WATER QUALITY TESTING INNOVATION CHALLENGE
- December 26, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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WATER QUALITY TESTING INNOVATION CHALLENGE
Subject: Current Events
Context: The National Jal Jeevan Mission has launched an innovation challenge in partnership with Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade to develop portable devices for water testing.
Concept :
- Water quality testing is one of the priority areas under Jal Jeevan Mission, the flagship programme of Union Government.
- The aim of the innovation challenge is to ensure that water sources are tested at various locations, at different levels; thereby, helping the policy framers to design programs which address the water contamination issues.
- Jal Jeevan Mission is under implementation in partnership with the States to enable every rural home to have tap water connection by 2024.
- The Uniform Drinking Water Quality Protocol, 2019 has specified some important parameters to be monitored for assuring portability of drinking water as per BIS IS 10500:2012 and subsequent amendments.