Lok Sabha Question No. 4755 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: Mobile Water Testing Laboratories
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH, RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4755 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2016

## Mobile Water Testing Laboratories

†4755. SHRI BHARAT SINGH: DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL "NISHANK":

- Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state: (a)  whether  mobile  laboratories  have  been/are  being  deployed  to  monitor  the  quality  of drinking water in the country; (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise; (c)  whether any schedule has been prepared for the periodic testing of quality of ground water for drinking water purpose in States/UTs of the country and if so, the details thereof; and (d) whether hand pumps were shut down to check the consumption of contaminated water
- in quality affected areas and if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF DRINKING   WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

- (a) & (b) The  State/UT  wise  number  of  mobile  water  quality  testing  laboratories reported by the State/UT Governments into the online Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 09/12/2016  is at Annexure-I.
- (c) Frequency of sampling, parameters to be tested, list of equipment, chemicals, glassware, space and manpower required for water quality testing laboratories at various levels  (State/District/Sub-division)  has  been  published  by  the  Ministry  in  its  Uniform Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Protocol in February 2013 and circulated to all States/ UTs.  As per this Protocol, water quality sampling and testing shall be done twice a year per source for bacteriological parameters and once a year for chemical parameters. However, for  establishingthe  base  line  status,  water  quality  sampling  and  testing  shall  be  analysed onceduring  pre-monsoon  and  post-monsoon  season  duly  registering  the  latitude  and longitudeand depth of ground water.
- (d) The  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  &Sanitation,  Government  of  India  has  not informed  the  States/UTs  to  shut  down/ban  use  of  hand  pumps.  However,  the  Ministry advised  the  States  wherever  such  hand  pumps  are  found  to  be  chemically  contaminated especially  with  arsenic  or  fluoride,  water  from  these  sources  may  be  used  for  purposes other than drinking and cooking purposes. State/UT-wise number of water quality affected habitations which are yet to be provided safe drinking water as reported by the states into online IMIS of the Ministry as on 09/12/2016 is at Annexure-II.

## Annexure-I referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4755 due for reply on 15/12/2016

## State-wise number of mobile water quality testing laboratories reported by the State/UTs into IMIS of the Ministry as on 09/12/2016

| S.No.   | Name of the State/UT   |   Mobile Labs set up |
|---------|------------------------|----------------------|
| 1       | ANDAMANand NICOBAR     |                    2 |
| 2       | ANDHRA PRADESH         |                    0 |
| 3       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH      |                    1 |
| 4       | ASSAM                  |                   20 |
| 5       | BIHAR                  |                    0 |
| 6       | CHANDIGARH             |                    0 |
| 7       | CHATTISGARH            |                    5 |
| 8       | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI     |                    0 |
| 9       | DAMAN&DIU              |                    0 |
| 10      | DELHI                  |                    0 |
| 11      | GOA                    |                    0 |
| 12      | GUJARAT                |                    6 |
| 13      | HARYANA                |                    0 |
| 14      | HIMACHAL PRADESH       |                    0 |
| 15      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR      |                    0 |
| 16      | JHARKHAND              |                    5 |
| 17      | KARNATAKA              |                   46 |
| 18      | KERALA                 |                    0 |
| 19      | LAKSHADWEEP            |                    0 |
| 20      | MADHYA PRADESH         |                    0 |
| 21      | MAHARASHTRA            |                    0 |
| 22      | MANIPUR                |                    0 |
| 23      | MEGHALAYA              |                    0 |
| 24      | MIZORAM                |                    0 |
| 25      | NAGALAND               |                    2 |
| 26      | ODISHA                 |                    0 |
| 27      | PUDUCHERRY             |                    0 |
| 29      | RAJASTHAN              |                    0 |
| 30      | SIKKIM                 |                    0 |
| 31      | TAMIL NADU             |                    0 |
| 32      | TELANGANA              |                    0 |
| 33      | TRIPURA                |                    0 |
| 34      | UTTAR PRADESH          |                    0 |
| 35      | UTTARAKHAND            |                    0 |
| 36      | WEST BENGAL            |                    0 |
| Total   | Total                  |                   88 |

