International organizations firmly ratifying the human right to water though neoliberal reforms have pushed for increasing commodification and marketization of water. Accelerated urbanization in cities of the Global South have intensified problems associated with access to water and innovative solutions such as water kiosks are seen as the future of water access in underserved areas. This paper studies access to potable water in four resettlement colonies of Delhi with a focus on the water kiosks which operate in these colonies. Tracing the broader reforms which have been initiated in the public utility (Delhi Jal Board), the paper investigates the model of water kiosk of these colonies and the extent to which access to water has been impacted by the introduction of the water kiosks. Based on the processes of changes and continuities in the waterscapes of formal yet marginal spaces in the city and concomitant reconfigurations in urban governance, the paper argues that water kiosks serve to reproduce the uneven power relations embedded in the process of neoliberal urbanization.

尽管新自由主义改革推动了水的商品化和市场化，国际组织仍坚定地批准了水的人权。全球南方城市的加速城市化进程加剧了与水的获取相关的问题，创新的解决方案（如水亭）被视为服务不足地区的未来水供应。本文研究了德里的四个移民殖民地的饮用水获取情况，重点研究了在这些殖民地工作的水亭。追溯公共事业部门（德里委员会）发起的更广泛的改革，本文研究了这些殖民地的水亭模式，以及水亭的引入对获取水的影响程度。