In Maharashtra, the water supply programme has evolved over a period of time with several stages of innovation and experimentation. The notable milestone in the State’s water sector began in 1990s, wherein large number of habitations was dependent on tankers for water supply in the State. As a consequence, to address the issue, focus on large regional rural water supply schemes (RRWSS) were undertaken with massive financial investments till the late 1990s (Sangameswaran, 2010). In this period large number of RRWSS failed to take-off due to financial and operation and maintenance (O&M) related issues. However, to tackle the issues plaguing rural water supply coverage, such as slippages of covered habitations and increasing number of water quality affected habitation; the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP 2013) aims to bring community driven decentralized approach to tackle these issues. This report is an outcome of the real time monitoring to assess the status of the rural piped water supply schemes across the districts of Maharashtra State