Lok Sabha Question No. 3205 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: Compulsory Water Treatment Plant
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: E. T. Mohammed Basheer

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3205

ANSWERED ON 04.08.2022

## COMPULSORY WATER TREATMENT PLANT

## 3205 SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is made compulsory to have water treatment plant for all the industries to prevent water pollution and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  it  mandatory  to  install  water  purification  plants  as  a condition in giving permit and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government proposes to set up water quality testing labs in different parts of the country and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether any financial assistance has been given for this purpose and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

(a) & (b) As per the Provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution), Act 1974, industrial units and local bodies  are required to install effluent treatment plants (ETPs)/ common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) and Sewage treatment plants (STPs) respectively and treat  their  effluents/sewage  to  comply  with  stipulated  environmental  standards  before  discharging  into river and water bodies. Accordingly, CPCB, State Pollution Control Boards/Pollution Control Committees monitor industries with respect to effluent discharge standards and take punitive action for non-compliance under provisions of these Acts.

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)  in association with State Pollution Control Boards/Committees  in  different  States/Union  Territories  (UTs)  have  been  monitoring  water  quality  of rivers and other water bodies, across the country through a network of 4294 monitoring stations under the National Water Quality Monitoring Programme.

(c) & (d) Presently, there are 245 Government/Private Environmental laboratories recognized by Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and CPCB under the Environment (Protection) rules, 1986 in the country.

This  Ministry  supplements  the  efforts  of  State/UT  Governments  by  providing  financial  and technical  assistance  in  planning,  designing  and  implementation  of  drinking  water  supply  schemes  and setting  up  drinking  water  quality  testing  laboratories  through  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM)-Har  Ghar  Jal. States/  UTs  can  utilize  upto  2%  of  their  annual  allocation  of  funds  under  JJM  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.

As reported by States/UTs, Department of Water Supply/ Water & Sanitation/ Public Health Engineering has a network of 2,070 drinking water quality testing laboratories at different levels of the State/UT.

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