PH & ME DEPARTMENT

BRIEF NOTE ON URBAN WATER SUPPLY QUALITY

A. DETAILS OF SOURCE:

Installed
Type of Source No. of ULBs Source Dept.
Capacity in MLD
Ground Water 24 135.00 ULB
Sub-Surface Water 13 130.00 WRD
Surface Water 63 1522.00 WRD
Surface Water 10 45.00 RWS
Total 110 1832.00

1. Water quality testing: all ULBs are maintaining the water quality with

their staff most of the surface water based water treatment facilities

are having own labs for testing of certain test on their own at the ULB

level only. as such in 36 ULBs are having 45 nos of labs.

2. In addition to the above there are 5 Indian Preventive Medicine (IPM)

external labs across the state. These labs are at Visakhapatnam, Eluru,

Vijayawada, Guntur Tirupathi and Kurnool. In general these PH lab

staff are collecting samples and conducting the test on water quality

once in every 3 months. As per standard protocol of water testing

frequency shall be once in every three months for the population

having 50000 and once in 6 months for the towns having population

having population more than 50000.

3. As per recommendation each ULB shall conduct at least 19 tests

mandatory. Out of 19 test 6 are physical test such as colour, odour

taste, temperature, turbidity and PH. Two are bacteriological tests such

total coli form and E-coli test. Balance 11 test are chemical tests.

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 4. All ULBs are depend up residual chlorine tests this test is very effective in

monitoring the quality of the water. On an average every ULB is 4 to 5

samples per ward and total samples are 7500-8000 Nos per day.

5. Further H2S stripes test is being conducted to ascertain the

contamination of the water. This test is effective test and such test are

conducted in some ULBs, where water supply schemes are depended

on ground water. On an average 1500-1600 samples are being collated

and tested by the ULB staff every day in the state.

6. There is no incidence of epidermis or outbreak of Diarrhoea, Gastro

Enteritis (GE) , Jaundice etc in the state during the year 2019-20.

7. Monitoring system

 In all ULBs water supply staff and the ward volunteers are

involved in water quality testing and every day the collecting

samples and testing RC test.

 Where ever any shortfall observed it will be rectified immediately

or may be with in 24 hours.

 Every ulb has opened call centres and all the grievances are

being monitored and redressed by the ULB staff.

 RC testing has been monitored by the ENC and SEs of respective

circles through the web site

 All the testing are captured in the whats app groups every day.

 All adverse news clipping are reviewed and monitored by the

ENC every day and ATR will be obtained from the respective

ULBs.

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  All ELSR are being cleaned periodically by the ULB and same are

up loaded in the whardsapp.

 All distribution pipe lines are cleaned and scoured as per the

requirement.

 Regular monitoring of water supply situation is being done at state level by

PH&ME Department through website appublichealth.gov.in. and daily
Cell Conference.

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