The states are required to train five persons, especially women in every village for use of field test kits for testing of water supplied at the local level.
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Arunachal Pradesh Government has decided to provide 100% tap water connections to all the households in the state by 2023 under Jal Jeevan Mission, the flagship programme of Government, which aims to provide safe drinking water to all.
In hilly areas, it is a huge burden on the women of the household to go and fetch water from a distance, which takes a heavy toll on their body. To reduce their drudgery, this mission has come as a boon and aims to provide potable water to every rural household in adequate quantity and of prescribed quality on a regular and long-term basis. The states are required to train five persons, especially women in every village for use of field test kits for testing of water supplied at local level.
Being a hilly state, a gravity-based water supply system is used in Arunachal Pradesh, means the force of gravity is used to move the water downhill from a source to the village. An intake structure is built to collect the water from surface sources, which is then conveyed to the village through a pipe system.
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In the olden days, water treatment plants were not usually considered due to restrictive per capita cost norms. But now with the launch of Jal Jeevan Mission, water treatment plants are being made an integral part of schemes to provide potable water of prescribed quality.
Post-treatment, water is collected in a clear water reservoir built above the village from where water is distributed to FHTCs in the village by a distribution network of pipes. In order to facilitate equitable distribution of water, in larger villages, distribution tanks within the villages are provided.
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