Lok Sabha Question No. 1219 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-09
Subject: Testing Quality of Drinking Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1219 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2017

## TESTING QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER

## †1219. SHRI ARVIND SAWANT

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

(a) whether there is any prescribed procedure and time-interval to get the quality of drinking water tested periodically in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the result of such tests conducted last time, State-wise and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(c) the State-wise details of laboratories testing the quality of water in the country including in Maharashtra?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

(a) Rural Drinking Water is a State subject.  It is the responsibility of the States to plan, design and execute the drinking water projects.  The Centre provides only financial and technical support.  It is for the State Governments to prescribe the procedure and time interval to get the quality of drinking water tested periodically.  However, the Ministry of Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation  has  published  the  Uniform  Drinking  Water  Quality Monitoring  Protocol  and  widely  distributed  to  all  the  States  up  to  the  district  level  in February  2013.  The  Protocol  is  recommendatory  to  be  followed  by  the  States.  The Protocol  defines  parameters  of  testing,  frequency  of  sampling,  laboratory  requirements like  chemicals,  glassware,  equipments,  manpower,  space,  etc.  at  various  levels  ie.,  the state, district, sub-division and block level laboratories.  The State level laboratory shall focus  on  monitoring  specific  contaminants  like  heavy  metals,  pesticides  and  conduct virological  examination  if  bacteriological  contamination  is  very  high.  The  district,  subdivisional  and  block  level  laboratories  should  monitor  twice  a  year  every  source  for bacteriological parameters and once a year for chemical parameters.

(b) State-wise number of sources tested and sample tested during 2016-17, as reported by the States into Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 05 th  February, 2017  is at Annexure-I.

(c) State-wise  number  of  various  level  drinking  water  quality  testing  laboratories,  as reported by the States into the Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 05 th   February, 2017 including Maharashtra is at Annexure-II.

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## Annexure-I :  referred in the reply to Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1219 due for reply on 09/02/2017

State-wise number of sources tested and sample tested during 2016-17, as reported by the States into Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 05 th  February, 2017

| S. No.   | State              |   Total Sources Tested |   Total Samples Tested |
|----------|--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMANandNICOBAR  |                      0 |                      0 |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH     |                 133156 |                 186879 |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  |                  10170 |                  17404 |
| 4        | ASSAM              |                 106792 |                 119421 |
| 5        | BIHAR              |                  75271 |                  77629 |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH         |                      0 |                      0 |
| 7        | CHATTISGARH        |                  31609 |                  35190 |
| 8        | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI |                      0 |                      0 |
| 9        | DAMAN&DIU          |                      0 |                      0 |
| 10       | GOA                |                      0 |                      0 |
| 11       | GUJARAT            |                 106652 |                 148776 |
| 12       | HARYANA            |                  32635 |                 100793 |
| 13       | HIMACHAL PRADESH   |                  23158 |                  54882 |
| 14       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR  |                  19835 |                  72020 |
| 15       | JHARKHAND          |                  52370 |                  56508 |
| 16       | KARNATAKA          |                  77297 |                  84753 |
| 17       | KERALA             |                  86285 |                  88313 |
| 18       | LAKSHADWEEP        |                      0 |                      0 |
| 19       | MADHYAPRADESH      |                 266791 |                 385049 |
| 20       | MAHARASHTRA        |                 150236 |                 320986 |
| 21       | MANIPUR            |                   1360 |                   1773 |
| 22       | MEGHALAYA          |                   3487 |                   5148 |
| 23       | MIZORAM            |                   3844 |                   9408 |
| 24       | NAGALAND           |                   1713 |                   1717 |
| 25       | ODISHA             |                 244617 |                 265047 |
| 26       | PUDUCHERRY         |                      0 |                      0 |
| 27       | PUNJAB             |                  14345 |                  46167 |
| 28       | RAJASTHAN          |                  76351 |                  79082 |
| 29       | SIKKIM             |                     98 |                    100 |
| 30       | TAMIL NADU         |                      2 |                      2 |
| 31       | TELANGANA          |                 126029 |                 178321 |
| 32       | TRIPURA            |                   9400 |                  13723 |
| 33       | UTTAR PRADESH      |                  20846 |                  21244 |
| 34       | UTTARAKHAND        |                   3742 |                   5146 |
| 35       | WEST BENGAL        |                  52811 |                 107154 |
| Total    | Total              |                1730902 |                2482635 |

## Annexure-II :  referred in the reply to Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1219 due for reply on 09/02/2017

