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• Do you want to test your water quality? Do you want to learn about various options to disinfect water sources including sumps, borewells, ponds, riverbanks? Do you want to know whom to contact for getting a water quality testing kit? Then refer these links which have been sourced from Department of Drinking Water Supply,  Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India, the Whitman Direct Action's Water Book (Safe and Sustainable Clean Water Access) and other sources.

S Vishwanath’s video on water chlorination

Hydrogen Sulphide paper strip test for drinking water quality

Referrals of water testing labs in your city

For determining flouride levels

Measures to disinfect ponds and wells

Purify water at home by using the household water treatment techniques.

For understanding various types of filters and their uses

List to Manufacturers of Field Testing Kits for assessing rural drinking water quality