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Government Of Assam Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Water

Rural Water Supply

Rural Water Supply

Public Health Engineering Department was created in 1956. The department is entrusted with the responsibility of providing safe drinking water and sanitation facilities in rural areas of Assam.

PHED carries out aforementioned activities in rural areas of Assam thorough-

  • Two centrally sponsored flagship programmes namely-
    a) NRDWP (National Rural Drinking Water Programme) and b) Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)
  • Different State Govt. Programme like SCSP (Scheduled caste sub plan), TSP (Tribal sub plan), SPA (Special plan assistance)
  • Externally Aided Programme like World Bank aided project.

Characteristics of SAFE WATER

  • Safe water should be free from disease causing organisms (pathogenes) in amounts that would constitute health hazard.
  • Safe water should not contain hazardous chemical substances in such concentrations as to cause a HEALTH or ECONOMIC LOSS when consumed over a lifetime.
  • Safe water should  be aesthetically attractive-Clear, Colourless & Palatable, with ambient temperature
  • Safe water should be socially acceptable.

What is Block?

A block is an administrative entity. The jurisdiction is generally limited to rural parts of a district. There is usually more than one block within a district.

What is Gram Panchayat?

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300. Sometimes two or more villages are clubbed together to form group-gram panchayat when the population of the individual villages is less than 300.

What is village?

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, usually larger than a habitation with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand (sometimes tens of thousands). Historically, in India, villages were a usual form of community for societies that depend on agriculture for subsistence.

What is habitation?

It is a term used to define a group of families living in proximity to each other, within a village. It could have either heterogeneous or homogenous demographic pattern. There can be more than one habitation in a village but not vice versa.

What does Habitation Coverage status means?

  • Fully Covered habitations (FC) -. Those habitations, in which the average supply of drinking water is equal to or more than 40 lpcd,(litres per capita per day) are called “fully covered” habitations.
  • Partially covered habitations(PC) - Partially Covered. Those habitations in which the average supply of drinking water is less than 40 lpcd and equal to or more than 10 lpcd, are called “partially covered” habitations.
  • Not Covered habitations(NC) - . Those habitations, in which the average supply of drinking water is less than 10 lpcd, are called “Not covered” habitations.
  • Uncovered Habitation - Such habitations are those which have never been provided with drinking water supply by the government, under the NRDWP (or former Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme).

Quality Affected Habitations (QA) - These are the habitations where water samples tested in laboratories have indicated levels of chemical contamination (limited to Arsenic, Fluoride, Iron, Nitrate and Salinity) higher than the permissible limits set by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Special focus is laid on monitoring of coverage status of such habitations under NRDWP.

ChemicalsPermissible limit
Arsenic0.01 ppm
Fluoride1.5 ppm
Iron1 ppm
Nitrate45 ppm

SC dominated habitations – SC  dominated habitations are those habitations in which the Scheduled Caste population is equal to or more than 40% of total population.

ST dominated habitations – ST  dominated habitations are those habitations in which the Scheduled Tribes population is equal to or more than 40% of total population.

This definition has been adopted by the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation for purposes of monitoring theimplementation of NRDWP.

What is financial Year?

Spans the period from the 1st of April of a year to 31st March of the next year.
.g. 1/4/2016 to 31/3/2017 is the financial year 2016-17

What is Piped Water Supply scheme (PWSS)?

Such water supply systems provide water to various Delivery points away from the source of water through a pumping or gravity system and connections through pipelines.

 

What is Spot Source?

Those water supply systems where the source of water and the supply/delivery system are both at the same point location, are called spot sources. Eg. Hand humps, wells, ponds etc.

National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP)

This programme was launched in April 2009 by the then Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation presently Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, for assisting states in providing drinking water to the rural population of India. This programme has been emphasizing on water supply systems which are planned and managed by the community at the village level, for ensuring sustainable drinking water availability, convenient delivery systems and achieving water security at the household level.

Major Components of NRDWP (Renamed in April,2009)

  1. Programme Activities ,
  2. Support Activities
  3. Water Quality Monitoring

Programme Activity may be sub-divided into:

  • Coverage of Partially Covered habitations, Slipped Back habitations, Coverage of Schools & Anganwadi  Centres
  • Coverage of Quality affected Habitations
  • Operation & Maintenance
  • Sustainability component 

Norms of Water Supply under NRDWP

  • Water Quality shall be maintained as per : IS:10500 (second revision).
  • Upto 2017 as an interim measure 55 lpcd of water shall be provided and beneficiary shall not move more than 100 m for fetching water.
  • 70 lpcd of water shall be provided Upto 2022 and beneficiary shall not move more than 100 m for fetching water.
  • 100 lpcd of water shall be provided beyond  2022 and beneficiary shall not move more than 100 m for fetching water.

Norms of providing water sources

  • 1 conventional Hand tube well shall be provided per 110 persons for full coverage of habitations @supply of 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd)
  • 1 Tara hand pump shall be provided per 180 persons for full coverage of habitations @supply of 55 lpcd
  • 1 RCC ring well shall be provided per 180persons for full coverage of habitations @supply of 55 lpcd
  • 1 M-III hand pump shall be provided per 180persons for full coverage of habitations @supply of 55 lpcd