Summary Report of Water Quality Testing Using FTK
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Summary Report of Water Quality Testing using FTK 1. BACKGROUND The government of Uttar Pradesh is committed towards improvement of the water quality status in the State. The supply of safe drinking water in rural India, with approximately 2.60 Lakh habitations and approximately 31 Lakh of water sources, is an amazing task. Monitoring and surveillance of water quality on regular basis, has the goal of protecting the water sources to the greatest extent possible. When Contamination occurs, effective quality testing provides early warning, which permits interventions aimed at reducing/ or eliminating undesirable constituent to the acceptable level. Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is not just about creating water infrastructure, but also aims at building capacities of different stakeholders especially local communities, responsible and responsive leadership to own, manage, operate and maintain in-village water supply systems. Sustainability of the huge water infrastructure being created in state along with ensuring the quality of water through adoption of proper operation & maintenance practices are the key challenges for UP towards achieving access to safe and secure drinking water supply to its population. Therefore it is essential to sensitize local communities by engaging dedicated human resource for ensuring water quality testing as well as surveillance using field test kit. 2. PROCESS OF WATER QUALITY TESTING USING FTK 2.1 Selection Procedure for Procurement of FTK Agency was selected through QCBS system via inviting open tender. The result of water sample tested by FTK, provided by the bidders, was compared with the result of standard sample and FTK with least variation was approved. Post selection the FTK of the selected agency was again examined and its result against the standard sample was compared and found least variation. Based on the result, the FTK was approved for supply. However, the supplier agency was asked to verify FTK before delivering, that is, pre-dispatch inspection, by government approved empanelled organisation. The Agency after verifying FTK required providing pre-dispatch inspection/ verification report to the Mission Office. In this case, before delivering FTK, IRCLASS is conducting "pre-dispatch inspection" for the "Supply of multi-parameters field test kit and H2S vials". It is to be noted that IRCLASS is an autonomous body, recognize by Ministry of Science & Technology as Scientific and industrial research organisation, having National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB). It is also nominated as "Inspection Body for Infrastructure Projects" by Quality Council of India. 1 | P a g e 2.2 Setup of FTK Control Room Earlier once the supplier supplied the water quality FTK, the job of supplier was over and the stakeholder having no idea, the water quality FTK was either dumped or was not successfully used by them. Besides, being Uttar Pradesh a largest state, there was no coordination among the department stakeholders for receiving water quality FTK and it was difficult to monitor each water quality FTK in each Village/Gram Panchyat. Keeping these shortcomings in view, the Mission Office has asked the suppliers to setup water quality FTK control room. Presently, the agency has setup two FTK Call Centres- one for Technical Support and other for Smooth supply. The role and responsibility of Technical support call centres is to assist different stakeholder's especially local communities technically and this would run throughout the programme to provide technical support wherever required. Secondly, the Supply related call centres responsibility would be to ensure smooth supply till district level and further assisting district 2 | P a g e officers in distribution of water quality FTK from district to ground level on principle. For successful completion of this program the Agency has establish one call-centre for technical support at A-93,MIDC Industrial Area, Amravati- 444607 (Maharashtra) and second call-centre for supply support at 4,Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Marg, Cantonment, Lucknow-226001 (Uttar Pradesh). The toll free number given by the agency is 1800-833-0102. This toll free number starts with a pre-recorded voice, directing caller as per need to Dial-1 for technical support and Dial-2 for supply support. 