2. The Drinking Water Supply is very important issue in the
present times in the light of the increasing health awareness
among the rural public.
One of the most important objective of the State
Government is to provide safe drinking water to the rural
population.
3. The Government sanctioned APRWSS Project with an outlay
of Rs.792.25 Crores.
with World Bank Assistance to be implemented over a period
of five years to improve RWSS services in six districts namely
Visakhapatnam, Prakasam, Kadapa,
Karimnagar,Mahabubnagar and Adilabd by taking up on
priority ‘NC’, ‘NSS’ and tribal habitations to benefit at least 2.1
Million rural population in about 2600 habitations vide
G.O.Ms.No.190 PR &RD (RWS.III) dept, Dt:19.05.2010.
4. List of the Water Testing
Laboratories
S.no Name of the district Location of the
Laboratory
1 Adilabad Adilabad
2 Adilabad Manchirayal
3 Mahabubnagar Mahabubnagar
4 Mahabubnagar Nagarkurnool
5 Mahabubnagar Gadwal
6 Karimnagar Karimnagar
7 Karimnagar Manthani
8 Prakasam Ongole
9 Prakasam Darsi
10 Kadapa Kadapa
11 Kadapa Rajampet
12 Kadapa Pulivendula
13 Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam
14 Visakhapatnam Paderu
5. National Rural Drinking Water Programme :
Rural drinking water supply facilities are being looked after by RWS&S
organization since 1991.
However, the management of drinking water supply projects has been
transferred to PRIs w.e.f. 21st Oct, 2006 for their management, operation
and maintenance.
Mostly, provision of drinking water supply to the rural population is made
through hand pump tube wells and piped water supply schemes.
Under the modified NRDWP programme, the drinking water supply
projects are implemented under the following components:
6. Coverage- Priority has been given to provide safe
drinking water to "Not Covered" (NC) habitations followed by
coverage of "Partially Covered"(PC) habitations.
45% of the annual NRDWP funds is earmarked for this
purpose which is spent for PWS schemes
alongwithinstallation of Spot Sources ( Hand pump tube
wells/sanitary wells).
The Govt. of India & Govt. of Orissa share the cost in the
ratio of 50:50.
7. Water Quality- To provide safe alternative sources of
drinking water supply in quality affected habitations, priority
has been accorded to Fluoride affected habitations followed
by salinity and iron contamination.
20% of the annual NRDWP funds is earmarked for this
purpose. The sharing of cost between Govt. of India & Govt.
of Orissa is in the ratio of 50:50.
8. sustainability (Swajaladhara mode) - To encourage
community participation for sustainability of water supply
sources and systems, these schemes are implemented in
broad Swajaladhara principle.
20% of the NRDWP fund is earmarked for this purpose.
That apart, recharging of ground water is also a very
important component.
9. Support activities- Water quality monitoring and
surveillance (Water testing laboratories), communication and
capacity development ( CCDU), Management of Information
System (MIS) & Computerization are also essential activities.
5% of NRDWP fund is earmarked for this purpose.
10. O&M- 10% of NRDWP fund can be utilized for operation and
maintenance of existing rural water supply systems which are
yet to be transferred to the PRIs for a varieties of reasons.
But the sharing of cost between Central Govt. and State Govt.
will be in the ratio of 50:50.
11. Jalmani- The purpose is to supply safe
drinking water to rural schools with standalone
water purification system with 100% Govt. of
India funding.
