Lok Sabha Question No. 907 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Water Contamination Data
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Anumula Revanth Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOKSABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 907 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2021

## WATER CONTAMINATION DATA

## 907. SHRI ANUMULA  REVANTH  REDDY:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether  the  data  provided  by  the  Union  Government  in  November  proves  that  the Telangana State  has  the  sixth-highest  percentage  of  drinking  water  samples  that  tested positive for bacteriological contamination among all States.;
- (b)   if so, the data of water contamination for the last five years of all the States;
- (c)   the steps taken by the Government to improve the situation; and
- (d)   the  funds  allocated  for  all  the  States  to  decontaminate  the  water  from  bacteriological contamination?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) & (b) As  reported  by  Telangana  State  on  WQMIS  during  the  year  2021-22,  out  of 174,725  samples  tested,  411  samples  are  found  to  be  contaminated.  State-wise  details  of sample tested for the last five years are at Annexed.

(c)   To  make  provision  of  potable  tap  water  supply  in  adequate  quantity,  of  prescribed quality  and on  regular  &  long-term  basis  to  every  rural  household by  2024,  since  August, 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal including in water quality-affected habitations.

Under Jal Jeevan Mission, as per existing guidelines, Bureau of Indian Standard IS:10500 is to be adopted for ensuring safe drinking water supply and States/ UTs have been advised to carry out testing of drinking water sources once in year for chemical and physical parameters and  twice  in  a  year  for  bacteriological  parameters.  To  enable  States/  UTs  to  test  water samples for water quality, and for sample collection, reporting, monitoring and surveillance of drinking water sources, an online JJM - Water Quality Management Information System (WQMIS) portal has been developed. The State-wise details of water quality test reported through WQMIS is available in public domain on JJM Dashboard and can also be accessed at:

To encourage water quality testing to ensure potable drinking water supply, States/ UTs have been advised to open water quality testing laboratories to general public at a nominal rate for testing of their water samples.

States/  UTs  have  been  advised  to  identify  and  train  5  persons  preferably  women  in  each village viz. ASHA workers, health workers, VWSC members, teachers, etc. to conduct water quality  tests  using  FTKs/  bacteriological  vials  at  village  level  and  report  the  same  on  the portal.

(d)   Under Jal Jeevan Mission, States/UTs can utilize upto 2% of their annual allocation of funds for Water Quality Monitoring & Surveillance (WQM&S) activities inter alia which includes  setting  up  and strengthening  of water quality  testing  laboratories,  procurement  of equipment,  instruments,  chemicals,  glassware,  consumables,  hiring  of  skilled  manpower, surveillance  by  community  using  field  test  kits(FTKs),  awareness  generation,  educational programmes on water quality, accreditation/ recognition of laboratories, etc.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 907 due for reply on 02.12.2021

Number of water sample tested and found contaminants beyond permissible limit

| S. No   | State             | 2016-2017            | 2016-2017           | 2017-2018            | 2017-2018           | 2018-2019            | 2018-2019           | 2019-2020            | 2019-2020           | 2020-2021            | 2020-2021           | 2021-2022            | 2021-2022           |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
| S. No   | State             | Total samples tested | Found Contam inated | Total samples tested | Found Contami nated | Total samples tested | Found Contam inated | Total samples tested | Found Contam inated | Total samples tested | Found Contam inated | Total samples tested | Found Contami nated |
| 1.      | A&NIslands        | NR                   | NR                  | NR                   | NR                  | NR                   | NR                  | NR                   | NR                  | 427                  | 23                  | 372                  | 23                  |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 2,79,090             | 77,359              | 2,45,691             | 64,173              | 2,57,607             | 58,424              | 4,04,488             | 53,826              | 7,03,217             | 41,433              | 2,04,038             | 7,834               |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 31,175               | 10                  | 29,251               | 30                  | 26,629               | 6                   | 26,222               | 270                 | 34,988               | 24                  | 14,403               | 25                  |
| 4.      | Assam             | 2,08,399             | 50,279              | 2,07,504             | 45,566              | 2,09,157             | 45,913              | 3,63,281             | 53,306              | 5,57,140             | 89,661              | 88,920               | 9,366               |
| 5.      | Bihar             | 1,35,534             | 7,569               | 1,18,804             | 18,315              | 1,58,997             | 7,533               | 2,21,915             | 19,635              | 2,22,715             | 38,488              | 75,982               | 8,795               |
| 6.      | Chhattisgarh      | 1,13,943             | 38,541              | 43,225               | 3,510               | 49,744               | 3,803               | 51,317               | 2,879               | 49,997               | 2,719               | 28,972               | 807                 |
| 7.      | Goa               | NR                   | NR                  | NR                   | NR                  | NR                   | NR                  | 3,691                | 182                 | 5,510                | 241                 | 4,017                | 2                   |
| 8.      | Gujarat           | 2,92,095             | 5,793               | 3,00,077             | 31,963              | 2,95,165             | 24,290              | 3,44,545             | 34,173              | 2,57,467             | 23,986              | 1,39,754             | 7,328               |
| 9.      | Haryana           | 1,33,731             | 14,343              | 1,37,164             | 12,409              | 1,65,945             | 12,709              | 1,24,879             | 11,151              | 1,56,004             | 15,136              | 5                    | 0                   |
| 10.     | Himachal Pradesh  | 1,00,258             | 620                 | 1,11,072             | 295                 | 1,14,039             | 336                 | 1,49,771             | 183                 | 1,54,057             | 82                  | 1,69,046             | 14                  |
| 11.     | Jammu & Kashmir   | 1,54,297             | 478                 | 1,68,885             | 163                 | 1,92,991             | 147                 | 1,38,960             | 41                  | 2,37,573             | 333                 | 67,308               | 302                 |
| 12.     | Jharkhand         | 75,927               | 5,943               | 87,417               | 5,591               | 84,265               | 4,307               | 77,586               | 3,850               | 81,823               | 2,330               | 61,183               | 1,307               |
| 13.     | Karnataka         | 4,26,285             | 52,426              | 46,978               | 14,853              | 2,129                | 857                 | 86,954               | 13,391              | 1,45,233             | 18,049              | 70,490               | 5,990               |
| 14.     | Kerala            | 2,22,977             | 96,721              | 2,41,061             | 1,09,860            | 2,38,377             | 1,06,741            | 2,21,942             | 94,210              | 1,93,640             | 80,134              | 1,13,936             | 78,946              |
| 15.     | Ladakh            | NR                   | NR                  | NR                   | NR                  | NR                   | NR                  | 2,558                | 6                   | 7,422                | 18                  | 5,507                | 182                 |
| 16.     | Madhya Pradesh    | 5,89,099             | 13,066              | 5,63,688             | 10,729              | 5,26,317             | 10,487              | 5,96,087             | 10,238              | 7,21,398             | 7,714               | 1,87,329             | 1,277               |
| 17.     | Maharashtra       | 5,05,155             | 70,350              | 4,83,553             | 62,297              | 6,67,018             | 62,629              | 7,08,540             | 58,498              | 7,44,450             | 59,830              | 5,827                | 587                 |
| 18.     | Manipur           | 2,799                | 3                   | 3,399                | 1                   | 3,095                | 3                   | 3,414                | 0                   | 10,184               | 0                   | 2,109                | 1                   |
| 19.     | Meghalaya         | 9,105                | 553                 | 4,075                | 7                   | 17,405               | 11                  | 23,152               | 13                  | 37,843               | 12                  | 4,098                | 51                  |
| 20.     | Mizoram           | 12,429               | 221                 | 2,475                | 12                  | 7,640                | 75                  | 9,783                | 76                  | 11,674               | 160                 | 10,799               | 370                 |