2.3 IEC and capacity building for FTK users and other stakeholder Social and behaviour change is a complex process and does not result from merely focussing on increasing individual’s knowledge. Along with empowering individuals and families with correct information, change requires creating a supportive environment within the immediate social networks and the broader community. A supportive environment also includes policies that improve access to quality services and committed leaders that promote and support the change. It includes community members contributing to solve the problem and support the implementation of the solutions. The role of communication is to create a positive change at all levels by using a combination of approaches including advocacy, community mobilisation and interpersonal communication. The FTK Controller is nominated from each district for coordinating different stakeholders from District Development Officer to ground level (local communities) for smooth functioning of this programme. The Mission Office has created a Whatsapp group involving all level and different Government stakeholder. This Whatsapp group is created with an objective to coordinate and fast communicating with all stakeholders, informing and keeping them up-to-date with all government orders related to water quality by UP Jal Nigam, Mission office, Uttar Pradesh government and 3 | P a g e Ministry, Government of India. Besides, FTK related information such as; delivery of FTK, Training of FTK or FTK related any Issue is also raised in this Whatsapp group which is solved timely. The Agency has created YouTube channel for FTK Tutorial which can be access by scanning the QR code by using android mobile phone camera. Other than this, You Tube channel can be searched in Google typing- "FTK TUTORIAL SWSM UP". In this You Tube tutorial programme, total 12 videos has been created for demonstrating water quality testing of each parameter namely pH, Residual Chlorine, Fluoride, Nitrate, Chloride, Iron, Arsenic, Alkalinity, Turbidity , Hardness, H2S vials and Field water testing kit opening. This information is circulated among all government stakeholders. Besides, this would be provided to FTK users, so that they could easily go through the demonstration of FTK whenever needed and remain updated with FTK. Each FTK kit has a bilingual manual (Hindi and English) in easily readable form. As per the Jal Jeevan Mission Guidelines and direction by Ministry, the FTK users have to examine water quality of their respective area and upload data in WQMIS portal which would be monitored by lab technician. In case of contamination reported in WQMIS portal, the same sample would be re-examining in laboratory. Therefore, it is necessary to trained dedicated human resources in WQMIS portal and FTK. Keeping this in view, the Mission Office along with UPJN and SIRD, is providing training in both component, first to government stakeholders and secondly to FTK users. In this view, on 21st of June, 2021 online training- "FTK Demonstration and Role & Responsibility of FTK Controller" was conducted for all 75 district FTK controllers and Lab In-charge. Batch 1- Gorakhpur, Basti, Siddharth Nagar, Deoria, Banda, Jaluan, Jhansi, Sonbhadra, Mirzapur, Mahoba, Lalitpur, Chirtkoot, Hamirpur, Sitapur, Agra, Aligarh, Ambedkar Nagar, Amethi, Amroha, Auriya, 4 | P a g e Batch 2 -Balrampur, Barabanki, Bareilly, Bijnor, Baduan, Bulandshahar, Chanduali, Etah, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Fathepur, Firozabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur, Gonda, Hapur, Hardoi, Hathras, Jaunpur, Kannouj, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Kashganj and Kaushambi. Batch 3- KushiNagar, Lucknow, Maharajganj, Lakhimpur Kheri, Mainpuri, Mathura, Mau, Meerut, Muradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Pilibhit, Pratapgarh, Prayagraj, Raebareli, Rampur, Sharanpur, Sambhal, Sant Kabir Nagar, Sant Ravidas Nagar, Shahjahanpur, Shamli, Shravasti, Sultanpur, Unnao and Varanasi. On 22nd of June, 2021 online training – "WQMIS portal uses" was conducted in three batches for all 75 district FTK controllers and Lab In-charge. Batch 1: Topic: WQMIS meeting with Uttar Pradesh (Batch 1) Time: Jun 22, 2021 11:00 AM India Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4766679476?pwd=K2ZwVzRWYkdDNWZISmJVeSsxTlRuZz09 Batch 2: Topic: WQMIS training for Uttar Pradesh (Batch 2) Time: Jun 22, 2021 02:30 PM India 5 | P a g e Further, on 24th and 25th of June, 2021, FTK users training as a "Master Trainer" is scheduled to be conducted by State Institutes of Rural Development (SIRD) Uttar Pradesh. In this scheduled training programme the agency representative would assist in providing FTK training. Once the FTK Master Trainer would be trained by State Institutes of Rural Development (SIRD), they would provide training at block level and these block level trainers would give training at village level. 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