This story is from December 14, 2019

Fit to drink: Water samples pass quality test by south corporation

In a counter to Delhi Jal Board’s drive to check the quality of water, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) had conducted checks on samzples collected from its four zones on November 25 and 26. The parallel tests have officially passed the quality criteria and the water declared fit for consumption.
Fit to drink: Water samples pass quality test by south corporation
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NEW DELHI: In a counter to Delhi Jal Board’s drive to check the quality of water, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) had conducted checks on samples collected from its four zones on November 25 and 26. The parallel tests have officially passed the quality criteria and the water declared fit for consumption.
A senior public health department official said 104 samples each were collected from Najafgarh and central zones, 64 from west and 39 from south zone.
He added that between January 1 and November 16, a total of 7,605 samples were checked and not one was found failing the standards.
However, SDMC mayor Sunita Kangra claimed that that water quality in Delhi gets affected due to poor pipeline and sewerage network maintenance. “The water samples passed the quality test because they were taken from the source. Samples should be lifted from houses instead of reservoirs. I live in Paschim Vihar Extension and we have been getting contaminated water,” she added.
DJB vice-chairman Dinesh Mohaniya said that the findings of the corporation vindicated Delhi government’s stand. “All corporations are led by BJP. We can’t manipulate their findings. WHO permits a 5% failure rate in the water distribution network. The contamination could be due to old pipes, leakages or monsoon. We keep on upgrading our distribution system,” he added.
Mohaniya said, besides the 500 samples assessed by the DJB quality testing labs, third party independent assessment by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute as well as the civic bodies showed that the failure rate was below 5%.
Data from the public health department of the corporations showed that the sample failure rate this year was less than 3%. North corporation’s public health officials picked up 4,523 samples from various locations across six administrative zones and just 130 samples were found not meeting the parameters. The controversy over water quality started after a Bureau of Indian Standards report released by Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan showed that all samples in Delhi had failed the test.
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