| S. No   |               | 2016-2017            | 2016-2017           | 2017-2018            | 2017-2018           | 2018-2019            | 2018-2019           | 2019-2020            | 2019-2020           | 2020-2021            | 2020-2021           | 2021-2022            | 2021-2022           |
|---------|---------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
| S. No   | State         | Total samples tested | Found Contam inated | Total samples tested | Found Contami nated | Total samples tested | Found Contam inated | Total samples tested | Found Contam inated | Total samples tested | Found Contam inated | Total samples tested | Found Contami nated |
| 21.     | Nagaland      | 3,060                | 431                 | NR                   | NR                  | 994                  | 69                  | 198                  | 8                   | 4,693                | 394                 | 2,301                | 174                 |
| 22.     | Odisha        | 3,71,064             | 27,082              | 3,36,496             | 23,973              | 3,08,608             | 28,660              | 2,37,062             | 25,840              | 3,22,133             | 21,406              | 1,53,222             | 8,041               |
| 23.     | Puducherry    | NR                   | NR                  | NR                   | NR                  | NR                   | NR                  | 195                  | 12                  | NR                   | NR                  | NR                   | NR                  |
| 24.     | Punjab        | 53,935               | 3,053               | 41,035               | 2,290               | 72,651               | 2,141               | 73,978               | 1,842               | 72,807               | 1,764               | 6,187                | 320                 |
| 25.     | Rajasthan     | 1,41,476             | 65,871              | 94,241               | 42,209              | 1,19,302             | 46,581              | 1,87,790             | 67,997              | 1,24,049             | 37,357              | 59,382               | 16,990              |
| 26.     | Sikkim        | 362                  | 0                   | 1,632                | 0                   | 2,364                | 403                 | 9,847                | 4,059               | 10,995               | 2,981               | 2,633                | 20                  |
| 27.     | Tamil Nadu    | 2,606                | 19                  | 3,02,364             | 5,398               | 3,25,184             | 9,550               | 1,98,289             | 4,194               | 6,72,736             | 11,490              | 1,08,680             | 2,421               |
| 28.     | Telangana     | 2,37,942             | 52,078              | 2,38,256             | 40,251              | 2,58,485             | 29,565              | 3,07,827             | 24,927              | 3,12,341             | 18,782              | 1,65,096             | 411                 |
| 29.     | Tripura       | 19,158               | 6,454               | 13,517               | 4,755               | 8,594                | 2,756               | 5,794                | 2,003               | 24,383               | 4,275               | 20,869               | 1,613               |
| 30.     | Uttar Pradesh | 34,073               | 3,803               | 19,943               | 2,343               | 33,469               | 7,680               | 55,275               | 10,129              | 1,38,283             | 17,340              | 57,587               | 10,298              |
| 31.     | Uttarakhand   | 7,266                | 35                  | 7,926                | 26                  | 11,306               | 14                  | 21,626               | 13                  | 79,969               | 28                  | 22,084               | 11                  |
| 32.     | West Bengal   | 4,29,472             | 1,69,422            | 7,30,094             | 2,39,114            | 8,00,450             | 2,64,281            | 7,60,720             | 2,45,020            | 5,84,080             | 1,64,216            | 3                    | 1                   |
|         | Total         | 45,92,712            | 7,62,523            | 45,79,823            | 7,40,133            | 49,57,927            | 7,29,971            | 54,17,686            | 7,41,972            | 66,79,231            | 6,60,406            | 18,52,139            | 1,63,507            |

NR-Not Reported Source:JJM-IMIS/WQMIS

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