State-wise number of various level drinking water quality testing laboratories, as reported by the States into the Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 05 th   February, 2017

| S. No.   | State               |   State Labs (without mobile labs) |   District Labs (without mobile labs) |   Block Labs/Total Blocks (without mobile labs) | Sub Division Labs (without mobile labs)   | Mobile Labs (State/ District/ Block/ Sub- division Level)   | Total Labs (State/ District/ Block/ Sub- division Level)   |
|----------|---------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMANand NICOBAR  |                                  1 |                                     0 |                                               0 | 0                                         | 2                                                           | 3                                                          |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH      |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                               0 | 73                                        | 0                                                           | 106                                                        |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   |                                  1 |                                    16 |                                               0 | 31                                        | 1                                                           | 49                                                         |
| 4        | ASSAM               |                                  1 |                                    29 |                                               0 | 53                                        | 20                                                          | 103                                                        |
| 5        | BIHAR               |                                  1 |                                    41 |                                               0 | 0                                         | 0                                                           | 42                                                         |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH          |                                  0 |                                     0 |                                               0 | 0                                         | 0                                                           | 0                                                          |
| 7        | CHATTISGARH         |                                  1 |                                    27 |                                               1 | 21                                        | 5                                                           | 55                                                         |
| 8        | DADRA& NAGAR HAVELI |                                  0 |                                     0 |                                               0 | 0                                         | 0                                                           | 0                                                          |
| 9        | DAMAN&DIU           |                                  0 |                                     0 |                                               0 | 0                                         | 0                                                           | 0                                                          |
| 10       | GOA                 |                                  1 |                                     0 |                                               1 | 9                                         | 0                                                           | 11                                                         |
| 11       | GUJARAT             |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                              47 | 0                                         | 6                                                           | 86                                                         |
| 12       | HARYANA             |                                  0 |                                    21 |                                               0 | 22                                        | 0                                                           | 43                                                         |
| 13       | HIMACHAL PRADESH    |                                  1 |                                    14 |                                               0 | 28                                        | 0                                                           | 43                                                         |
| 14       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   |                                  0 |                                    22 |                                               2 | 77                                        | 0                                                           | 101                                                        |
| 15       | JHARKHAND           |                                  1 |                                    24 |                                               0 | 4                                         | 5                                                           | 34                                                         |
| 16       | KARNATAKA           |                                  1 |                                    44 |                                              39 | 106                                       | 46                                                          | 236                                                        |
| 17       | KERALA              |                                  1 |                                    14 |                                               0 | 33                                        | 0                                                           | 48                                                         |
| 18       | LAKSHADWEEP         |                                  0 |                                     9 |                                               0 | 0                                         | 0                                                           | 9                                                          |
| 19       | MADHYA PRADESH      |                                  1 |                                    51 |                                               3 | 106                                       | 0                                                           | 161                                                        |
| 20       | MAHARASHTRA         |                                  1 |                                    45 |                                               3 | 140                                       | 0                                                           | 189                                                        |
| 21       | MANIPUR             |                                  1 |                                     9 |                                               0 | 2                                         | 0                                                           | 12                                                         |
| 22       | MEGHALAYA           |                                  1 |                                     7 |                                               0 | 22                                        | 0                                                           | 30                                                         |
| 23       | MIZORAM             |                                  1 |                                     8 |                                               0 | 18                                        | 0                                                           | 27                                                         |
| 24       | NAGALAND            |                                  0 |                                    11 |                                               0 | 1                                         | 2                                                           | 14                                                         |
| 25       | ODISHA              |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                               0 | 44                                        | 0                                                           | 77                                                         |
| 26       | PUDUCHERRY          |                                  0 |                                     2 |                                               0 | 0                                         | 0                                                           | 2                                                          |
| 27       | PUNJAB              |                                  3 |                                    22 |                                               8 | 0                                         | 1                                                           | 34                                                         |
| 28       | RAJASTHAN           |                                  1 |                                    33 |                                             165 | 0                                         | 0                                                           | 199                                                        |
| 29       | SIKKIM              |                                  0 |                                     2 |                                               0 | 0                                         | 0                                                           | 2                                                          |
| 30       | TAMIL NADU          |                                  1 |                                    34 |                                               0 | 49                                        | 0                                                           | 84                                                         |
| 31       | TELANGANA           |                                  1 |                                    19 |                                               0 | 56                                        | 0                                                           | 76                                                         |
| 32       | TRIPURA             |                                  1 |                                     8 |                                               7 | 6                                         | 0                                                           | 22                                                         |
| 33       | UTTAR PRADESH       |                                  1 |                                    76 |                                               3 | 2                                         | 0                                                           | 82                                                         |
| 34       | UTTARAKHAND         |                                  0 |                                    28 |                                               1 | 14                                        | 0                                                           | 43                                                         |
| 35       | WEST BENGAL Total   |                                  1 |                                    18 |                                               0 | 201 1118                                  | 0 88                                                        | 220 2243                                                   |
|          |                     |                                 27 |                                   730 |                                             280 |                                           |                                                             |                                                            |