Lok Sabha Question No. 1888 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Testing of Drinking Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: SAVITRI THAKUR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1888 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28/7/2016

## Testing of Drinking Water

†1888.  SHRIMATI  SAVITRI  THAKUR:  Will  the  Minister  of  DRINKING  WATER  AND SANITATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether samples of drinking water are regularly tested by the Government in rural areas of the country; (b) if so, the details thereof; and (c)  the  criteria  adopted by  different States for testing the samples of drinking water from time to time, State-wise?

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

(a) & (b) All the States through its water quality testing laboratories set up at the State,  district,  block  and  sub-division  level  test  quality  of  drinking  water  at  regular intervals, every year under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme.   State-wise number of drinking water samples tested during the year 2015-16 is at Annexure.

- (c) The  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation  has  published  the Uniform Drinking Water Monitoring Protocol in February 2013 and widely circulated to all States. In this Protocol, criteria regarding manpower required, laboratory space, equipment,  chemicals,  glassware,  frequency  of  sampling,    parameters  of  testing,  etc. are  clearly  mentioned.    This  Protocol  suggests  the  States  regarding  the  general precautions  in  the  Bureau  of  Indian  Standards  i.e.,  IS-3025/1622  and/or  Standard Methods for the Examination of Water & Wastewater- latest edition [Published jointly by American Public Health Association (APHA), and American Society for Testing and Materials  (ASTM)]  shall  be  referred  to  for  detailed  information  on  sampling  and testing procedures .
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## Annexure referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1888 due for reply on 28/7/2016

State-wise number of drinking water samples tested in water quality testing laboratories during 2015-16

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/ UT   |   Number of Drinking water samples tested |
|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1         | ANDAMAN and NICOBAR     |                                         0 |
| 2         | ANDHRA PRADESH          |                                    303299 |
| 3         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH       |                                     22818 |
| 4         | ASSAM                   |                                    148802 |
| 5         | BIHAR                   |                                    127699 |
| 6         | CHANDIGARH              |                                         0 |
| 7         | CHATTISGARH             |                                     60446 |
| 8         | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI    |                                         0 |
| 9         | DAMAN & DIU             |                                         0 |
| 10        | DELHI                   |                                         0 |
| 11        | GOA                     |                                         0 |
| 12        | GUJARAT                 |                                    219376 |
| 13        | HARYANA                 |                                    124849 |
| 14        | HIMACHAL PRADESH        |                                     69560 |
| 15        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR       |                                    125064 |
| 16        | JHARKHAND               |                                     63313 |
| 17        | KARNATAKA               |                                    303519 |
| 18        | KERALA                  |                                    118981 |
| 19        | LAKSHADWEEP             |                                         0 |
| 20        | MADHYA PRADESH          |                                    418239 |
| 21        | MAHARASHTRA             |                                    348000 |
| 22        | MANIPUR                 |                                      3112 |
| 23        | MEGHALAYA               |                                      7784 |
| 24        | MIZORAM                 |                                     11970 |
| 25        | NAGALAND                |                                        99 |
| 26        | ODISHA                  |                                    226829 |
| 27        | PUDUCHERRY              |                                         0 |
| 28        | PUNJAB                  |                                     70821 |
| 29        | RAJASTHAN               |                                    230942 |
| 30        | SIKKIM                  |                                      1042 |
| 31        | TAMIL NADU              |                                     82312 |
| 32        | TELANGANA               |                                    256168 |
| 33        | TRIPURA                 |                                     22495 |
| 34        | UTTAR PRADESH           |                                     39598 |
| 35        | UTTARAKHAND             |                                      5500 |
| 36        | WESTBENGAL              |                                    435846 |
| Total     | Total                   |                                   3848483 |