Lok Sabha Question No. 6280 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: Water Quality Testing Laboratories
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: P.R. SUNDARAM, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6280 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2018

## Water Quality Testing Laboratories

## 6280.SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM: DR. HEENAVIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: SHRI SATAV RAJEEV: SHRI MOHITE PATILVIJAYSINHSHANKARRAO :

Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  criteria  laid  down  for  setting  up  of  Water  Quality  Testing Laboratories (WQTLs) along with the number of such laboratories set up in the country at various levels, State-wise;
- (b) the details of the States where these laboratories have not been set up so far at district level indicating the reasons therefor, State-wise;
- (c) the details of the alternative arrangements made or being made for testing the quality of water where WQTLs have not been set up at the district level;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to establish more (WQTLs) in rural areas of the country at various levels;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether any institutional mechanism exists for testing of water quality in these laboratories and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING   WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI S.S.AHLUWALIA)

(a) to (f):  Details  of  the  criteria  for  setting  up  of  Water  Quality  Testing  Laboratories such  as  manpower,  space,  chemicals,  equipments,  glasswares  and  parameters  to  be tested along with frequency of testing at different levels of laboratories etc. have been mentioned in Uniform Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Protocol, which was widely circulated  to  all  the  States  by  the  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation  in February 2013. In addition, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), has specified relevant Indian  Standard  (IS)  Code  in  drinking  water  specification IS:  10500  and  subsequent amendments  thereof,  to  be  followed  for  testing  various  parameters.  State-wise number of different level Water Quality Testing Laboratories (WQTLs) have been set up as reported by the States into Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 02 nd  April,2018 is at Annexure-I. State-wise number of districts wherein district level water quality testing laboratories are not setup, as reported by the States into IMIS of the Ministry as on 01 st April,2018 is at  Annexure-II.Setting  up  of  laboratories  is  based  on  the  specific  requirements  and local conditions. The  Ministry  through  various  forums  and  meetings  had  informed  to  set  up  district level  water  quality  testing  laboratory  immediately  where  such  facility  was  not available.    Till  such  laboratories  are  set  up  at  district  level,  testing  of  water  quality need to be carried out using services of adjoining functional laboratories / engaging efficient third party agencies so that water quality is tested regularly. Under  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP),  upto  5%  of  the  funds released  to  States  can  be  utilized  for  Water  Quality  Monitoring  and  Surveillance (WQMS), which inter alia include taking up works relating to setting up of new / upgradation of State / District / Sub-Division / Block levels / mobile water quality testing laboratories, providing chemicals and consumables to laboratories, providing field test kits / refills to Gram Panchayats etc.

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## State-wise number of different level Water Quality Testing Laboratories (WQTLs) have been set up as reported by the States into Integrated