## Annexure-II referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4755 due for reply on 15/12/2016

## State-wise number of water quality affected habitations which are yet to be provided safe drinking water as reported by the State/UTs into IMIS of the Ministry as on 09/12/2016

| S.No.   |                      | Contamination Wise Number Of Habitations   | Contamination Wise Number Of Habitations   | Contamination Wise Number Of Habitations   | Contamination Wise Number Of Habitations   | Contamination Wise Number Of Habitations   | Contamination Wise Number Of Habitations   | Contamination Wise Number Of Habitations   |
|---------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Name    | of the State / UT    | Fluoride                                   | Arsenic                                    | Iron                                       | Salinity                                   | Nitrate                                    | Heavy Metal                                | Total                                      |
| S.No.   |                      | Habs                                       | Habs                                       | Habs                                       | Habs                                       | Habs                                       | Habs                                       | Habs                                       |
| 1       | ANDAMAN and NICOBAR  | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 2       | ANDHRA PRADESH       | 447                                        | 0                                          | 0                                          | 71                                         | 4                                          | 0                                          | 522                                        |
| 3       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 0                                          | 343                                        | 47                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 390                                        |
| 4       | ASSAM                | 155                                        | 3726                                       | 6350                                       | 0                                          | 0                                          | 6                                          | 10237                                      |
| 5       | BIHAR                | 1020                                       | 1077                                       | 2571                                       | 1                                          | 4                                          | 0                                          | 4673                                       |
| 6       | CHANDIGARH           | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 7       | CHATTISGARH          | 75                                         | 0                                          | 774                                        | 3                                          | 1                                          | 0                                          | 853                                        |
| 8       | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 9       | DAMAN & DIU          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 10      | GOA                  | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 11      | GUJARAT              | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 12      | HARYANA              | 197                                        | 45                                         | 0                                          | 8                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 250                                        |
| 13      | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 0                                          | 157                                        | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 157                                        |
| 14      | JAMMUAND KASHMIR     | 0                                          | 7                                          | 4                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 11                                         |
| 15      | JHARKHAND            | 998                                        | 130                                        | 2061                                       | 1                                          | 6                                          | 0                                          | 3196                                       |
| 16      | KARNATAKA            | 970                                        | 21                                         | 102                                        | 75                                         | 510                                        | 1                                          | 1679                                       |
| 17      | KERALA               | 73                                         | 3                                          | 223                                        | 103                                        | 37                                         | 0                                          | 439                                        |
| 18      | LAKSHADWEEP          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 19      | MADHYAPRADESH        | 109                                        | 418                                        | 5                                          | 12                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 544                                        |
| 20      | MAHARASHTRA          | 98                                         | 1                                          | 21                                         | 150                                        | 108                                        | 0                                          | 378                                        |
| 21      | MANIPUR              | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 22      | MEGHALAYA            | 0                                          | 1                                          | 10                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 11                                         |
| 23      | MIZORAM              | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 24      | NAGALAND             | 0                                          | 0                                          | 43                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 43                                         |
| 25      | ODISHA               | 62                                         | 2                                          | 1635                                       | 127                                        | 3                                          | 0                                          | 1829                                       |
| 26      | PUDUCHERRY           | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 27      | PUNJAB               | 282                                        | 492                                        | 238                                        | 17                                         | 152                                        | 2080                                       | 3261                                       |
| 28      | RAJASTHAN            | 6671                                       | 3                                          | 6                                          | 12912                                      | 1037                                       | 0                                          | 20629                                      |
| 29      | SIKKIM               | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 30      | TAMIL NADU           | 0                                          | 0                                          | 204                                        | 50                                         | 1                                          | 0                                          | 255                                        |
| 31      | TELANGANA            | 1041                                       | 0                                          | 38                                         | 184                                        | 162                                        | 0                                          | 1425                                       |
| 32      | TRIPURA              | 0                                          | 1                                          | 2615                                       | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 2616                                       |
| 33      | UTTAR PRADESH        | 200                                        | 262                                        | 1                                          | 82                                         | 1                                          | 0                                          | 546                                        |
| 34      | UTTARAKHAND          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 15                                         | 0                                          | 3                                          | 0                                          | 18                                         |
| 35      | BENGAL               |                                            | 8066                                       | 3809                                       |                                            | 1                                          | 0                                          | 13069                                      |
|         | WEST                 | 1046                                       |                                            |                                            | 147                                        |                                            |                                            |                                            |
|         | Total                | 13444                                      | 14755                                      | 20772                                      | 13943                                      | 2030                                       | 2087                                       | 67031                                      |