The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) has the potential to change the face of urban water supply and sanitation (UWSS) services. It proposes an ambitious set of significant reforms over a seven-year period at the local and state levels. This could alter the quality of sector service providers and of local government in general. (Based on presentations made by Chris Heymans, Senior Municipal Development Specialist, WSP - South Asia and R. Sethuraman, Adviser, PHEE, CPHEEO, MoUD at the conference on Urban Infrastructure and JNNURM organised by India Infrastructure.)