Training module on water quality monitoring and surveillance at State and District level by the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission

This training module deals with water quality monitoring and surveillance at State and District level by the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission. The Department of Drinking Water Supply in association with different state governments has taken up the sector reform programme wherein special thrust is being given on community based management programme on rural water supply. Such thrust includes capacity building and training at different levels from policy makers, administrators, implementers, operators, caretakers and community as a whole.

The training module has been prepared for sensitizing policy makers and implementers and also to develop manpower for training at the block level on water quality monitoring and surveillance. The target group at state and district level training programme would be public health engineering and health department functionaries, technocards and scientists of different institutions, social scientists, educationists and teachers, representative from resourceful NGOs and other concerned personnel dealing with issues relating to rural water supply. A resource pool of manpower in each district is to be created.

The various sections of the module are –

• Introduction
• Health aspects of water and sanitation
• Community education and involvement
• Community based water quality surveillance
• Organization and management of surveillance programme
• Water quality guidelines and standards
• Water quality monitoring
• Sanitary survey
• Preventive and remedial measures
• Surveillance personnel
• Laboratory infrastructure

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