| S. No.   | Name of the State   | State Level Labs   | District Level Labs   | Block Level Labs   | Sub- Division Labs   | Mobile Labs (State/ District/ Block/ Sub- division Level)   | Total Labs (State/ District/ Block/ Sub-division/ Mobile labs)   |
|----------|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar   | 1                  | -                     | -                  | -                    | 2                                                           | 3                                                                |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      | 1                  | 32                    | -                  | 73                   | -                                                           | 106                                                              |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 1                  | 16                    | -                  | 31                   | 1                                                           | 49                                                               |
| 4        | Assam               | 1                  | 29                    | -                  | 54                   | 22                                                          | 106                                                              |
| 5        | Bihar               | 1                  | 41                    | -                  | 1                    | -                                                           | 43                                                               |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh        | 1                  | 27                    | 1                  | 24                   | 18                                                          | 71                                                               |
| 7        | Goa                 | 1                  | -                     | 1                  | 9                    | -                                                           | 11                                                               |
| 8        | Gujarat             | 1                  | 32                    | 48                 | -                    | 6                                                           | 87                                                               |
| 9        | Haryana             | -                  | 21                    | -                  | 22                   | -                                                           | 43                                                               |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh    | 1                  | 14                    | -                  | 30                   | -                                                           | 45                                                               |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir     | -                  | 22                    | 2                  | 78                   | -                                                           | 102                                                              |
| 12       | Jharkhand           | 1                  | 24                    | 1                  | 7                    | 5                                                           | 38                                                               |
| 13       | Karnataka           | 1                  | 44                    | 39                 | 106                  | 46                                                          | 236                                                              |
| 14       | Kerala              | 1                  | 14                    | -                  | 33                   | -                                                           | 48                                                               |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh      | 1                  | 51                    | 3                  | 106                  | -                                                           | 161                                                              |
| 16       | Maharashtra         | 1                  | 63                    | 2                  | 140                  | -                                                           | 206                                                              |
| 17       | Manipur             | 1                  | 9                     | -                  | 2                    | -                                                           | 12                                                               |
| 18       | Meghalaya           | 1                  | 7                     | -                  | 22                   | -                                                           | 30                                                               |
| 19       | Mizoram             | 1                  | 8                     | -                  | 18                   | -                                                           | 27                                                               |
| 20       | Nagaland            | -                  | 11                    | -                  | 1                    | 2                                                           | 14                                                               |
| 21       | Odisha              | 1                  | 32                    | -                  | 44                   | -                                                           | 77                                                               |
| 22       | Puducherry          | -                  | 2                     | -                  | -                    | -                                                           | 2                                                                |
| 23       | Punjab              | 3                  | 22                    | 8                  | -                    | 1                                                           | 34                                                               |
| 24       | Rajasthan           | 1                  | 33                    | 165                | -                    | -                                                           | 199                                                              |
| 25       | Sikkim              | -                  | 2                     | -                  | -                    | -                                                           | 2                                                                |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu          | 1                  | 34                    | -                  | 55                   | -                                                           | 90                                                               |
| 27       | Telangana           | 1                  | 19                    | -                  | 56                   | -                                                           | 76                                                               |
| 28       | Tripura             | 1                  | 8                     | 7                  | 6                    | -                                                           | 22                                                               |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh       | 1                  | 76                    | 3                  | 3                    | -                                                           | 83                                                               |
| 30       | Uttarakhand         | -                  | 29                    | 1                  | 14                   | -                                                           | 44                                                               |
| 31       | West Bengal         | 1                  | 19                    | 1                  | 201                  | -                                                           | 222                                                              |
|          | Total               | 27                 | 741                   | 282                | 1,136                | 103                                                         | 2,289                                                            |

## Annexure-I referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 6280 due for reply on 05/04/2018 Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 02 nd  April, 2018

## Annexure-II referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 6280 due for reply on 05/04/2018

State-wise number of districts wherein district level laboratories are not setup, as reported by the States into Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 01 st April, 2018

|   S. No. | Nameof the State   |   Nos. of districts not having district level laboratory as on 01.04.2018 |
|----------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar   |                                                                         3 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh     |                                                                         0 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh  |                                                                         4 |
|        4 | Assam              |                                                                         1 |
|        5 | Bihar              |                                                                         0 |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh       |                                                                         0 |
|        7 | Goa                |                                                                         2 |
|        8 | Gujarat            |                                                                         0 |
|        9 | Haryana            |                                                                         1 |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh   |                                                                         0 |
|       11 | Jammu &Kashmir     |                                                                         0 |
|       12 | Jharkhand          |                                                                         0 |
|       13 | Karnataka          |                                                                         0 |
|       14 | Kerala             |                                                                         0 |
|       15 | Madhya Pradesh     |                                                                         0 |
|       16 | Maharashtra        |                                                                         1 |
|       17 | Manipur            |                                                                         7 |
|       18 | Meghalaya          |                                                                         4 |
|       19 | Mizoram            |                                                                         0 |
|       20 | Nagaland           |                                                                         0 |
|       21 | Odisha             |                                                                         0 |
|       22 | Puducherry         |                                                                         2 |
|       23 | Punjab             |                                                                         0 |
|       24 | Rajasthan          |                                                                         0 |
|       25 | Sikkim             |                                                                         2 |
|       26 | Tamil Nadu         |                                                                         0 |
|       27 | Telangana          |                                                                        21 |
|       28 | Tripura            |                                                                         0 |
|       29 | Uttar Pradesh      |                                                                         0 |
|       30 | Uttarakhand        |                                                                         0 |
|       31 | West Bengal        |                                                                         1 |