Summary Report of Water Quality Testing using FTK

1. BACKGROUND The government of is committed towards improvement of the water quality status in the State. The supply of safe drinking water in rural , 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.

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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

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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 ( 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, , , Ambedkar Nagar, Amethi, Amroha, Auriya,

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Batch 2 -Balrampur, Barabanki, , Bijnor, Baduan, Bulandshahar, Chanduali, , Etawah, Farrukhabad, Fathepur, , 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, , 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

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Batch 2: Topic: WQMIS training for Uttar Pradesh (Batch 2) Time: Jun 22, 2021 02:30 PM India

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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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Besides, District Chitrkoot, UPJN lab has taken an initiative in providing training in Karwi Block, Ram Nagar Block while distributing FTK kit to women group on 22nd of June, 2021.

2.4 Status of Supply and Distribution of FTK Till-to-date FTK and H2S vials has been successfully supplied to all 09 Districts of Bundelkhand/Vindya Region and 13 Districts of JE/AES and Water Quality affected Districts.

Supply of Multiparametere Water Quality Field Test Kit State Water & Sanitation Mission, Lucknow Delivery Status S. Total No. of Total No. of Region District Delivered Date No. FTK H2S Vials 1 JHANSI 1038 103800 513 16.04.2021 2 BANDA 1007 100700 488 15.04.2021 3 CHITRAKOOT 832 83200 346 15.04.2021 4 HAMIRPUR 848 84800 354 16.04.2021 5 Bundelkhand/Vindya MAHOBA 754 75400 282 16.04.2021 6 JALAUN 1137 113700 648 30.05.2021 7 LALITPUR 932 93200 468 29.05.2021 8 MIRZAPUR 1442 144200 903 31.05.2021 9 SONBADRA 1207 120700 703 01.06.2021 6 | P a g e

Supply of Multiparametere Water Quality Field Test Kit State Water & Sanitation Mission, Lucknow Delivery Status S. Total No. of Total No. of Region District Delivered Date No. FTK H2S Vials 10 BASTI 1960 196000 1355 05.06.2021 11 GORAKHPUR 2111 211100 1497 08.06.2021 12 SIDDRATHNAGAR 1894 189400 1894 11.06.2021 13 DEORIA 1895 189500 1895 11.06.2021 14 SITAPUR 1982 198200 1982 16.06.2021 15 BAHRAICH 1315 131500 1315 19.06.2021 16 SRAVASTI 503 50300 503 19.06.2021 17 KHERI 1457 145700 1457 22.06.2021 18 SHAHARANPUR 1105 110500

19 RAIBAREILY 1274 127400 1274 23.06.2021 20 KANPUR DEHAT 814 81400 814 23.06.2021 21 HARDOI 1647 164700 486 22.06.2021 22 BALRAMPUR 990 99000 23 GONDA 1359 135900 24 AZAMGARH 2340 234000 SANTKABIR 25 1390 139000 NAGAR In transit 26 BALLIA 1230 123000 27 MAU 869 86900 28 KUSHINAGAR 1782 178200 JE/AES Affected and 29 Water Quality MAHRAJGANJ 1554 155400 30 Affected Districts AGRA 912 91200 31 FIROZABAD 727 72700 32 MAINPURI 718 71800 33 MATHURA 704 70400 34 ALIGARH 1127 112700 35 ETAH 729 72900 36 HATHRAS 603 60300 37 547 54700 38 BAREILLY 1489 148900 39 PHILIBHIT 892 89200 Delivery schedule-July-August- 40 SHAHJAHANPUR 1360 136000 September 41 BADAUN 1308 130800 42 AMBEDKARNAGAR 1146 114600 43 AMETHI 886 88600 44 BRABANKI 1459 145900 45 AYODHYA 1442 144200 46 SULTANPUR 1247 124700 47 AURAIYA 609 60900 48 ETAWAH 608 60800 49 FARRUKHABAD 746 74600

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Supply of Multiparametere Water Quality Field Test Kit State Water & Sanitation Mission, Lucknow Delivery Status S. Total No. of Total No. of Region District Delivered Date No. FTK H2S Vials 50 KANNAUJ 644 64400 51 KANPUR NAGAR 760 76000 52 LUCKNOW 711 71100 53 UNNAO 1325 132500 54 BAGHPAT 332 33200 55 BHULANDSHAHAR 1212 121200 GAUTAMBUDH 56 294 29400 NAGAR 57 GHAZIABAD 223 22300 58 HAPUR 351 35100 59 MEERUT 646 64600 60 AMROHA 743 74300 61 MORABADBAD 741 74100 62 RAMPUR 840 84000 63 SAMBAL 731 73100 64 BIJNOUR 1393 139300 65 PRAYAGRAJ 2429 242900 66 FATEHPUR 1469 146900 67 KAUSHAMBI 1034 103400 68 PRATAPGARH 1972 197200 69 MUZAFFARNAGAR 645 64500 70 SHAMLI 308 30800 71 CHANDAULI 1329 132900 72 GHAZIPUR 1960 196000 73 JAUNPUR 2605 260500 74 VARANASI 1335 133500 SANT RAVI DAS 75 700 70000 NAGAR 76 SWSM-Lucknow 1000 100000

In the Rest 53 District the supply of Multi Parameter Water Quality Field Test Kit is in process. 2.5 Future Aspects The Tentative date for finishing the delivery/supply of Multi Parameter Water Quality Field Test Kit in each 75 Districts and further in Block and at Village level as well as scheduled training programme for all different stakeholder (Government Official and Local Communities) is by 30th of September, 2021. Meanwhile wherever the supply and training activity would be completed, the FTK users would examine each source and upload the data in WQMIS portal. For examine each sources the FTK users would get honorarium of Rs. 15/-. The FTK Control Room for Technical Support would be run throughout the programme and for supply the call centre would run till the successful completion of delivery of FTK at village level. Based on this finally "Water Quality Control" Room will be established for proper monitoring of water quality. 8 | P a g e