Activity Based Training of WaterAid India Partners in Water Quality Monitoring & Management

Effective monitoring of access to, quantity of and quality of water is a key consideration for India. Given the large investments and big programmes and schemes including the current thrust of Sector Reforms, absence of good quality monitoring on the ground is a big drawback. Monitoring the quality of water, linking it with parameters of health (focusing on waterborne diseases), social aspects of access for the marginalised and poor communities, different water focused programmes and schemes, subsidies and campaigns, interface between different agencies, etc., is either not being done or is being done piece meal by different agencies.