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Piped water quality standard
Why is it in the news?
- The Bureau of Indian Standards is preparing the ground for enforcement of piped water quality standards with a workshop for State officials.
- The workshop was organised by BIS to disseminate information about the requirements of IS 10500:2012, the quality standard.
More in the news
- Background:
(1) Providing safe drinking water to the common public is a primary requirement for ensuring health.
(2) Unlike the BIS standard for bottled water, the standard for piped water- largely supplied by government agencies is not yet mandatory.
- Ambiguity about the standards for public agencies:
(1) It is not yet clear whether the Centre’s own flagship mission to provide piped water to all households by 2024 will implement the BIS standard.
(2) mThere has been no response as yet from the Union Jal Shakti Ministry with regards to a draft quality control order to make the piped water standard mandatory.
- Jal Shakti is the nodal Ministry for the Jal Jeevan Mission to provide functional household tap connections to 14.6 crore rural households by 2024.
About Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS):
- BIS is the National Standards Body of India.
- It was established under the BIS Act 2016.
- It is responsible for the harmonious development of the activities of standardization, marking and quality certification of goods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Source
The Hindu.