Ensuring drinking water safety Patidar, N., Mathur, P. (2021)
Madhya Pradesh is moving towards ensuring drinking water safety through accreditation of water testing laboratories and strengthening community level water quality surveillance systems
Water quality testing tools need to be used for deciding the safety of drinking water at source, within distribution system and at consumer level. Drinking Water quality monitoring and surveillance are distinct, but closely related activities. PHED (Public Health Engineering Department) plays important role in drinking water quality monitoring through network of water testing laboratories and empowering communities in establishing community level water quality surveillance systems. This paper describes how PHED in Madhya Pradesh has embarked on a journey to strengthen overall performance of the existing water quality testing laboratories.
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Patidar, N., Mathur, P. (2021). Ensuring drinking water safety UNICEF
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