk Award and other honours for his work, he also reports on energy, agriculture, the environment, and policy for The New York Times, where he has served as a national correspondent and contributor since 1981.
As the city reels under the stress of unavailability of adequate amounts of clean and safe potable water, Chennai’s water bottlers grow a thriving business.